pols leaflet_2016 - Political Science

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AYBARS GÖRGÜLÜ received his PhD in 2013 with a
dissertation entitled “The Basic Determinants of Turkey’s
Foreign Policy towards the South Caucasus Region in the
Post-Cold War Era.” He is now a policy director at the Foreign
Policy Program of the Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV)
and part time instructor at Kültür University. He is also involved in various civil
society initiatives to normalize the relations between Turkey and Armenia.
EDA KUŞKU SÖNMEZ received her PhD in 2013 with a
dissertation entitled “An Emprical Study of Lobbying
Success in the Context of Turkey’s Accession
Negotiations with the European Union.” She published
two articles in Caucasian Review of International Affairs before she
defended her dissertation. Her latest article "Regional Cooperation in
the Black Sea Basin: What Role for City Diplomacy?" (2014) was
published in Southeast European and Black Sea Studies. Eda is now
an assistant professor of Political Science at Canik Başarı University.
CONTACT
GÜL AKDAĞ ARIKAN earned her PhD from our program
with a dissertation entitled "Incumbent mobilization of
swing voters: Voter-party linkages and consolidation
of ethnic votes." Gül is now an assistant professor of
Political Science at İzmir Kâtip Çelebi Univesity. Her book entitled
“Ethnicity and Elections in Turkey Party Politics and the Mobilization
of Swing Voters” was recently published by Routledge Press.
PLACEMENTS
Ersin Kalaycıoğlu
phone + 90 216 483 9345
fax + 90 216 483 9250
e-mail [email protected]
web myweb.sabanciuniv.edu/kalaycie
program web pols.sabanciuniv.edu
Dean’s Office
phone +90 216 483 9265
fax +90 216 483 9250
web fass.sabanciuniv.edu
address Sabancı University
Orta Mahalle - Tuzla, 34956, Istanbul, Turkey
Some of our graduates from the MA program persue their PhD
degrees in the following universities:
University of Chicago
Columbia University
Northwestern University
University of Pennsylvania
Syracuse University
Cornell University
University of Minnesota
University of Nottingham
The New School University
University of California, Davis
Washington University in St. Louis
PhD JOB PLACEMENTS include:
Aybars Görgülü
TESEV Foreign Policy Director and Part Time Instructor
at Kültür University
Eda Kuşku Sönmez
Assistant Professor, Canik Başarı University Gül Akdağ Arıkan
Assistant Professor, Izmir Katip Çelebi University
Önder Küçükural
Assistant Professor, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Vaqf University,
Alliance of Civilisations Institude
Selin Türkeş Kılıç
Assistant Professor, Yeditepe University
İPEK DEM‹RSU earned her PhD in Political Science in
2015 with a dissertation entitled “The Balancing of
Human Rights and Counter-Terrorism: A Comparative
Analysis of Turkey and the UK.” She had completed her
postgraduate studies at University of Essex Human
Rights Centre as a Chevening / OSI Scholar. She is currently a post
doctoral research fellow in our university and taking place in a joint
project conducted by Sabancı University and KU Leuven, entitled "Accessing interdependence between the European Union and Turkey:
Policies and cooperation in regional and global governance." She is also a
former visiting researcher at University of Otago National Centre for
Peace and Conflict Studies.
OSMAN ZEKİ GÖKÇE is a PhD candidate in Political
Science and also the research assistant of International
Studies program at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.
He is currently working on his dissertation titled "The Role
of Energy Interdependence in Shaping World Politics." His research
interests lie at the intersection of international relations and quantitative
political methodology with large-N data. He is also a co-author of "Twitter
and Politics: Identifying Turkish Opinion Leaders in New Social Media"
published in Turkish Studies (SSCI) in 2014.
Political Science
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Graduate Programs
The MA and PhD programs in Political Science train students
for future careers in research and teaching as well as
non-academic professions in international organizations,
think-tanks and political research centers, business world,
journalism and government. Faculty members are recognized
experts in their areas of expertise and specialization. Along
with a broad understanding of the discipline of political
science, the program provides specialized expertise in one or
more specialized areas (Political Theory, Comparative
Politics, International Relations, Turkish Politics), and
competence in research methods and techniques.
FACULTY
Ahmet Evin (Emeritus Professor)
EU Integration; Theories of State
Arzu Kıbrıs
Game Theory; International Conflict and Violence
Ayşe Betül Çelik
Ethnicity; Conflict Resolution
Ayşe Kadıoğlu
Comparative Politics; Citizenship Studies
STUDENT ACTIVITIES
PUBLICATIONS
Our students regularly present papers in, among others, such
Our faculty members have published numerous books in the US,
UK and Turkey. The academic journals in which the articles of
our faculty members have appeared include:
Journal of Theoretical Politics, Comparative Political Studies,
International Studies Perspectives, Journal of European Integration,
Journal of Conflict Resolution, Public Choice, Journal of the History
of Philosophy, History of Political Thought, Citizenship Studies,
South European Society and Politics, Nationalist Papers, Middle
Eastern Studies, Philosophy and Social Criticism, Journal of
Democracy, Journal of Refugee Studies, Latin American Politics and
Society, Political Studies, Utilitas, Journal of Medical Ethics,
Metascience, Foreign Policy Analysis, British Journal of Political
Science, European Union Politics, Episteme...
conferences:
Annual Conference of The European Consortium for Political Research
(ECPR)
Annual Conference of The International Studies Association
Annual Meeting of The Middle East Studies Association
Annual Conference of The Midwest Political Science Association
World Association of Public Opinion Research Conference
Brooke Luetgert
Comparative Legislative Research; European Integration
Recent publications by our students include
Bülent Aras
Turkish Foreign Policy; International Relations; Middle East; Central
Asia / Caucasus; Conflict Resolution; Terrorism and Political Violence
Emre Hatipoğlu
Quantitative Research Methods; Foreign Policy
Osman Zeki Gökçe
"Twitter and Politics: Identifying Turkish Opinion Leaders in New Social
Media" (with Emre Hatipoğlu, Gökhan Göktürk, Brooke Luetgert, Yücel
Saygın), Turkish Studies, Vol.15, No.4, December 2014, 671-688 (SSCI)
Ersin Kalaycıoğlu
Comparative Politics; Turkish Politics
Faik Kurtulmuş
Political Philosophy; Social Epistemology
Fuat Keyman
Nationalism; Democracy; Citizenship; Turkish Politics
Işık Özel
International Political Economy; Comparative Politics
Korel Göymen (Emeritus Professor)
Local and Regional Governance; Local Politics
Meltem Müftüler-Baç
International Relations Theory; Politics of European Integration
Nedim Nomer
Political Theory; Legal Theory
Özge Kemahlıoğlu
Formal Modelling; Comparative Politics
Onur Sazak
“Turkey and Iran: The Two Modes of Engagement in the Middle East” (with
Fuat Keyman), Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, Vol.17, No.3,
August 2015, 321-336
Policies and Role of Turkey on Peacebuilding (with Auveen Woods),
Washington, DC: American University and Istanbul Policy Center,
October 2015
Damla Cihangir-Tetik
"The United States and the European Union: Transatlantic Relations,
Multilateralism and International Stability"(with Meltem Müftüler-Baç),
Marmara Journal of European Studies, Vol.1, 2016 (forthcoming)
"The Impact of EU's FTAs for Turkey: FTA with South Korea and the
and Jan Orbie (eds.), Brill Publishing, 2016 (forthcoming)
Kerim Can Kavaklı
International Security; International Political Economy;
Domestic-International Linkages; Turkish Foreign Policy
Meltem Müftüler-Baç, Affiliated Professor, University of Stockholm,
2013-2016
Özge Kemahlıoğlu, Science Academy Young Scientist Award, 2015
Exposure to Political Violence and Individual Behavior, funding:
European Research Council, ERC Starting Grant, 2015-2020,
Arzu Kıbrıs
An Analysis of Citizenship Perceptions in Istanbul on the Basis of
Political Party Orientations, funding: TÜBİTAK 3001, 2016,
Ayşe Kadıoğlu
Turkey in Asia, funding: Sasakawa Peace Foundation, 2016-2018,
Bülent Aras and Fuat Keyman
Panel Field Survey on Voting Behavior in "Repeat Legislative Elections"
of Turkey, funding: Sabancı University, October 2015, Ersin
Kalaycıoğlu
Epistemic Justice: The Production and Distribution of Knowledge as a
Matter of Justice, funding: TÜBİTAK 3501, 2013-2015,
Faik Kurtulmuş
Automobile Industry" (with Selen Akses), The EU's Expanding Trade Policy:
Challenges for the Customs Union with Turkey, Canan Balkır, Sait Akman
VISITING FACULTY
SELECTED RECENT FACULTY AWARDS,
GRANTS and PROJECTS
Europeanization beyond Europe, European Neighborhood Policy and
Regulatory Reforms, funding: TÜBİTAK 2219, 2015, Işık Özel
Assessing Interdependence between the European Union and Turkey:
Policies and Cooperation in Regional and Global Governance, funding:
TÜBİTAK joint project (with Jan Wouters, KU Leuven), 2015-2017,
Meltem Müftüler-Baç
Interparliamentary Cooperation and the EU’s External Action (PACO),
funding: Jean Monnet Network, 2014-2017, Meltem Müftüler-Baç