Research Assistants

Osman Zinnur Aksu

o.zinnuraksu@gmail.com 

Education
B.A.: Bogazici University Political Science and International Relations, 2019.
M.A.: Bogazici University Political Science and International Relations, 2019-present
Research Interests
  • International Political Economy
  • International Migration and Integration
  • Political Economy of Turkey
  • Middle East Politics
Aybala Bulut

aybalabulut0@gmail.com

 

Education

BA: Boğaziçi University, Political Science and International Relations, 2018

MA: Boğaziçi University, Political Science and International Relations, present 

Research Interests

-International Migration and Integration Policies

-Citizenship and Anti-Discrimination Policies

-Gender Politics

-Turkish Politics

Erdem Demirtaş

erdem.demirtas@berkeley.edu

erdem.demirtas@boun.edu.tr

Education
PhD: Boğaziçi University, Political Science and International Relations, 2012-present
-Visiting PhD Candidate: University of California, Berkeley. School of Law. 2019-2020
MA: Yıldız Technical University, Political Science and International Relations, 2012
BA: Kadir Has University, International Relations, 2009
Research Interests
-       Comparative Judicial Politics
-       Critical Legal Studies
-       Authoritarian Regimes and Democratization
-       Political Economy of Development
-       Middle East Politics

 

Rabia Kutlu

rabiakutlu@hotmail.com

Education

2017 – Present | MA, Boğaziçi University, Political Science and International Relations
2015 – 2016  | BA, Utrecht University, School of Governance and Law Erasmus Program
2012 – 2017  | BA, Boğaziçi University, Political Science and International Relations

Research Interests

- Political Economy
- Migration
- Urban and Environmental Studies

Umut Mişe

mise.umut@gmail.com

Education

2018-ongoing Boğaziçi University – Political Science and International Relations, PhD (Istanbul)
2015-2018 Boğaziçi University – Political Science and International Relations, MA (Istanbul)  
2010-2015 Boğaziçi University – Political Science and International Relations (Istanbul)
 

Research Interests

-Social Movements

-Art and Politics

-Ethnography

 

Çağrı Mutaf

cagri.mutaf [at] boun.edu.tr

Education
  • B.A.: Boğaziçi University, Political Science and International Relations, 2015
  • M.A.: Boğaziçi University, Political Science and International Relations, 2018 (Thesis Title: Political Liberalism and Religious Discourses: An Evaluation of the Asymmetry Objection)
  • PhD: Boğaziçi University, Philosophy, 2018 - present
Research Interests
  • Democratic Theory
  • Basic Rights and Liberties
  • Normativity, Justification, Legitimation
  • Religion and Public Sphere
  • Possibilities of Collaboration between Cognitive Science and Political Theory 
Sarp Sarsar

sarp.sarsar@boun.edu.tr    

Education

 2018-Present: MA, Boğaziçi University, Political Science and International Relations2014-2018: BA, Boğaziçi University, Political Science and International Relations2009-2014: Istanbul American Robert College

Research Interests

 

  •  Political Communication and Media Studies
  •  Comparative Political Systems
  •  Turkish Foreign Policy