Curriculum Vitae

Education

2012
PhD, Law, University of London (UoL), Queen Mary, UK

2010
MPhil, Master of Philosophy in Law, University of London (UoL), Queen Mary, UK

2009
MA, Law, University of London (UoL), Queen Mary, UK

2008
Diploma, Politics of Identity, Culture and Conflict, University of London (UoL), UK

2007
MA, Journalism, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey

1998
BA, Journalism, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey

Professional and Teaching Activities

Since 01.01.2017
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Global Fellow at Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University (New York); SOAS, University of London (London); Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Social Anthropology (Halle)

08/2013-2017
Research Associate, SOAS, University of London (UK)

2014-2015
Research Fellow, Oxford University (UK)

02-07/2015
Visiting Scholar, Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Social Anthropology (Halle)

2012-2013
Post-doc. Research Fellow, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin (Transregionale)

2011-2012
Teaching Assistant, University of London, Queen Mary, Law, (UK)

1996-2005
Journalism (Various Turkish Newspapers; including Cumhuriyet, Radikal)

Fellowship and Awards

2016-2020
Global Fellowship, European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the European Union’s Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) programme

2015
Visiting Scholar, Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Social Anthropology, Department of Law and Anthropology, Halle, Germany (8.02 – 8.03 and 24.6 – 10.07.2015)

2012-2013
Postdoctoral Fellow, Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Transregionale Studien, Humboldt University, Law Faculty, Germany (10.2012 – 08.2013)

September 2011
Faculty Research Grant by the Queen Mary, University of London, School of Law for the ‘Living Realities of Legal Pluralism’, University of Cape Town, South Africa

June-July 2011
European Academy of Bozen/Bolzano (EURAC) Summer University on Human Rights, Minorities and Diversity Management, South Tyrol, Italy

July-August 2010
Institute of Federalism, University of Fribourg/Freiburg International Summer School on Decentralisation, Diversity and Conflict Resolution (funded by the Swiss Government) Switzerland

April 2010
Faculty Research Grant by the Queen Mary, University of London, School of Law for the Association for the Study of Nationalities Convention, New York, USA

Professional Affiliations

American Political Science Association (APSA)
The Middle East Studies Association (MESA)
Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA)
The Commission of Legal Pluralism
Kurdish Studies Group
Pluri-Legal Studies Group

Languages

English, Turkish and Kurdish (Fluent)