Speakers

Project Team

 Prof. Gonca Oğuz Gök

Professor of International Relations, Marmara University

Module Coordinator

Prof. Gonca Oğuz Gök works at Marmara University, Faculty of Political Science, Department of International Relations. She received her BA from Koc University, Department of International Relations and PhD from Marmara University, Department of Political Science and International Relations. She was a visiting scholar in the University of Minnesota during the 2009-2010 term. Among her most recent publications are:  Gök, G.O., Gök, M.Ş. (2023).  An Empirical Assessment of Gender Inequality in Human Development: Evidence from G20 Countries. Society 60, 566–579; Tüzgen, N., & Oğuz Gök, G. (2024). Norm shaper, norm implementer, or norm antipreneur? Assessing Turkish foreign policy towards R2P. Third World Quarterly, 45(12), 1856–1875. Karadeniz, Radiye Funda, and Gonca Oğuz Gök. (2024) “Searching for a Place in Global IR Through Exceptionalism: Turkey and the Mediation for Peace Initiative”. All Azimuth: A Journal of Foreign Policy and Peace 13, no. 2 (July): 260-84. She is the coordinator of the Jean Monnet Module “European Union and Norms in Global Governance: Advancing Gender Equality and Sustainable Development Goals” (ENGAGE-SDG). She also serves as the principal investigator of the TÜBİTAK 1001 project “Introducing a New Sustainable Gender Development Index and Assessment of G20 Countries”. Her research agenda covers Global Governance, Rising and Middle Powers, Norms and Institutions, Gender Studies.

Prof. Emel Parlar Dal

Professor of International Relations, Marmara University
Expertise: Global Governance, Multilateralism, Rising Powers, EU Studies, International Organizations

Assoc. Prof. Marella Bodur Ün

Associate Professor of International Relations, Çukurova University
Expertise: Gender Studies, Norms, Political Science and International Relations

Assoc. Prof. Rahime Süleymanoğlu Kürüm

Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Bahçeşehir Univesity
Expertise: Gender Studies, EU Studies, Diplomacy, Epistemic Injustice, Foreign Policy

Dr. Melis Cin

Senior Lecturer, Lancaster University
Expertise: Education and Peace, Gender Studies, International Development, Arts, Participatory methods

Assoc. Prof. Radiye Funda Karadeniz

Associate Professor, Gaziantep University
Expertise: Global Governance, Emerging Powers, International Relations

Prof. Hakan Mehmetçik

Professor of International Relations, Marmara University
Expertise: Regionalism, Regions, International Relations, Foreign Policy, Research Methods

Assoc. Prof. Çiğdem Nas

Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Yıldız Technical University 
Secretary General of Economic Development Foundation
Expertise: EU Studies, EU–Türkiye Relations, European Integration, Sustainability & Green Deal, EU Public Policy Analysi

Assoc. Prof. Özge Onursal Beşgül

Associate Professor of International Relations, İstanbul Bilgi University
Expertise: International Organizations, European Union, Europeanization, EU Education Policy, Norms

Assoc. Prof. Hüsrev Tabak

Associate Professor of International Relations, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University
Expertise: IR Norm Research, Global Gender Equality Norms, International Relations

Prof. Selver Şahin

Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Boğaziçi University
Expertise: Development Studies, Human Security, Foreign Policy, International Relations

Ayda Sezgin

Research Assistant in the Department of International Relations at Marmara University

Fatmanur Parlak

Research Assistant in the Department of International Relations at Marmara University

Pembe Nur Kayalık

Project Asisstant in the Department of International Relations at Marmara University


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