ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

2014-2015 Post-Doctoral Study
Stanford University
Department of Political Science and The Sohaib and Sara Abbasi Center for Islamic Studies

2001 – 2007 PhD in Political Science
Bilkent University
Department of Political Science and Public Administration,
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences,
Ankara, Turkey

1996 – 2000 M.Sc. in Political Science
Middle East Technical University
Department of Political Science and Public Administration,
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences
Ankara, Turkey

1997 – 1998 Pg.D. in European Policy, Law and Management
Robert Gordon University
Faculty of Management,
School of Public Administration and Law, Aberdeen, UK

1992 – 1996 B.Sc. in Political Science
Middle East Technical University
Department of Political Science and Public Administration

EMPLOYMENT
2018 – Professor,
Hacettepe University,
Department of Communication Sciences, Faculty of Communication

2016 – 2017 Visiting Professor,
King’s College London,
Department of Political Economy

2012 – 2018 Associate Professor,
Head, Department of Political Science and Public Administration Faculty of Management, Atılım University, Ankara

2009 – 2012 Assistant Professor,
Head, Public Relations Department Faculty of Management, Atılım University,

2004 – 2005 Researcher
International Migration and Ethnic Relations, Malmö University,
Malmö, Sweden

2001 – 2009 Lecturer,
Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Atılım University, Ankara

1996 – 2001 Research Assistant,
Department of Political Science and International Relations Başkent University, Ankara

OFFERED COURSES
Research Methods, Statistics for Social Sciences, Political Communication, Political Behaviour and Elections, Social Media Analysis, Turkish Politics, Political Parties and Party Systems, Comparative Politics

GRANTS
1. British Academy Newton Advanced Fellowship, 2016-2019. Project name: Understanding and Mitigation of Electoral Violence in Turkey.
2. The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK), Post-doc scholarship award, 2014
3. Swedish Institute, Stockholm, SWEDEN, Guest Researcher Scholarship 2005-2006

QUANTITATIVE METHODS TRAININGS
1. Advanced Survey Data Analysis and Survey Experiments, Essex Summer School in Social, Science Data Analysis, July 2017
2. Data Visualisation, Essex Summer School in Social, Science Data Analysis, July 2017
3. Opinion Poll Data Analysis Using Multilevel Models, August 22-23, 2016 Beirut, Economic Research Forum Lebanon
4. Item Nonresponse and Multiple Imputation, 4th GESIS Summer School in Survey Methodology, Cologne, August 2015
5. Sampling Theory and Applications, 4th GESIS Summer School in Survey Methodology, Cologne, August 2015

LANGUAGES
Turkish – Native, English – Advanced, Swedish – Basic