Dr. Esengül AYAZ AVAN
Department of International RelationsHacettepe University
06800 Beytepe
Ankara, Turkey
Phone: (90) 312 2978111
Fax: (90) 312 2977399
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EDUCATION
09/2008 –12/2012
PhD “The impact of Turkey on the European Union`s External Security”
The Department of Politics, University of Sheffield, UK
1st Supervisor: Professor Brian White
2nd Supervisor: Professor Simon Bulmer
Modules included: Methods in Politics/International Relations, Research Training in Politics and International Relations I, Research Training in Politics and International Relations II, Research Training in Politics and International Relations III, Politics Research Training Workshop
09/2007 – 09/2008
MA European Union and Development Studies (Merit)
School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds. UK
Dissertation Title: Does European Security and Defence Policy signal a shift from civilian to military power in the European Union?
Supervisor: Dr Neil Winn
Modules included: The Politics of the European Union; The EU in the
Developing World; Development Theories, Strategies and Issues; Democracy
and Development.
09/2001- 06/2006
BA Political Science and International Relations
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Marmara University
CONFERENCES
Ayaz, Esengul, The 2nd SINAN PhD School on External Relations, METU, Ankara, Turkey, 4-8 October 2009.
Ayaz, Esengul, “The Impact of Turkey on the European Union's External Security” in Exchanging Ideas on Europe: Europe at a Crossroads, Bruges, 6-8 September 2010.
Ayaz, Esengul, “The Turkish Impact on the EU`s External Security: Defence, Energy Security and Regional Conflicts” in the ECPR General Conference, Dublin, 29 August-1September 2010.
Ayaz, Esengul, “The Impact of Turkey on the European Defence” in Annual International Conference on Political Science, Sociology and International Relations (PSSIR 2011), Singapore, 7-8 November 2011.
PUBLICATIONS
Journals and Proceedings
Ayaz, E. (2010). “An Assessment of the EU`s Role in the Developing World in Relation to Migration”, Journal of Global Analysis, 1 (1), p.75-90.
Ayaz, E. (2011). “The Impact of Turkey on the European Defence” in the Proceedings of theAnnual International Conference on Political Science, Sociology and International Relations.
Translated Book Chapters
Translation of “Feminism” Chapter from English to Turkish in Griffiths, M., Roach, S.C. and Solomon, M.S., (2009), Fifty Key Thinkers in International Relations, 2nd edn., Routledge (Published as Uluslararası İlişkilerde Temel Düşünürler ve Teoriler, 2011, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık).
Translation of “Kosovo: Transformation of a ‘Terrorist’ Organization into a ‘Civil Defence’ Corps” from English to Turkish in Ozerdem, A., (2009), Post-war Recovery: Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration, I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd, New York (Published as Savaş Sonrası Yeniden Yapılanma: Eski Savaşçıların Silahsızlandırılması, Terhisi ve Yeniden Entegrasyonu, 2013, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık).
Translation of “English School to Global Governance” from English to Turkish in Griffiths, M., O’callaghan, T. and Roach, S.C. (2008) International Relations: The Key Concepts, 2nd edn, Routledge (Published as Uluslararası İlişkilerde Temel Kavramlar, 2013, Nobel Akademik Yayıncılık)
Translation of “From security barriers to reconciliation? Co-existence as a prerequisite of human security” from English to Turkish in McIntosh, M. and Hunter, A., (2010), New Perspectives on Human Security, Greenleaf, Sheffield (Not published yet).
AREAS OF INTEREST
Turkish Foreign Policy
European Union
European Security and Defence Policy
Turkey-EU relations
Security Studies
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2008-2012: PhD fellowship awarded by the Turkish Republic Ministry of National Education
2010: Travel Grant, University of Sheffield
2007-2008: MA fellowship awarded by the Turkish Republic Ministry of National Education
FOREIGN LANGUAGE SKILLS
English: Fluent
German: Intermediate (2010-2011- German Language Course, Modern Languages Teaching Centre, UoS, UK)
TEACHING
Hacettepe University- Department of International Relations
INR 201- International Relations I
INR 202- International Relations II
INR 453- EU in the World
INR 460- Turkish- Greek Relations and Cyprus
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Centre for Strategic Research and Analysis (CESRAN) - Director of European Studies
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