Dr. Esengül AYAZ AVAN

Department of International Relations
Hacettepe 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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