Work Address: Department of International Relations, Istanbul Bilgi University, Dolapdere Campus, Kurtuluş Deresi Cad., No: 47 34440 Dolapdere Istanbul Turkey
Work Tel: +90 212 311 5241
Email: senem.aydin@bilgi.edu.tr
EDUCATION
2004 – December 2008 VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL Department of Political Science
Doctor of Philosophy, Political Sciences
Dissertation Committee: Patricia van den Eeckhout (chair), Gustaaf Geeraerts, Michel Huysseune
Dissertation Title: Discursive Construction of European Identity in the EU’s Relations with Turkey 1999 – September 2000 LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
Department of Government
Master of Science, European Politics and Policy
Thesis Title: The Question of Identity in EU-Turkey Relations
1995 – June 1999 BOĞAZİÇİUNIVERSITY
College of Economics and Administrative Sciences Bachelor of Arts, Political Science and International
Relations
TEACHING and WORK EXPERIENCE
Fall 2008- present Assistant Professor
Department of International Relations BİLGİ UNIVERSITY, Istanbul
Courses Taught
EU 222: Introduction to European Culture (Fall 2008-Fall 2010)
EU 311: Conceptualising the EU: Institutions, Policies and Political Debates (Jean Monnet Module) (Fall 2007-present)
EU 321: EU-Turkey Relations (Spring 2011-present)
EU 411: European Union External Policy and Enlargement (Fall 2008-Fall 2009)
EU 414 : Theories of Integration (Spring 2009-present)
EUR 505: Relations between Turkey and the EU (Spring 2009-present)
IR 511: International Relations Theory (Fall 2010-present)
Administrative Duties
Program Coordinator for the MA in European Studies (Spring 2012-present)
Program Coordinator for the BA in European Union Studies (Fall 2008-Spring 2011)
2003 – October 2004 Research Fellow
CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES, Brussels Published working papers, policy briefs and
commentaries on EU-Turkey relations, Turkish foreign policy and democratisation in Turkey.
Coordinated the joint CEPS-EDAM research project entitled ‘European Tranformation of Modern Turkey’, led by Kemal Derviş and Daniel Gros.
Associate Research Fellow since October 2004. 2001-August 2003 Research Fellow
İKTİSADİKALKINMAVAKFI (ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
FOUNDATION), Istanbul
Conducted research and published monographs on EU-Turkey relations.
Organised Europartenariat meetings under the EU MEDA programme.
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Constructing Europe through Turkey: European Discourses on Turkish Accession to the EU (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan), 2012.
Avrupa Birliği’nde Gelişmeler (Developments in the European Union), edited with Ayhan Kaya, Yaprak Gürsoy and Özge Onursal, (Istanbul: Istanbul Bilgi University Press), 2011.
Civil Society Dialogue between Turkey and France: Transcending Stereotypes, edited with Ayhan Kaya, (Istanbul: Istanbul Bilgi University Press), 2009.
Journal Articles
“European Security and Turkish Accession: Identity and Foreign Policy in the European Commission”, Cooperation and Conflict, forthcoming. (SSCI)
“No Crisis, No Change: The Third AKP Victory in the June 2011 Parliamentary Elections in Turkey”, South European Society and Politics, Vol. 17, No. 2, 2012, pp. 329-346. (SSCI)
“Lost in Europeanization? The Western Balkans and Turkey” (with Gergana Noutcheva), West European Politics, Vol. 35, No.1, January 2012, pp. 59-78. (SSCI)
“Turkish Accession and Defining the Boundaries of Nationalism and Supranationalism: Discourses in the European Commission” (with Semin Suvarierol), South European Society and Politics, Vol. 16, No. 3, September 2011, pp. 469-482. (SSCI)
“Avrupa Birliği – Türkiye İlişkilerine Posyapısalcı Yaklaşım: Almanya Örneğinde Dış Politika ve Söylem Analizi” (A Poststructuralist Approach to EU-Turkey Relations: Foreign Policy and Discourse Analysis in the Case of Germany), Uluslararası İlişkiler (Journal of International Relations), Vol. 8, No. 29, Spring 2011, pp. 49-70. (SSCI)
“Limits of Cosmopolitanism? European Commission Officials on the Selves and Others” (with Semin Suvarierol), Alternatives: Global, Local, Political, Vol. 36, No.2, May 2011, pp. 155-168. (SSCI)
“Constructing Europe through Turkey: French Views on Turkey’s Accession to the EU,” Politique Europeenne, No.29, Autumn 2009, pp. 47-82 .
“The AKP in Turkey: Off the Hook This Time”,The International Spectator, Vol. 43, No. 4, December 2008, pp. 25-29.
“The Principle of Fairness in Turkey-EU Relations” (with E. Fuat Keyman), Turkish Policy Quarterly, Vol.3, No.3, Fall 2004, pp. 83-95. (Reprinted in E.Fuat Keyman and Nurhan Yentürk (eds.) Debatten zur Globalisierten Türkei, Berlin: J&D Dagyeli Verlag, 2010).
“Self-Definition of Europe: Where does Turkey Stand?” Turkish Policy Quarterly, Vol.2, No.4, Winter 2003, pp. 69-83.
Chapters in Edited Books
“Counterintuitive International Influences: The Case of Turkish Transition in 1983” (with Yaprak Gürsoy) in Transitions to Democracy: A Comparative Assessment, edited by Larry Diamond, Kathryn Stoner-Weiss, Michael McFaul and Desha Girod (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press), forthcoming.
“Turkish Accession and Defining the Boundaries of Nationalism and Supranationalism: Discourses in the European Commission” (with Semin Suvarierol) in Turkey and the EU:
Accession and Reform, edited by Gamze Avcı and Ali Çarkoğlu (London: Routledge), 2012.
“Avrupa Birliği Genişlemesi ve Komşuluk Politikası” in Avrupa Birliği’nde Gelişmeler (Developments in the European Union), edited with Ayhan Kaya, Yaprak Gürsoy and Özge Onursal (Istanbul: Istanbul Bilgi University Press), 2011.
“Valenciennes: The Story of a Re-Industrialised City” (with Ayhan Kaya) in Regional Development and the European Union: A Comparative Analysis of Karabük,
Valenciennes and Katowice, edited by Ayhan Kaya and François Bafoil (Istanbul: Istanbul Bilgi University Press), 2009.
“Turkey: Internal and External Challenges of Democratisation” in Democracy’s Plight in the European Neighbourhood: Struggling Transitions and Proliferating Dynasties, edited by Michael Emerson and Richard Youngs (Brussels: Centre for European Policy Studies), 2009.
“Turkey: A Sustainable Case of De-Radicalisation?” (with Ruşen Çakır) in Islamist Radicalisation: The Challenge for Euro-Mediterranean Relations, edited by Michael Emerson et. al. (Brussels: CEPS & Fride), 2009.
“Demokrasi, İyi Yönetişim ve Kurumsal Reform Ekseninde Avrupa’nın
Geleceği” in AB, Bütünleşme ve STK’lar (EU, Integration and NGOs), edited by Alper Akyüz (İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları), 2009 .
“Turkey: Reforms for a Consolidated Democracy” (with Ali Çarkoğlu) in International Actors, Democratization and the Rule of Law: Anchoring Democracy?, edited by Leonardo Morlino and Amichai Magen (London: Routledge), 2009 .
“Turkey and European Integration: Towards Fairness and Reciprocity ” (with E. Fuat Keyman) in Remaking Turkey: Globalisation, Alternative Modernities and Democracy, edited by E. Fuat Keyman (Oxford: Lexington), 2007 .
“Europeanisation, Democratisation and Human Rights in Turkey” (with E.Fuat Keyman) in Turkey and the European Union: Prospects of a Difficult Encounter, edited by Esra Lagro and Knud Erik Jorgensen (London: Palgrave), 2007.
“Political Islam in Turkey” (with Ruşen Çakır) in Political Islam and Foreign Policy: Perspectives From Muslim Democrats of the Mediterranean, edited by Michael Emerson and Richard Youngs (Brussels: Centre for European Policy Studies), 2007. (Reprinted in Insight Turkey, Vol. 9, No.2, January-March 2007)
“The Reluctant Debutante: The European Union as Promoter of Democracy in its Neighbourhood” (with Michael Emerson, Gergana Noutcheva, Nathalie Tocci, Marius Vahl, Richard Youngs) in Democratisation in the European
Monographs
“Seeking Kant in the EU’s Relations with Turkey” Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV) Foreign Policy Program Report, December 2006.
“Avrupa Birliği’nde Kadın Hakları ve Türkiye” (Women’s Rights in the EU and Turkey), Economic Development Foundation (IKV) Publications, No. 175, 2003.
“Contributions of Turkey’s Membership to the European Union”, Economic Development Foundation (IKV) Publications, No. 167, 2002.
Working Papers and Policy Briefs
“Analysis of the 2009 Annual Programme for Turkey under the Pre-Accession Instrument (IPA) in the Context of the 2009 Enlargement Package” (with Ayhan Kaya), Briefing Note (Brussels: European Parliament), February 2010.
“International Influences on the Transition to Democracy after the 1980 Military Intervention” (with Yaprak Gürsoy) for the Project “Evaluating International Influences on Democratic Development” Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) at Stanford University, July 2008.
“France’s Draft Law on the Armenian Genocide: Some Legal and Political Implications at EU Level” (with Sergio Carrera and Florian Geyer), CEPS Policy Brief, No.114 (Brussels: Centre for European Policy Studies), October 2006.
“Just What is This Absorption Capacity of the European Union?” (with Michael Emerson, Julia de Clerck Sachsse, Gergana Noutcheva), CEPS Policy Brief , No. 113 (Brussels: Centre for European Policy Studies), September 2006.
Turkey in Europe Monitor, edited with Michael Emerson, CEPS EU-Turkey
Working Paper, No.15 (Brussels: Centre for European Policy Studies), May 2005.
“European Integration and the Transformation of Turkish Democracy” (with E. Fuat Keyman), CEPS EU-Turkey Working Paper, No.2 (Brussels: Centre for European Policy Studies), August 2004.
Commentaries
“Avrupa’nın Demokrasiyle İmtihanı”, TÜSİAD Görüş Dergisi, October 2012, No.
75.
“Constitutional Referendum in Turkey: Does it Really Mean More Democracy?” CEPS Commentary, September 2010.
(with Nathalie Tocci) “Transforming Turkish Foreign Policy: The Quest for Regional Leadership and Europeanisation” CEPS Commentary, November 2009.
“What is Happening in Turkey? Party Closure and Beyond,”CEPS Commentary, May 2008.
“Just How Revolutionary is Turkey’s Hadith Project?” CEPS Commentary, March 2008.
“On the Way to Normalisation or Breakdown? What Exactly is Happening in Turkey?”CEPS Commentary, July 2007.
“EU and Turkey Facing the Same Terror-Security-Liberty Trade-Off,”CEPS Commentary, October 2005.
“Progress Report on Turkey: Problems and Prospects,” CEPS Commentary, November 2003.
“Europeanisation of Turkish Democracy?” CEPS Commentary, September 2003.
Book Reviews in Refereed Journals
Review of Constantine Arvanitopoulos (ed.) Turkey’s Accession to the European Union: An Unusual Candidacy (Springer, 2009), in South European Society and Politics (2011), Vol. 16, No.4, pp. 602-604. (SSCI)
Review of Christiane Timmerman et. al. (eds.) European and Turkish Voices in Favour and Against Turkish Accession to the European Union (P.I.E Peter Lang, 2008), in South European Society and Politics (2010), Vol. 15, No. 2, pp. 334-335. (SSCI)
AWARDS & HONORS
Jean Monnet Module awarded by the European Commission for the course titled ‘Conceptualising the EU: Institutions, Policies and Political Debates’. September 2010- September 2013.
OZR Fellowship to conduct doctoral studies at VUB. September 2004-September 2008.
British Council Chevening Scholarship for the MSc in European Politics and Policy at LSE. September 1999-September 2000.
High Honours Student, Second Highest Grade Point Average (3.69) in the graduating class of the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Boğaziçi University, 1999.
CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
“Discourse Analysis”, Istanbul Bilgi University Department of International Relations Method Workshop, 19 March 2012.
“Lost in Europeanization? Turkey and the Western Balkans” (with Gergana Noutcheva), European Union Studies Association Twelfth Biennial International Conference, Boston, 3-5 March 2011.
“Lost in Europeanization? Turkey and the Western Balkans” (with Gergana Noutcheva), Authors’ Workshop for West European Politics Special Issue “When Europeanization Travels”, Free University Berlin, 21-23 October 2010.
“Turkish Accession and Defining the Boundaries of Nationalism and Supranationalism: Discourses in the European Commission” (with Semin
Suvarierol), ECPR SGEU Fifth Pan-European Conference on EU Politics, Porto, 23-26 June 2010.
“Turkish Accession and Defining the Boundaries of Nationalism and Supranationalism: Discourses in the European Commission” (with Semin Suvarierol), Workshop on “Whither Turkey? Taking Stock of the Dynamics that Shape EU Reforms”, Sabanci University, 15-16 January 2010.
“Outlook to Turkey’s EU Membership in France” Workshop on
“Re-Conceptualizing Turkey-EU Relations”, organized by Marmara University and the University of Bremen, Istanbul, 9-10 October 2009.
“Valenciennes: The Restructuring Process” (with Ayhan Kaya) Workshop on “Turkey and Europe: The Regionalisation Processes in Comparison”, organized by Sciences Po, Paris, 29 June 2009.
“Turkey: Challenges to Democratisation” Conference on “Challenges to Democratization: Trends and Responses in the European Neighbourhood”, organised by Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) and La Fundacion para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Dialogo Exterior (FRIDE), Brussels, 16-17 March 2009.
“Discursive Construction of European Identity in EU’s Relations with Turkey: The Case of the European Commission” and “International Influences on the Turkish Transition to Democracy in 1983” (with Yaprak Gürsoy), International Studies Association (ISA), 50th Annual Convention, New York, 15-18 February 2009.
“Turkey: A Sustainable Case of De-Radicalisation?” Expert Seminar on “The Dynamics of Political Islam and EU Foreign Policy in the Mediterranean”,
organised by FRIDE, CEPS and Fundacion Tres Culturas with the participation of the European Commission, Brussels, 27-28 November 2008.
“Human Rights in Turkey” Seminar on “Democracy and Democratization in Turkey”, Universidad Autónomo de Madrid, 21-23 November 2008.
“International Influences on the Turkish Transition to Democracy in 1983” (with Yaprak Gürsoy) “Evaluating International Influences on Democratic
Development’, Stanford University, San Francisco/USA, 25-26 October 2007.
“Seeking Kant in the EU’s Relations with Turkey” organised by TESEV at Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, 5 April 2007.
“Political Islam in Turkey” Conference on “Political Islam and the European Union’, organised by Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) and La
Fundacion para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Dialogo Exterior (FRIDE) and hosted by the Fundacion Tres Culturas, Sevilla, 24-25 November 2006.
“Just What is This Absorption Capacity of the EU?”, European Parliament, Brussels, 30 November 2006.
“Turkey, Democratisation and the Future of Europe ” (with E. Fuat Keyman), ECPR SGEU Third Pan-European Conference on European Politics, Istanbul, 21-23 September 2006.
“EU Conditionality and Effective Rule of Law in Turkey” (with Ali Çarkoğlu), Conference on “Europeanisation and Democratisation: The Southern European Experience and the Perspective for New Member States of the Enlarged Europe”, Center of European Excellence-University of Florence, 16-18 June 2005.
“European Integration and the Transformation of Turkish Democracy” (with E. Fuat Keyman), Conference on “European Transformation of Modern Turkey” organized by the Center for European Studies at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, 8 November 2004.
“Self-Definition of Europe? Where does Turkey Stand?” ECPR SGEU Second Pan-European Conference on European Politics, Bologna, 24-26 June 2004.
INVITED LECTURES & SPEECHES
“Crisis of the EU-Crisis of Neighbourhood and Enlargement?”, Conference on “Europe’s Common Future” organised by Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Berlin, 26 September 2012.
“The Rise of Populist Movements in Europe and Its Dangers for Democracy”, Council of Europe Hearing, Strasbourg, 26 April 2012.
“Ignorance, Fear and Prejudice: Do Europeans Get Turkey?”, organised by the European Stability Initiative (ESI) and Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, 15 November 2011.
“Beyond Cairo: Visions of a New Decade in European Islamic Relations”,
organised by the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, Washington DC, 23 June 2010.
“Spain and Turkey during the Spanish EU-Presidency”, organised by CIDOB, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and TESEV, Barcelona, 14 April 2010.
“Analysis of the 2009 Annual Programme for Turkey under the Pre-Accession Instrument (IPA) in the Context of the 2009 Enlargement Package”, Committee on Foreign Affairs, European Parliament, Brussels, 3 February 2010.
“Governance in the EU: Challenges for a New Era in Europe”, organised by Sciences Po and İstanbul Bilgi University, İstanbul, 5 November 2009.
“Governance in the EU”, 28th Annual Course on International Law Librarianship, organised by Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, 14 October 2009.
“Turkey-European Union: What to Expect in 2009,” organised by EDAM-Radikal, İstanbul, 3-5 April 2009.
“Turkey’s European Aspirations,” organised by Eurocivitas, Riga, 12 January 2009.
“Turkey’s Long Road to EU Membership: Challenges and Opportunities,” organised by Young Professionals in Foreign Policy, Brussels, 27 November 2008.
“The German EU Presidency and the Prospect for Turkey-EU Relations,” organised by German Council on Foreign Relations, Berlin, 5 February 2007.
“Political Islam in Turkey,” organised by CEPS, Sofia University and the Open Society Institute, Sofia, November 2006.
“Turkey in the EU: What does Latvia have to Say?” organised by the Baltic Forum, Riga, 28 April 2006.
“Discursive Approaches to European Governance,” European Studies Lecture, Sabancı University, 10 November 2005.
“Building a Secure Neighbourhood: Neighbourhod Policy, Enlargement Process and Security,” organised by the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Helsinki, 21-22 October 2005.
“Les Transformations Europeennes de la Turquie,” (European Transformation of Turkey) organised by L'Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI), Paris, 27 January 2005.
“Turkey-next member of the EU? The diplomatic, economic and political
approaches,” organised by Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce and Sacred Heart University, 20 January 2005.
“Regional Integration, State Building and Conflict Settlement in Europe and Asia,” organised by Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, 11-12 October 2004.
PROJECTS
Researcher, author and joint coordinator of Global Turkey in Europe, Istanbul Policy Centre (IPC) of Sabanci University and Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) (2012-2015).
Rapporteur for TUSIAD’s (Turkish Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association) Roundtable Series on the New Constitution, March 2011.
Researcher, author and adviser to INTERACT: EU, France, Turkey University Dialogue (Funded by EU-Turkey Civil Society Dialogue Universities Grant Program) (June 2008-December 2009)
Researcher and author in Evaluating International Influences on Democratic
Development, Stanford UniversityCenter on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law (CDDRL) (2007-2009)
Researcher and author in Challenges to Democratization: Trends and Responses in the European Neighbourhood, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) and La Fundacion para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Dialogo Exterior (FRIDE) (2008-2009).
Researcher and author in The Dynamics of Political Islam and EU Foreign Policy in the Mediterranean, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), La Fundacion para las Relaciones Internacionales y el Dialogo Exterior (FRIDE), Fundacion Tres Culturas (2008-2009).
Researcher and author in European Transformation of Modern Turkey, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) and the Economics and Foreign Policy Forum (EFPF) (2003-2004).
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Reviewer for Journal of Common Market Studies, Cooperation and Conflict, International Studies Quarterly, Mediterranean Politics, Uluslararası İlişkiler, Ethnicities, Insight Turkey.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Senior Research Affiliate, Istanbul Policy Center, Sabancı University
Board Member, Center for Economics and Foreign Policy Studies (EDAM)
European Union Studies Association
International Studies Association
International Political Science Association
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