Ebru TEKİN, Ph.D. Candidate E-mail: ebrutekin@hotmail.com ...

Ebru TEKĐN, Ph.D. Candidate
E-mail: ebrutekin@hotmail.com
Mobile: +90 533 518 21 69
Istanbul, Turkey
Education
Writing Ph.D. Thesis, “Political Science and International Relations Department”, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul,
GPA, 3.75/4.00, Current. Completed 6-months of the field research.
Thesis topic: Production & exchange relations in agricultural markets, market formation.
Thesis title: Globalization in a Nutshell: Productions of Hazelnut and its Markets in Turkey
Thesis advisor: Ass. Prof. Koray Çalışkan
POLS 532: Turkish Politics, Prof. Hakan Yılmaz (BA)
POLS 552: Political Theory, Ass. Prof. Ayşen Candaş Bilgen (BB)
POLS 593: Research & Reading in Comparative Politics, Ass. Prof. Koray Çalışkan (AA)
POLS 501: Advanced Research Methods, Ass. Prof. Selcan Kaynak (AA)
HIST 590 : Special Topics Globalization and Development in History, Prof. Huricihan Đslamoğlu (BA)
POLS 521: International Politics, Ass. Prof. Zühre Aksoy (AA)
POLS 541: Comparative Politics, Prof. Binnaz Toprak (AA)
POLS 585: Research & Reading in Political Theory I, Ass. Prof. Ayşen Bilgen (AA)
Studied M.A. “European Studies” Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, GPA: 3.55/4.00, August 2004
Master thesis: “The Impact of Economic Globalization on German Welfare Democracy: going from the global to the
local”, Supervised by Prof. Huricihan Đslamoğlu
ES 501: Politics of European Integration, Prof. Kemal Kirişci (BA)
ES 503: Economics of European Integration, Prof. Refik Erzan (BB)
ES 560: Emergence of the Modern Europe, Prof.Çağlar Keyder (AA)
ES 564: Political Economics of Law in West. Europe, Prof. Huricihan Đslamoğlu (AA)
ES 584: Directed Read. in European Culture, History and Law, Prof. Huricihan Đslamoğlu (P)
ES 505: European Union - Turkish Relations, Prof. Kemal Kirişci (AA)
ES 512: European Union Institutions & Policy Making, Prof. Atila Eralp (BB)
ES 530: Economics of Monetary Integration in the EU, Prof. Emre Alper (CB)
ES 551: European Nation States and the EU, Ass. Prof. Duygu Köksal (AA)
ES 582: Directed Read. in European Culture, History and Law, Prof. Huricihan Đslamoğlu (P)
Taken all the must courses of the Department of Political Science and International Relations, Boğaziçi University,
Istanbul, GPA, 3.33/4.00, 2001-2003
POLS 101: Introduction to Political Science, Ass. Prof. Zeynep Cağlayan Gambetti (BB)
POLS 102: Turkish Constitutional Law, Prof. Zafer Üskül (AA)
POLS 201: History of Political Thought, Prof. F. Baban (BB)
POLS 270: Decision Making Theories, Ass. Prof. Ali Carkoğlu (CB)
POLS 315: Comparative Politics, Ass. Prof. Thomas Saalfeld (BA)
POLS 343: Introduction to European Integration, Prof. Kemal Kirişci (BB)
POLS 341: Introduction to International Relations, Prof. Ajda Hozic (BB)
POLS 441: Turkish Foreign Policy, Prof. Gun Kut (BA)
POLS 456: Topics in European Integration: Migration, Prof. Kemal Kirişci (AA)
Graduated B.A. in “Tourism Management” Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, GPA: 2.96/4.00, June 2003
Graduated Şemikler High School, Đzmir, June 1998
Completed the preparatory class, Saint Joseph College, Đzmir, 1991–1992

Area of Specialization
Political Economy, European Studies, Globalization, Agricultural transformation.
Experience
Dublin City University, Department of International Relations, Dublin, Ireland
Exchange Student, January 2009 – June 2009
Yeditepe University, Faculty of Commercial Sciences, Istanbul
Teaching Assistant; Lecturer of the courses of Marketing; & Human Resource Management; Academic advisor;
Supervised marketing, management & investment projects. Coordinated Social Sciences & Humanities Track,
September 2005 – January 2009.
Doğan Media Group, Istanbul
Research & Strategic Planning Department, Research Expert. Supervised market research projects. Conducted faceto-face
& in-depth interviews. Analyzed & reported the data, January 2005 – August 2005
DAP Marketing Research Inc., Istanbul
Project Director. Supervised international market research projects of selected MNCs & domestic brands, such as
Shell, Colgate, Arcelik, New Holland etc. Coordinated all the stages of the market research projects including
preparing briefs, planning research methods, preparing survey forms, training the field staff, evaluating the final data
& reporting to the client, April 2003 - December 2004
Conferences & Workshops & Summer Schools
Paper Presentation “Transnationalization of Agriculture in a Nutshell: Hazelnut Production and Exchange in the
World” 51. ISA Annual Convention in New Orleans, Theory vs. Policy? Connecting Scholars and Practitioners, LA,
USA, 17-20 February 2010.
Paper Presentation “Neo-Liberal Globalization in a Nutshell: Production of Hazelnut and its Market in Turkey”
Anthropological Association of Ireland Conference Memory, Identity and Belonging in an Interconnected World,
Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1-2 May 2009
Participated in a Masterclass on “Researching Migrant Life Histories: From Synchrony to Diachrony”, by Prof. John
Eade, Roehampton University, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, May 13-May 15 2009
Paper Presentation “The Privatization of Turkish Airlines in a Deregulating Airline Industry in the Process of
Membership Negotiations with the European Union”, 4th World Conference for Graduate Research in Tourism,
Hospitality and Leisure, Antalya, Turkey, 23-27 April 2008
Paper Presentation “Political Economy of Institutional Transformation of Turkish Hazelnut Sector: Informal Local
and European Networks“, ESPAnet/RECWOWE PhD Workshop, Hamburg, Germany, 05-06 October, 2007
Poster Presentation “Impacts of Institutional Transformation on Actors in Hazelnut Agriculture in Turkey in the
Integration Process with the European Union”, EAAE PhD Workshop, Rennes, France, 04-05 September, 2007
Paper Presentation “Political Economy of Turkish Hazelnut Production: World Bank Agricultural Reform
Implementation Project” ECSR and TransEurope Conference on Globalization, Social Inequality and Life Course,
Groningen, Netherlands, 01-02 September, 2007
ECSR and TransEurope Joint Summer School on “Globalization, Social Inequality and Life Course: Comparative
Methodological Approaches”, Groningen, Netherlands, 27-31 August, 2007
Swedish Institute Summer University on “Theories of Gender and Diversity and Democratic Practices in Local
Government”, Gothenburg, Sweden, 11-22 June 2007

Participated “Generation Europe: Regional Youth Conference” hosted by the EU Commission, Zagreb, Croatia, 11
May 2007
Extra-Curricular Activities & Memberships & Certificates
Member of Anthropological Association of Ireland, 2009
Participated in the EU activities organized by the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union
Communication Group and Secretariat General for EU Affairs, Strasbourg, Lyon and Paris, 13-20 June 2004
Participated in the seminars of Turkish Association of Marketing and Opinion Researchers on “Introduction to
Marketing Research”, “Qualitative Research”, “Statistics”, “Qualitative Research”, “Advanced Qualitative
Approaches”, “Quantitative Research”, 2004-2005
Organized seminars and conferences with the Boğaziçi University Center for European Studies (BUCES), Current
Translated the French journal named “Vangourd”, Published in History and Society, in the Vol. of December 2002
Participated in “European Union Certificate Program” at Galatasaray University, 2003
Worked in projects of TESEV (Turkey Economic and Social Studies Foundation) & History Foundation, 2002-2003
Member of BUMED (Boğaziçi University Alumni), Current
Member of Boğaziçi University Athletics Team & Boğaziçi 1896 Athletics Club, Current
Institut Français d’Izmir, completed all French courses, 1995-1998
Grants
Boğaziçi University Scientific Research Project Grant 2009- current
Boğaziçi University Foundation PhD Grant 2009- current
One-year scholarship from Boğaziçi University, 2003-2004
Swedish Institute Summer University Scholarship, June 2007
TransEurope Summer School Scholarship, August 2007
Languages
Turkish (Native), English (Fluent), French (Fluent)
References
Available on request
Other
Date of birth: March 08, 1980