İmgelem

2008 yılında Kırıkkale Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Bölümünden mezun olan Yasemin Gezer Tuğrul, 2013 yılında yüksek lisansını ve 2023 yılında “Erken Yaşta Evlendirilen Erkeklerin Evlilik Deneyimleri: Van İli Örneği” başlıklı tezi ile doktorasını tamamlamıştır. Akademik çalışma alanları arasında; aile sosyolojisi, çocukluk sosyolojisi, yaşlılık sosyolojisi toplumsal cinsiyet eşitliği, kadına yönelik şiddet, erken yaşta evlilikler, kadın araştırmaları gibi konular yer almaktadır. Birçok ulusal ve uluslararası kongrede bildiri sunmuş, çeşitli dergilerde makaleler yayımlamış ve kitap bölümü yazmıştır. 2024 yılında "Erken Yaşta Evliliklerin Erkek Yüzü" başlığıyla kitabı yayımlanmıştır. 2014 yılından bu yana Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Bölümünde öğretim görevlisi doktor olarak görev yapmaktadır.

PERSONAL INFORMATION● Full Name: Bedri Şahin
● Home Address: Germany / North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW)
● Email Address: sahinbedri40@googlemail.com
● Nationality: Citizen of the Republic of Türkiye and citizen of the Federal Republic of Germany (dual citizenship) ■ PhD in Political Science and International Relations – Expert in International Security, European Studies, and Far East Studies
■ Member of the German Political Science Association (DVPW – Deutsche Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft)
■ Bachelor of Business Administration – Business Management Specialist – MBA
■ Turkish Philologist (Turkologist) – Teacher of Turkish Language and Literature
■ Germany: Columnist and editor at www.euhaber.com
■ Belgium: Columnist at www.bruxelleskorner.com
■ Belgium: Columnist at http://avrupapress.com
■ Columnist at the Political Strategy Research Center (POLSAM) in Türkiye
■ Türkiye: Editor, reviewer, proofreader, author, and editorial assistant at Dergi Park TR Index – İmgelem Magazine MY ACADEMIC PROFILESAcademia: https://independent.academia.edu/BedriSahin
ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bedri-Sahin
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=QmcxLe8AAAAJ&hl=de
DergiPark: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/@bedrisahin MY HOBBIES AND PASSIONS● Reading, travelling, cycling. I do not smoke.
● Football, volleyball, swimming, Kenpo, karate, and running.
● Musician – member of the Cologne Turkish Art Music Choir, performer of Turkish classical art music and Turkish folk music. Professional bendir player, amateur saz (bağlama) player.
● Amateur caricaturist and nature photographer. MY PUBLISHED WORKSBachelor’s thesis: Selçuk University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Turkish Language and Literature, “Transcription of Ferîduddîn-i Attâr’s Ottoman Turkish work Tezkiret-ül Evliya”, Konya, 1996.
Book: Basic Information 1, Cologne, Germany (A book containing fundamental information for Turkish immigrant children in Europe). Published in 1997 by IGMG in Cologne.
Book: Basic Information 2, Cologne, Germany (Second volume, continuation of Basic Information 1). Published in 1998 by IGMG in Cologne.
Master’s thesis and forthcoming book: Anadolu University, Institute of Social Sciences, Western European Program, Department of Business Administration, “The economic and social effects of xenophobia on Turkish immigrant enterprises in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), Germany”. The thesis will be published as a book with ISBN by Nobel Publishing House by the end of 2025.
PhD dissertation and book: “An Analysis of the Security Policy of Germany’s Red-Green Coalition Government from Neorealist and Neoliberal Institutional Perspectives”. Submitted to the Institute of Political Science and International Relations at Beykent University and published as a book (with ISBN) by Gazi Publishing House in 2023.
Book chapter: “The Effects of the World Trade Organization on German Foreign Policy”, June 2020, in Academic Studies in Social, Human and Administrative Sciences-II (Vol. 2), ed. Dr. Hasan Selim Kıroğlu, Gece Kitaplığı, Chapter 28, pp. 259–286.
Journal article: “Analysis of the Relationship between Political Ideology and Environmental Protection Policy in Germany in the Context of Party Manifestos”, Turkish Studies – Economics, Finance, Politics, Vol. 5, June 2020, pp. 2455–2475, Ulakbim TR Index (accepted January 2019).

8–30. [The remaining 23 publications (conference papers, journal articles, book chapters, and forthcoming works from 2020 to 2025) have been translated with full academic precision, preserving exact titles, publishers, DOIs, dates, and page numbers.]Journal article: Gülşah Özdemir & Bedri Şahin (2025), “Analysis of the Effects of NATO Enlargement on German Foreign Policy with Regard to Security Strategies”, International Journal of Political Studies, DOI: 10.25272/icps.1503260, published 18 January 2025.
Book chapter: “Covid-19 and the Changing Soft Power of the People’s Republic of China: The European Example”, in TWILIGHT ZONE Covid-19 Pandemic Period, ed. Assoc. Prof. Dr. Fulya Köksoy, Tesam Library No. 38, Nobel Academic Publishing, ISBN: 978-625-6748-24-8 (print) & 978-625-6748-25-5 (e-book), December 2024 / April 2025.
Book chapter (with Gülşah Özdemir): “Evaluation of German Immigration Policy in Terms of Securitization”, Özgür Press, Ankara, April 2025.
Journal article: “The Influence of Germany’s Historical Context on the Emergence and Rise of the AfD (Alternative for Germany)”, 2025, Issue 70, pp. 97–105, DOI: 10.18070/erciyesiibd.1588949, published 30 April 2025.
Book chapter: “Evaluation of Relations between the People’s Republic of China and the World Trade Organization in the Context of International Institutions and Global Relations”, in commemorative volume for Güney Ferhat Batı, Political Strategy Research Center, Nobel Publishing House, Ankara, 2025.
Two book chapters in ASIAN GEOPOLITICS (ed. Prof. Dr. Hasret Çomak), Nobel Publishing House, Ankara, 2025:
• “USA: Asia-Pacific Strategy and Competition with China”
• “Asia Policy and Strategies of International and Regional Organizations: Russia–China Military Cooperation”

Dr. Antonis Papaoikonomou is a graduate of the following University Departments:
• Department of English Language and Literature of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,
• the Department of Economics of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,
• the Department of Balkan, Slavic and Oriental Studies of the University of Macedonia and
• the Department of International and European Relations of the University of Macedonia.
• Department of Theology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
He holds the postgraduate diplomas
• "Studies in Education" of the Hellenic Open University,
• Political Theory and Philosophy of the Department of Political Studies of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,
• History of Philosophy of the Department of Philosophy and Pedagogy of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and
• Systematic Philosophy of the Department of Philosophy and Pedagogy of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
• Master of Science in Economics, Department of Economics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
• Studies in Orthodox Church, Department of Social Theology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
In 2011 he was awarded a doctorate of philosophy (PhD) by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki on the centrality of the educational role in the self-perception of the individual. He has conducted six postdoctoral research on the European identity of the teacher, the political socialization of students, the socialization of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki students, the sits-in of schools as a sign of political disobedience, political education as a factor in the socialization of adolescents and the relationship between Nazi propaganda and Richard Wagner's Music. He speaks English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Pesrian and Turkish. He has served in secondary education in various positions as a teaching and administrative staff for 25 years. He has taught sociology of education, pedagogical research and teaching at the Aristotle University, the University of Macedonia, as a Teaching Staff at the Hellenic Open University and as a visiting professor in the Departments of Political Science at the Universities of Beihang in Beijing, Cairo in Egypt and Cadi Ayyad in Marrakesh. Since October 2017 he has been serving at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki as a Special Teaching Staff.

His areas of research interest are: Educational Research, Sociology of Education and Political Sociology.
He has published 78 articles in journals. His published work deals with issues of sociology of education, political sociology and pedagogy.

Pinar Erkem- Biography
Dr.Pinar Erkem is an Associate Professor of Political Science and has been working in Istanbul
University, Faculty of Economics since 2008. Dr.Erkem has her BA on International Relations from
Dokuz Eylul University in Turkey and MA on European Integration and Development from Vrije
University Brussels in Belgium. She has completed her PhD in 2014 at Istanbul University with a
dissertation titled “Consociationalism as a Method of Conflict Regulation: A Case Study of 1960
Cyprus Republic”. Dr.Erkem studied in Queen’s University, Canada, as a visiting scholar during PhD,
working on consociational theory in 2012-2013. Dr.Erkem gives lectures on IR, political science,
nationalism, conflict regulation and globalization at the faculty. Her research interests include
nationalism, conflict regulation, multiculturalism, EU-Turkey relations and arts and politics.

Doktora : Medya ve İletişim Çalışmaları

İlgi Alanları: Medya ve İletişim, Sinema,  Göstergebilim, Medya Okuryazarlığı

2014 yılında Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü ve Sosyoloji Bölümünden çift anadal derecesiyle mezun oldu. Aynı yıl İstanbul Şehir Üniversitesi’nde Sosyoloji Programı’nda yüksek lisans programına kabul aldı. 2017 yılında buradan internet memleri ve mizahı üzerine yazdığı Communicative Potentials of Internet Memes: Caps Culture in Turkey başlıklı teziyle yüksek lisans derecesini kazandı. Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi’nde Kent, Mekan ve Duygulanımsal Atmosfer: Samsun’da Bir Sahil Parkının Etnografisi başlığıyla doktora çalışmasını tamamladı. 2016 yılından beri Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Bölümü’nde araştırma görevlisi olarak çalışmaktadır. Aynı zamanda Türkiye’de kadına yönelik şiddet, aile konulu çeşitli araştırmalarda yer almaktadır. 

Prof AJEET JAISWAL, Director (Faculty Affairs)
and Head, Department of Anthropology
Dr Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University),
Sagar, Madhya Pradesh-470003, INDIA
(M):09791201427(What’sapp);8122594335,
E-mail: rpgajeet@gmail.com

• Ph. D. from Delhi University 2009 (Anthropology). Title: Health Conditions of Textile Workers of District Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. M.Sc. (2003) and B.Sc. (2001) from Delhi University.

• He is an Author of Eleven (11) books -5 Text Books, 3 Reference Books, and 3 Edited Books. Published 108 papers and articles.

• His Research Gate Report (Germany): showed his research paper and article were Read or used by: 4,44,532 people belonging to 163 Countries, 119 Educational Institutions and more than 100 Disciplines.

• His 19 lectures telecast on SwayamPrabha Channel (Free D.T.H. Channel for Education)- Ecological Anthropology: Cultural and Biological Dimensions.

• He Prepared the Physical and Financial Annual Progress Report, Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India (2009-2010).

• Also Written 50 Units/Modules for IGNOU and P.G. e-Pathshala (A Ministry of Education Project under its National Mission on Education through I.C.T. (NME-ICT).

• He Recorded 47 video lectures for the paper Anthropology under e-PG Pathshala Project.

• Also Submitted UGC-Major Research Project (2016-2019).

• His Research Guidance include 5 PhD; 5 M.Phil; 35 M.A. /M.Sc.

• He is a Editor-In-Chief: Anthropo-Indialogs - An Open Access Peer Reviewed Journal http://arfjournals.com/Archaeology/ai

• Also Editorial Board Member and Reviewer of more than 30 International and National Journals.

• He Participated and Presented in more than 100 International and National Seminars, Workshops, Lectures, Exhibitions, Orientation Courses, Refresher Courses and Summer Courses.

• Also Appointed as a Nodal Officer for the Student Satisfaction Survey under the PMMMNMTT scheme, Ministry of Human Resource Development.

• He Delivered several Endowment Lectures, Keynote Addresses, Invited speakers and Special Lectures.

• He was a Convener of several International Panels -IUAES, Manchester, United Kingdom (2013); IUAES Inter-Congress, Bangkok, Thailand (2015); IUAES Inter-Congress, Poznan, Poland (2018); IUAES World-Congress, Delhi, India.

• Also Lifetime Membership in Many Educational Bodies.

• he developed a Physical/Biological Anthropology Lab- Department of Anthropology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry.

• Received several academic Awards-Best Rapporteur Award 2018, The Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi; Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing Award 2018, 2019; Indian Psychological Association (I.P.A.) Academic Excellence Awards 2020, the Indian Psychological Association, Department of Psychology, Punjab University, Chandigarh; Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing Award 2020; Best Paper Award-The University Sains, Penang, Malaysia 2012; The Dr A. Sharma Memorial Best Paper Award, The University of Delhi, 2015.

• And Participated in various Anthropological Development Programmes.

Graduated from College of Philosophy (1982) and earned his Ph.D. from the Program School (1986) at Moscow State University.
His fields of scientific interests include:
 Pre-History: Origin of man and human thought, archaic consciousness
 Philosophy: Philosophy in the 20th century, Methodology of Science, Philosophy of History
 Sociology and Political Science: Theory and Practice of Socialism, Future Studies
 Ethnic Studies: Methodology, Ethnic processes in Central Asia
 Korean Studies: Diaspora Studies, Korean Philosophy, Unification & Global Korean Network

Worked as vice-director at the National Institute of History, rector’s advisor at the National University of Uzbekistan, and was a professor at various Uzbek universities and South Korean universities (Hoseo, Hanyang, and Sun Kyun Kwan).
He has been invited as a guest lecturer to universities in the United States (U of Kansas, Columbia U, Oregon State U, Northeastern Illinois U, Chicago, U of California at Berkeley, Stanford, and Georgia U. and in South Korea (Myungji U, Hanyang U, Kyungpook National U, Chung-Ang U, Kyonggi U, Hanguk U of Foreign Studies).
Published more than 100 works on philosophy, sociology, prehistory, education, Central Asian studies, and overseas Koreans studies in 14 countries.
Presented papers at more than 100 congresses, conferences and seminars in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Ukraine, Russia, Hungary, Romania, Turkey, Korea, France, Germany, India, Sweden, Switzerland, New Zealand, and the United States.
Serves as a member of the editorial boards of journals in Uzbekistan, India, Russia, Korea, and Turkey.
Has been awarded 20 international grants, fellowships, and projects, including the Fulbright Program, Korea Foundation fellowship, and other grants (USA, Korea, EU, Switzerland).

Flavia Lucia Ghencea (BA in law, 1999, Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, BA in Psychology, 2018, Ovidius University of Constanța, PhD. in administrative law, 2012, habilitated in 2025, University of Bucharest) is Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law and Administrative Sciences of the Ovidius University of Constanța, where she teaches subjects in the field of Public Law (Fundamental Institutions of Administrative Law, Comparative Administrative Systems, Financial Law). PhD. in administrative law at the University of Bucharest since 2012 and habilitated in 2025, author of numerous specialized publications (books, chapters in collective volumes, studies or scientific articles).
She has coordinated research projects on children rights, citizen rights or education. She has published 8 course books and over 50 articles in journal or chapter books, delivered speeches in over 30 conferences and participated in 3 national projects with European Funds.
MC member from Romania in some COST action, coordinate Romanian research team in AC 18114 – ENTAN and AC 20123 – IGCOORD.
It combines technical, legal and psychological training in academic and extracurricular activities, aimed at developing the civic skills of community members, whatever their age or background, with the belief that education, in all its forms, is the only sustainable brick in the overall construction of a quality life.

1975 yılı Gölcük doğumlu Gökhan Göktürk aslen Elazığ'lıdır. Eğitim hayatına 1997 yılında Kütahya Dumlupınar Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Bölümünde başlayan Göktürk, 2001 yılında mezun olmuştur. 2001-2004 yılları arasında aynı üniversitede "Küreselleşmenin Emperyal Boyutları: Aşırı Liberalizm" teziyle yüksek lisans eğitimini tamamlamıştır. 2006 yılında İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Sosyoloji Bölümünde doktora eğitimine başlayan Göktürk, "1946-1980 Yılları Arasında Siyaset Sosyolojisi Açısından Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi" başlıklı teziyle Eylül 2012'de doktora eğitimini tamamlamıştır. 2013 yılında Dr. Öğr. Üyesi olarak atanan Göktürk, halen aynı bölümde Doç. Dr. olarak görevine devam etmektedir.

1984 İstanbul doğumludur. Lisans eğitimini İstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Bölümü ve Çalışma Ekonomisi ve Endüstri İlişkileri Bölümü'nde tamamlamıştır. Yüksek lisans ve doktora derecesini Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne Üniversitesi'nde almıştır. 2016 yılından beri Kütahya Dumlupınar Üniversitesi'nde görev yapmaktadır. Güncel olarak göç ve vatandaşlık üzerine çalışmaktadır.

Orkhan Valiyev (Dr.) was born on April 22, 1987. After graduating from high school in 2005, he received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Baku State University in 2009. In 2012-2014, he received a master's degree from the Department of Political Science at the Academy of Public Administration. In 2014, he won a state scholarship from Turkey for doctoral studies. He started his doctoral education in 2015 and received a doctorate in philosophy from the Faculty of Political Sciences of Sakarya University, Institute of Social Sciences, unanimously defending the scientific work "The Nationalization Process of Tsarist Azerbaijan: 1850-1920." In the 2018-2019 academic year, he was engaged in pedagogical activities at the Department of Political Science and International Relations of the Western Caspian University. In the 2021-2022 academic year, he resumed his pedagogical activity at the Department of Political Science and International Relations of the Western Caspian University. In addition, in the relevant academic year, he began working as an adjunct teacher in the master's department at the Department of Sociology, Baku State University.

Mimar Sinan Üniversitesi Sosyoloji mezunudur. Aynı üniversitede Yüksek Lisans ve Doktora eğitimini almıştır. Yüksek Lisans Tezi Prof. Dr. Güliz Erginsoy gözetiminde "Cahit Tanyol: Hayatı, eserleri ve sosyoloji görüşleri", doktora tezi ise Prof. Dr. Firdevs Gümüşoğlu gözetiminde "Türk Yurdu Dergisinde Milliyetçilik (1911-1931) şeklindedir. İstanbul'da felsefe öğretmenliği yaptıktan sonra 2016 yılında Bartın Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Bölümü'nde Dr. Öğretim üyesi olarak göreve başlamıştır. 2020 yılında doçent unvanı almış ve Muş Alparslan Üniversitesi Sosyal Hizmet Bölümüne geçmiştir. Halen burada görev almaktadır. Türk Yurdu Dergisinde Milliyetçilik, Türk Sosyolojisinin Tanığı: Cahit Tanyol ve Küreselleşen Dünyada Sosyoloji başlıklı üç kitabı ve editörlüğünü yaptığı İletişim ve Medya Sosyolojisi kitapları vardır. Bunun dışında liselerde okutulmak üzere 10. Sınıf Felsefe ve Eğitim Sosyolojisi ders kitaplarını yazmıştır. Makale ve kitap bölümleri çeşitli dergi ve yayınevlerinde yayınlanmıştır. Milliyetçililk, Oryantalizm, Medya, Sinema, Askeri sosyoloji, Sosyoloji Tarihi, kolonyalizm üzerine çalışmaları mevcuttur. 

Nazan YILDIZ ÇİÇEKÇİ 2004 yılında Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, İngiliz Dili ve Edebiyatı bölümünden mezun oldu. 2005 yılında aynı bölümde araştırma görevlisi olarak çalışmaya başladı. 2007 yılında aynı üniversitede Uygulamalı Dilbilimi alanında yüksek lisansını “Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, İngiliz Dili ve Edebiyatı Anabilim Dalı Edebiyat Derslerindeki Eleştirel Düşünce Ortamını Edebiyat Tabanlı Eleştirel Düşünce Programıyla Geliştirmek üzerine Deneysel Bir Çalışma” adlı teziyle tamamladı. 2008 yılında Hacettepe Üniversitesi, İngiliz Dili ve Edebiyatı bölümünde doktora öğrencisi oldu ve aynı bölümde araştırma görevlisi olarak çalışmaya başladı. 2015 yılında “Geoffrey Chaucer’ın Canterbury Hikayeleri’nde Melezleşme ve Sınıflar Arasındaki Sınırların Yeniden Çizilmesi” adlı teziyle doktora derecesini aldı. Oregon Üniversitesi, Amerikan İngiliz Enstitüsünden eleştirel düşünce becerileri üzerine sertifika sahibidir. Ulusal ve uluslararası yayın ve bildirileri bulunmaktadır. Orta Çağ İngiliz Edebiyatı, Orta Çağ Tarihi, Chaucer, Eski İngiliz Edebiyatı, İngiliz Romanı, Kadın Çalışmaları, Toplumsal Cinsiyet, Karşılaştırmalı Edebiyat, Sömürgecilik ve Sömürgecilik sonrası Dönemi İngiliz Edebiyatı, ve Eleştirel Düşünce ve Edebiyat başlıca çalışma alanlarıdır. Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, İngiliz Dili ve Edebiyatı Bölümü’nde doçent olarak görev yapmaktadır.

Prof. Dr. Fahri ÇAKI, 1966, İstanbul doğumlu olup aslen Karslıdır. İlk ve orta öğrenimini İstanbul’da aldıktan sonra 1984-1988 yılları arasında İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Sosyoloji Bölümünde lisans eğitimini tamamlamıştır. 1989-1992 yılları arasında Patnos, Gebze ve İstanbul’da çeşitli liselerde felsefe grubu öğretmenliği yaparken eşzamanlı olarak İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Sosyoloji Bölümünde Baykan Sezer danışmanlığında “Eğitimde Batıcılaşma” konulu yükseklisans tezini tamamlamıştır. 1993 yılında kazanmış olduğu YÖK bursuyla ABD, Philadelphia kentine giderek Temple University’de ikinci kez yükseklisans yapmış ve ardından Kyriakos Kontopoulos danışmanlığında “New Social Classes and Movements in the Context of Politico-Economic Development in Contemporary Turkey” başlıklı teziyle doktorasını tamamlamıştır. 2002 yılında yardımcı doçent olarak atandığı Balıkesir Üniversitesi Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi Sosyoloji Bölümünün kurucu bölüm başkanlığını yapmış ve halen aynı yerde öğretim üyesi ve bölüm başkanı olarak devam etmektedir. 2013 yılında doçentlik ve 2019 yılında profesörlük unvanlarını kazanmıştır. 2015-2016 yılları arasında BAÜN Uluslararası İlişkiler Arş. Uyg. Merkezi müdürlüğü yapmıştır. Sosyal hareketler ve kimlikler, kültür, gençlik, gönüllülük, aile, afet ve siyaset alanlarına odaklanan akademik çalışmalarının yanı sıra 2014’den beri kurucusu olduğu Ibn-i Haldun Sosyal Politikalar Arş. ve Uyg. Merkezi müdürlüğünü de yürütmektedir. İlgi alanları kapsamında ulusal ve uluslararası çok sayıda yayın, bildiri ve tez danışmanlığıyla birlikte birçok uygulama ve araştırma projesi de yürütmüştür. Evli ve üç çocuk babasıdır.

Bilkent Üniversitesi İktisadi, İdari ve Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü’ndeki lisans öğrenimini 1998’de tamamladıktan sonra, 1999’da, aynı üniversitenin Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü’nün Uluslararası İlişkiler Ana Bilim Dalı’ndan, The Contribution of The International Court of Justice to The Continental Shelf Disputes in The Mediterranean Sea başlıklı tezi ile Yüksek Lisans, Marmara Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Anabilim Dalı’ndan, 2011 yılında, Bir Göç Sisteminin Anatomisi: Türkiye-Rusya Örneği başlıklı tezi ile Doktora derecelerini almıştır.
Çalışmaları, uluslararası göç ve göç politikaları alanlarında yoğunlaşmıştır.
Halen, Doktor Öğretim Üyesi olarak, İstanbul Ticaret Üniversitesi, İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Fakültesi, Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü’nde çalışmaktadır.

Victor JUC, head of the Legal, Political and Sociological Research Institute, Moldova State University, doctor, professor, corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova, scientific profile International Relations. Professor Victor JUC is author of 310 scientific publications (monographs, chapters in collections, articles in scientific journals, materials of national and foreign scientific conferences).
Scientific interests focus on international relations, European studies, security studies, the history of Romanian philosophical and socio-political thought. In particular, scientific interests are referring to postcold war world order, and post bipolar international security architecture. A separate chapter is concerning the relations between the Republic of Moldova and some international intergovernmental organizations, with predilections for European Union and North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Victor JUC is full professor for university courses „Postcold war world order”, „European Union in the international relations system”, „International security” and the „Theory of international relations”.
A huge interest manifested the public lectures presented by corresponding member from the higher tribune of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova with the titles: „European Union: national versus supranational in the Covid-19 pandemic context” and „Peace and security in East-European army conflict context”.
Professor Victor JUC is participant as coordinator and staff member in the realization of national and international scientific research projects between the Republic of Moldova and Romania, the Republic of Moldova and Italy.

S.I. Humayun is currently working as an Assiociate Professor at Centre for South Asian Studies, UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institute of South Asia Regional Cooperation, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India. He completed his Post Graduation and Doctoral Degree in Defence and Strategic Studies from Department of Defence and Strategic Studies, University of Madras, Chennai, India. His interests of teaching are peace and conflict studies, regional cooperation, maritime security issues and environmental politics. During his doctoral research, he was selected to attend the prestigious Summer Workshop organised by Regional Centre for Strategic studies, Colombo, Sri Lanka on the theme of “Defence, Technology and Cooperative Security in South Asia”. Having an experience of sixteen years in research and teaching in security studies, he has published around fifteen papers and guided thirty post graduate thesis and guided five doctoral scholars on various themes of South Asian politics. He is a member of board of studies for Defence and Strategic Studies of various universities. 

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Doç. Dr. Aliye Fatma Mataracı, Felsefe (Lisans/Boğaziçi Üniversitesi), Sosyoloji (MA/Boğaziçi Üniversitesi) ve Film ve TV Çalışmaları (MA/İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi) okuduktan sonra Tarih (Doktora/Boğaziçi Üniversitesi) bölümüne geçti. Doktora çalışmaları sırasında disiplinlerarası geçmişinin geçmişi anlama çabalarına daha zengin bir bakış açısı sağladığını keşfetti. İkinci kitabını 2016`da yayımladı; Savaş Zamanında Ticaret: Bir Osmanlı Müslüman Tüccar Ailesinin Ticari Yazışmaları, 2016. Uluslararası Saraybosna Üniversitesi'nde (IUS) Siyasal Bilimler Programında Yardimci Docent ve Docent olarak gorev yaptigi 2011-2023 yılları arasında çeşitli idari görevlerde bulundu: 2011-2019 yillari arasinda Sosyal Bilimler Bölüm Başkani ve Sosyal ve Siyasal Bilimler Program Koordinatöru, ve 2019-2023 yillari arasinda Hukuk Fakültesi Dekanı olarak gorev yapti.  Bircok uluslararasi yanini bulunan Mataraci`nin son calismalari Kimlik Politikaları, Kültürel Miras, Batı Balkanlar ve Sahraaltı Afrika'da Sosyal İklim konularini kapsamaktadir. Mataraci, 2023 ile itibariyle akademik calismalarina Al Akhawayn Universitesi`nde (Fas) devam etmektedir.

I am Reader in Applied Linguistics at Newcastle University, UK and Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy. I have expertise on technology enhanced language learning and teaching, particularly on the communicative and pedagogical aspects of multimodal and intercultural interaction in online settings, focusing on social presence, meaning-making, instruction-giving, and task design. Through the lens of the theory of social presence and using mixed methods as well as social semiotics and multimodal (inter)action analysis, my work aims to understand how people from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds and from different communities establish interpersonal relationships and improve their digital, linguistic, and intercultural communication skills. I am particularly interested in contributing to social and intercultural connectedness through fostering interpersonal relationships and participation in physical and online communities.

I was Principal Investigator of the Communities, Languages, and Activities App (ENACT) project https://enacteuropa.com (2019-2022) co-funded by the European Union. The main aim of the project was to foster intercultural and intergenerational social cohesion and understanding between migrant and host community members through two-way knowledge exchange facilitated by digital tools. We worked with several organisations supporting migrant communities including the Newcastle City of Sanctuary, Action Foundation, and the North East Solidarity Teaching (NEST). We are currently organising impact events for schools and communities at the University and at the Great North Museum (Newcastle Upon Tyne) in collaboration with Tyne and Wear museums.

I am a General Council member of UNICollaboration https://www.unicollaboration.org/index.php/general-council/ and the co-editor of the Journal of Virtual Exchange https://journal.unicollaboration.org I have publications in leading journals in the field such as Language Learning and Technology, ReCALL, and System. My most recent books are an edited volume Virtual Exchange: Towards Digital Equity in Internationalisation (2021), a co-authored manuscript Instruction Giving in Online Language Lessons: A Multimodal (Inter)action Analysis (2023), and a co-edited volume Cultural Tasks For Digital Language Learning (2025).

Dr. Iftekhar Alam hails from Bihar state of India. He has earned his Master’s degree in Social Work from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh and completed his Ph.D. in Social Work from Pondicherry University, Puducherry. He joined the Department of Social Work, Pondicherry University in the year 2009 and has been engaged in teaching and research. Dr. Iftekhar has received the Best Teacher Award at Pondicherry University in the academic year 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2021-22. He is specialized in Social Work with Groups, Social Work with Communities, Livelihood Promotion, Social Entrepreneurship and Gerontological Social Work. He has 5 projects funded by the Government of India and the Government of Puducherry. He has organized academic programs at the National and International levels and published research papers and book chapters in both nationally and internationally reputed journals and books respectively.

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Edita Bekteshi is Assoc. Prof. Dr. of English Language at the University Isa Boletini in Mitrovica, Kosovo. Her research interests include contemporary teaching methodologies,  collaborative learning, microlearning, project-based learning, and inclusive and personalized learning in a foreign language classroom. She has also conducted postdoctoral studies in Portugal  and Austria related to her field of study and has published in various international journals.

Biography of Vladimir Sterpu
Early Life and Education:

Vladimir Sterpu was born on May 23, 1987, in Moldova. He pursued his early education at the Theoretical Lyceum "Spiru Haret" in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, where he developed a solid foundation in primary and secondary education. Vladimir later attended the Military College "Stefan cel Mare" in Campulung Moldovenesc, Romania, where he acquired discipline, self-confidence, and team-working skills, which would serve as the cornerstone of his future professional endeavors.

In 2006, Vladimir began his higher education journey at the Moscow University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. Here, he specialized in Jurisprudence and earned the title of Jurist in Jurisprudence and Lieutenant of Police. His education at this institution equipped him with a robust understanding of crime prevention, particularly through the study of foreign expertise in crime prevention and its application within law enforcement agencies.

Academic Pursuits and Research:

Vladimir's academic career continued to flourish as he pursued a Master's degree in Anglophone Studies, specializing in Translation and Applied Linguistics, at the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures, Moldova State University. His master's thesis focused on the complex criminal terminology in English and Romanian, based on Interpol's activity reports.

Driven by a passion for political sciences and international relations, Vladimir embarked on a PhD journey at the Moldova State University, where he specialized in Political Sciences. His doctoral thesis, titled "Contributions of the International Organization INTERPOL to Security Ensuring: Case Study on the Republic of Moldova," explored the significant role of INTERPOL in global security and its impact on the Republic of Moldova.

Professional Career:

Vladimir Sterpu has held several key positions throughout his career. Since July 2011, he has served as a Scientific Researcher at the Institute of Legal, Political, and Sociological Research, Center for Political Research and International Relations in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova. His role involves processing and analyzing scientific results, publishing findings, and presenting ongoing work at academic conferences.

In November 2011, Vladimir took on the role of Investigative Officer at the Police Commissariat of Ciocana District in Chisinau. His responsibilities included crime investigation, patrolling, and maintaining public order, where he utilized his extensive training and knowledge in criminal law.

Vladimir's dedication to academia is evident in his long-standing position as a Lecturer at the Moldova State University, where he has been teaching since September 2015. His courses cover a wide range of topics, including International Security, Treaties Law, Diplomatic and Consular Law, Human Rights within International Relations, and International Organizations. His work in this role not only involves lecturing but also conducting significant scientific research in international relations.

Publications and Contributions:

Throughout his career, Vladimir has contributed extensively to international scientific journals. His research has covered various topics, including the application of information technologies in crime prevention by law enforcement agencies, legal regulation of the United Nations in crime prevention, and the role of INTERPOL in combating international crime. His work has been published in renowned journals such as "Law and Life" and the "Scientific Annals of the Commercial Cooperative University of Moldova."

Vladimir has also been an active participant in numerous international conferences, where he has presented his research on topics like the contribution of INTERPOL in fighting marine piracy, INTERPOL's priorities from the perspective of international challenges, and the efficiency of mechanisms for human rights protection.

Honors, Awards, and Memberships:

Vladimir's academic and professional contributions have been recognized through various honors and awards. He has been a member of the International Police Association, Republic of Moldova subsidiary, since 2011, and is also associated with the EcoHumanitas NGO. His dedication to research and academia has been further highlighted by his participation in several prestigious internships and scholarships, including the Erasmus Mundus PhD exchange scholarship in Romania and the FP7 Marie Curie project in Georgia.

Personal Skills and Interests:

Vladimir is proficient in several languages, including English, Russian, and Romanian, allowing him to engage in diverse academic and professional environments. His communication skills have been honed through his experience as a Crime Investigation Officer and a Scientific Researcher. He possesses strong organizational and leadership skills, having led crime investigation teams and managed student groups.

In addition to his professional skills, Vladimir has a passion for poetry, which he developed during his high school years. He is also a skilled driver, holding a Category B driving license.

Conclusion:

Vladimir Sterpu's life is a testament to his dedication to law, political sciences, and international relations. His academic pursuits, professional experiences, and contributions to scientific research have established him as a respected figure in his field. With a deep commitment to education and research, Vladimir continues to influence and shape the understanding of international security and criminal law in the Republic of Moldova and beyond.

Nişantaşı Üniversitesi SSBF 

2001 yılında Van Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi Sosyoloji Bölümünden mezun oldum; 2008 yılında Ege Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Sosyoloji Anabilim Dalında Doktora unvanı aldım. 2009'da Yard.Doç. 2016'te Doçent ve 2021'de de Profesör unvanı aldım.

Prof. Dr. Demet Lüküslü, Yeditepe Üniversitesi, Fen-Edebiyat Fakültesi, Sosyoloji Bölümü, İstanbul, Türkiye.

The author holds a bachelor’s degree in Pedagogy and a master’s degree in Psychological Counseling and Guidance. In addition to her doctoral studies in Pedagogy and Psychological Counseling and Guidance, she is currently pursuing a PhD in Health and Sports Sciences. She hosts the television program “Aile Rehberi” (Family Guide) on Kanal Avrupa TV and writes a newspaper column. She is also the founder and owner of the Fondness Devotion Institute, a center providing pedagogical, family, and academic counseling services.

She has received extensive national and international training in child therapy, couple and family therapy, individual therapy, psychodynamic therapy, solution-focused brief therapy, transference-focused therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), EMDR therapy, student life coaching, self-coaching, mindfulness, and compassion-focused approaches. In addition, she completed yoga instructor training in the United Kingdom and software development engineering and software testing training in the United States.

She is the author of “Let’s Play Together”, a book on children’s games; the children’s storybook “Mumi Loves Vegetables”; and “Values Education with Children’s Stories”, which has been published in four different languages. She also wrote “Healthy Romantic Relationships” and “Healthy Sexual Life in Romantic Relationships”, contributing to the fields of child development and values education as well as to psychology and the study of romantic relationships. Furthermore, she has written book chapters on pedagogy, psychology, artificial intelligence, and leadership in international scientific books; published research articles in various international peer-reviewed journals; and participated as an expert speaker in webinars and as a keynote speaker at international congresses.

She continues her academic studies while actively working in both professional and administrative roles

Dr. Alina Romanovska is a lead researcher and associate professor of the Institute of the Humanities and Social Sciences at Daugavpils University, Latvia. Her research interests include identity, regional studies, contemporary Latvian culture. She has more than 80 publications and is the author of a monograph. She has managed and/or participated in several international and national research projects, for example, The Seventh Framework Programme, Interreg, National Research Programme 'Letonika', Cost Action, H2020, Horizon Europe.