Dr. Çağdaş Cengiz is an Associate Professor of European Union Studies at Dokuz Eylül University. He received his undergraduate degree from Ege University, the Department of International Relations, and completed both his MA. and Ph.D. at the Department of EU Studies at DEU. He has been involved in Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence, Jean Monnet Chair on European Integration and many other EU funded projects and modules as a research staff at the Department of EU Studies. He has already published several articles and books in the field of EU integration process. His research interests include financial, budgetary, agricultural, climate, energy, technology, innovation, identity and regional policy aspects within the context of political economy of the European Union and Turkey.