Professor of Political Science Oya Dursun-Özkanca will be on sabbatical for the fall 2021 semester, serving as a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.
Dursun-Özkanca’s research in this prestigious position will focus on regional peace and stability in the Eastern Mediterranean.
“This research fosters theoretical debate on emerging regional competition and intra-alliance opposition, holds policy relevance, and appeals to broad audiences due to both an increased spotlight the Eastern Mediterranean region receives in the media and the policymaking world, and the changes in the international and regional balance of power,” said Dursun-Özkanca, who was named the inaugural recipient of the Kreider Prize for Teaching Excellence in 2015.
During her time at Harvard, Dursun-Özkanca will also be working on her third solo-authored book manuscript. Dursun-Özkanca’s first solo-authored book, “Turkey–West Relations: The Politics of Intra-alliance Opposition” was published in 2019, while her second book, “The Nexus Between Security Sector Governance/Reform and Sustainable Development Goal-16,” was published earlier in 2021.
“I look forward to exchanging ideas and collaborating with the experts at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and other scholars that work on my research topics at Harvard University,” said Dursun-Özkanca.
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