2015/16 Mercator-İPM Research Fellowship Program Welcome Event
The fourth cycle of the Mercator-İPM Research Fellowship Program, launched by İPM in collaboration with Sabancı University and Stiftung Mercator, kicked off with an event attended by researchers and guests of Girişim. The Welcome Event introduced the new cycle's researchers and their topics. Following opening remarks by İPM Director Fuat Keyman and Rüdiger Frohn, a video summarizing the research of Christiane Fröhlich, Defne Kadıoğlu Polat, Çetin Çelik, Peter Mock, Hande Paker, and İlke Toygür, who will be participating in the program during the 2015/16 term, was shown.
Fuat Keyman
Fuat Keyman is the Director of the Istanbul Policy Center; Vice President for Institutional Affairs and Social Impact, and Professor of International Relations at Sabancı University. Keyman is a leading political scientist in Turkey and an expert on globalization, democratization, international relations, Turkey – EU relations, Turkish foreign policy, and civil society development.
Christiane Fröhlich
Christiane Fröhlich is a peace and conflict researcher with a focus on resource scarcity and power conflicts. Currently, she is exploring “environmental migration” as a driving force of conflict escalation processes in authoritarian regimes.
christiane.froehlich@giga-hamburg.de
Defne Kadıoğlu Polat
Defne Kadıoğlu Polat was born in 1984 in Germany to Turkish parents. She graduated from the University of Düsseldorf's Social Sciences Department and obtained her Master's degree from the University of Essex in the Theory and Practice of Human Rights.
defnekadioglu@gmail.com
Peter Mock
Peter Mock focuses on the impact of road transport on climate change and air pollution. As part of his research, he is interested in technologies to reduce the emissions from cars and trucks, as well as policy measures for advancing the market deployment of clean vehicles.
peter@theicct.org
Hande Paker
Hande Paker is a political sociologist based at the Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences at Bahcesehir University.
hpaker@gmail.com
İlke Toygür
lke Toygür is an analyst of European Affairs at Elcano Royal Institute and an adjunct professor of Political Science at Carlos III University of Madrid.
itoygur@rielcano.org