Dr. Magdalena Kirchner was appointed the Director for Europe in the World at Stiftung Mercator in January 2024. Previously, she was the Country Director Jordan and Country Director Yemen and GCC States of Friedrich Ebert Foundation, based in Amman, Jordan and served as interim Director of the foundation’s Regional Climate and Energy Program MENA. From 2019 to 2021, she led the foundation’s efforts in Afghanistan. Previously, she held research positions inter alia at the Istanbul Policy Center (IPC Mercator Fellow 2016-2017), the RAND Corporation, the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (ORSAM) in Ankara and the University of Heidelberg.
Welcoming of the 2016/17 Mercator-IPC Fellows
We welcome our 2016/17 Mercator-IPC Fellows, Magdalena Kirchner, Sarah Louise Nash, Wiebke Hohberger, Kristen Biehl, Tuğba Ağaçayak ve Emre Üçkardeşler.
Magdalena Kirchner | Rising to the Occasion? Turkey and Germany in Transatlantic Crisis Management
Sarah Louise Nash | The Politics of the Climate Change and Migration Nexus: Taking the UNFCCC Task Force to Task
Wiebke Hohberger | Syrian Refugees in Turkey: Current Approaches of State and Non-State Integration Efforts and Possibilities for Turkish-German Joint Projects
Kristen Biehl | Examining Policy Formations and Everyday Realities of Refugee Integration in Turkey
Tuğba Ağaçayak | Mitigation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Waste and Agriculture Sectors and its Multi-level Governance in Turkey
Emre Üçkardeşler | A Framework for Long-term Education and Integration Strategies
"Nasıl bir Dünya? Nasıl bir Türkiye?" with Karolina Augustova and Magdalena Kirchner
Karolina Augustova and Magdalena Kirchner were hosted by Pelin Oğuz at the 73rd episode of “Nasıl bir Dünya? Nasıl bir Türkiye?” program titled "Afghanistan in Transition: Implications for Turkey" organized by the IPC-Sabancı University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative in cooperation with Medyascope.
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Hub or Spoke? NATO's Role in Allied Projecting Stability Efforts on the Southern Flank
2016/17 Mercator-IPC Fellow Magdalena Kirchner organized a conference titled “Hub or Spoke? NATO’s Role in Allied Projecting Stability Efforts on the Southern Flank” at Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP), Berlin, with the support of NATO’s Public Diplomacy Division, on March 15–16, 2018.
Welcoming of the 2016/17 Mercator-IPC Fellows
The Welcoming of the 2016/17 Mercator-IPC Fellows was held on October 10 at the Seed, Sakıp Sabancı Museum. The extension of the Istanbul Policy Center-Sabancı University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative until 2021 was also announced during the event.
The event began with the welcoming remarks by IPC Director Fuat Keyman and followed by remarks from the Chairman of the Advisory Board at Stiftung Mercator, Rüdiger Frohn. An alumni movie, which exhibited former Mercator-IPC Fellows and their projects, was screened after the welcoming remarks. The 2016/17 Mercator-IPC Fellows were introduced to the audience through another movie screening. The movie presented the 2016/17 Mercator-IPC Fellows Kristen Biehl, Wiebke Hohberger, Magdalena Kirchner, Emre Üçkardeşler, Tuğba Ağaçayak, and Sarah Louise Nash and their projects. After the event ended, the distinguished guests enjoyed a meet and greet open buffet dinner.
