Ayşe Betül Çelik

Ayşe Betül Çelik received her Ph.D. in political science from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 2002. She teaches conflict analysis and resolution, and political science at Sabanci University in Istanbul. She has been a visiting scholar at the American University (2009) and the University of Sydney (2013).

Her work focuses on conflict transformation processes, ethnicity, forced migration, peace processes, reconciliation, civil society and gender in peacebuilding. Some of her works appeared in journals like Human Rights Quarterly, Journal of Refugee Studies, Europe-Asia Studies, International Migration, Security Dialogue, South European Society and Politics, and International Journal of Intercultural Relations. She has co-authored Confronting Forced Migration: Post-Displacement Restitution of Citizenship Rights in Turkey, and edited Türkiye’de ve Dünyada Barış Süreçleri: Anlamak ve Canlandırmak, which are about forced displacement in Turkey, and rejuvenating peace processes around the world, respectively. Prof. Çelik also served as a consultant to several civil society organizations and state ministries on conflict resolution and social cohesion. Trained in dynamic conflict mapping, problem-solving workshops, negotiation, dialogue, and UNSCR 1325, gender and mediation, she teaches conflict resolution, and gender equality to civil society, private companies, and schools. She is the leader of the Turkish antenna of the Mediterranean Women Mediators Network.