Pelin Oğuz

Pelin Oğuz is Mercator-IPC Fellowship Program Coordinator. She received her PhD in Political Science from Istanbul Bilgi University in 2016.  Her dissertation is titled as: “The politics of nature and neoliberalism: An assessment of the impact of Hydroelectric Power plants on Local Populations”.  She has publications focusing on politics of nature.  Previously, she earned her M.A. degree in Conflict Studies and Human Rights from Utrecht University, Netherlands (2005) and her B.A. degree in International Relations from Koç University (2003). Throughout her studies she has worked in development projects in Turkey collaborating with civil society institutions.  

Prior to IPC, she worked as a part-time lecturer at Istanbul Commerce University teaching a course titled as “World Politics and Conflict Resolution” as a part of the M.A. Program in African Studies (2017) and consequently at MEF University teaching a course titled as “Evolution of Political Life in Turkey” as a part of the B.A. program in Political Science and International Relations (2017). She also worked as a full-time instructor at Koç University for the courses related to history of Turkish Revolution (2005-2015). 

Her research interests are environment, ecology, development, conflict studies, climate change, migration, identity and Turkish politics.