A legal scholar who carries out research at the intersection of public international law, human rights and children's rights law and sustainable development
Looking to transcend disciplinary boundaries
Trained in international law, international relations and political science.
Academic Positions
Associate Research Professor, University of Antwerp Law Faculty April 2024 - Present
Tenure Track Assistant Research Professor, University of Antwerp Law Faculty Oct 2021 to March 2024
Post-Doctoral Fellow FWO Vlaanderen - Research Foundation Flanders Oct 2018 - Sept 2021
Part-time Lecturer, University of Antwerp Law Faculty Feb 2018 - Sept 2021
Visiting Fellow, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam May 2019 - May 2021
Institute for Environmental Studies - Environmental Policy Analysis (IVM – EPA)
Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Antwerp Law Faculty Dec 2017 – Sept 2018
Doctoral Researcher, University of Antwerp Law Faculty Oct 2014 – Dec 2017
Teaching Fellow, Yale University Aug 2006 – May 2007
Research Assistant, Yale University Aug 2006 – Dec 2006
Positions outside of academia
Senior Research Fellow/Advisor
TÜSİAD (Turkish Industry & Business Association) - Brussels, Belgium Jan 2010 – Oct 2014
Research Analyst
McKinsey & Company – Istanbul, Turkey June – Dec 2009
Junior Corporate Finance Analyst
OYAK Securities – Istanbul, Turkey Apr 2008 – June 2009
University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, 2011-2017
Ph.D. in Law
Dissertation: Corporate and Corporate-like Actors and Children’s Rights: Obligations and Responsibility in Theory and in Practice
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wouter Vandenhole
Yale University, New Haven, CT USA, 2005-2007
M.A. in International Relations
Fulbright Fellow
Focus: International Law and Development
Université Paris I- Panthéon Sorbonne Paris, France, 2004-2005
Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies (D.E.A. / Masters) International Relations
Focus: Diplomacy and Development
Bogazici University Istanbul, Turkey, 2000-2004
B.A. Political Science & International Relations, high honors
SHAPE American High School Mons, Belgium, 1997 - 2000