Dr. Sinem Acikmese
Senior Fellow
| Degrees: | Ph.D. (University of Ankara), MSc(London School of Economics and Political Science), MA (University of Ankara), BA (Ankara University) |
| Email: | sacikmese@khas.edu.tr |
Sinem Akgül Açıkmeşe is a Professor of International Relations and Jean Monnet Chair holder on Hybrid Threats in the EU at Kadir Has University (KHAS). She holds a BA in International Relations as well as an MA in European Union-International Relations from Ankara University. She studied at the European Institute of London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) for her MSc degree in European Studies. She has completed her PhD in European Studies-International Relations at Ankara University (2008).
She was a Jean Monnet fellow at LSE (2001-2002), Turkish Academy of Sciences fellow (2002-2008), visiting PhD student at London School of Economics (2005-2006), Sasakawa Young Leaders fellow (2005-2007), visiting scholar to IGCC-University of California-San Diego as a US Department of State Fellow (2007), Black Sea Young Reformers fellow (2010-2011), visiting researcher at Stellenbosch University (2016), visiting scholar at Harvard University (2017) in support of her research on Security Studies, EU foreign and neighborhood policies specifically from a security perspective, European integration, enlargement and Turkey-EU relations.
Prof. Açıkmeşe has a teaching experience of about 20 years, at various institutions including Ankara University and TOBB-University of Economics and Technology on a full-time capacity before she joined KHAS in 2011. She is currently the associate editor of European Review of International Studies, Governing Board Member as well as the Secretary-General of the International Relations Council of Turkey (IRCT) and served as a Member of the Governing Council of the International Studies Association (ISA) (2018-2020). She has coordinated and took part in several international research and exchange projects including EU-FP7 Marie-Curie Actions, Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships and Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Actions.