Academic and Professional Background

• Bachelor of Economics in Istanbul, 2005
• Master of European Studies in Bath, 2007
• PhD in Gender Studies in Berlin, 2014
• Researcher and Lecturer at HWR Berlin since 2013

Expertise in

• Macroeconomics
• Gender and Globalization

Membership

• ASMEA (Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa), 2015
• Human Development and Capability Association, 2013-14

Awards

• 2015 Research Grant, Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa

Research Interests

• Women's empowerment
• Microfinances
• International development
• Turkey

Recent Research Projects

• 2015 Research Project on Women and the New Turkey Discourse, Research Grant awarded by the Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa
• 2009-2014 „Arbeitende Hausfrauen auf der Suche nach dem besseren Leben. Frauenempowerment durch Mikrokreditvergabe in der Türkei“, Doctoral Dissertation, Philosophical Faculty III, oral defense in October 2014, Grade: magna cum laude