Political Science and International Relations | Summer Research Program

Summer Research Program aims to develop research skills of students from the Political Science and International Relations department. The program aims to develop technical skills of students by working in research projects of faculty members. There will be different project options and the students will be able to develop their research skills by taking active part in these research projects. Faculty members can develop new projects for the Summer Research Program or recruit students for their ongoing research projects.

Enrollment in the Summer Research Program is free. Researchers will not be provided free accommodation or food for the duration of the program nor will they be paid for expenses such as their commute to the university and back. Students are also responsible for their own health insurance. The program is not part of the regular summer school of Bogazici University and there will be no grade or credit gained by participating in this program.

Project information

Project 1

Project title: Authoritarian Reactions to Foreign Relief

Faculty member: Bann Seng Tan

Requirements: minimum 3.0 GPA

Job description: Ability to carry out web based research and newspaper archival search. An interest in the politics of foreign aid politics towards China, Burma, Egypt or Fiji is desirable but not a formal requirement.

Dates: 16.06.2016 – 09.09.2016

Number of researchers: 2

Project 2

Project Title: Migrant perceptions and urban sociability

Faculty member: Mine Eder

Requirements: minimum 3.0 GPA; 3rd or 4th year undergraduate student

Job description: Literature and media review and preparing short summaries in Turkish.

Dates: 15.06.2016 - 15.08.2016

Number of researchers: 1

Project 3

Project Title: Democratic Innovations: Citizen participation in Local Government

Faculty member: Zeynep Kadirbeyoglu and Gul Sosay

Requirements: minimum 3.0 GPA and ability to use excel

Job description: Preparing excel tables and participating in the preparation of a manuscript in Turkish.

Dates: 15.06.2016 - 15.08.2016

Number of researchers: 1

Project 4

Project Title: Environmental Civil Society Organisations in Turkey

Faculty member: Zeynep Kadirbeyoglu

Requirements: minimum 3.0 GPA

Job description: Literature review on social movements.

Dates: 15.06.2016 - 15.07.2016

Number of researchers: 1

Project 5

Project Title: Becoming a Turkish citizen: Legal norms versus administrative practices

Faculty member: Dilek Çınar and Zeynep Kadirbeyoğlu

Requirements: minimum 3.0 GPA

Job description: Carrying out interviews with migrants and coding interview material

Dates: 15.06.2016 - 15.08.2016

Number of researchers: 1

Application Procedure

Applicants should submit a scanned transcript, CV and a short motivation letter before June 6, 2016 to the following address: polssummerresearch@gmail.com

Please make sure to write the project title in the subject line of your email message.

Selected students will be contacted for an interview with the project coordinator.