Evren Balta Paker, cv

EVREN BALTA


Yıldız Technical University

Department of Political Science and International Relations

Barbaros Bulvarı
34349 Yıldız-İstanbul

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Education

City University of New York, The Graduate Center, New York, USA

Ph.D. in Political Science, 9/00- 05/07

Comparative Politics (major), International Politics (minor)

Dissertation Title: State Capacity, State Failure and Internal War-making in Russia and Turkey

Thesis Advisor: Susan L. Woodward

Thesis Committee: Charles Tilly, Stathis Kalyvas, Peter Liberman, Leonard Markovitz
Columbia University, New York , USA

M.I.A. in International Affairs,1/99-1/00
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

M.A. in Sociology, 9/95-8/98

Thesis Title: Making a Community After an Earthquake: The Case of Dinar

Thesis Advisor: Bahattin Akşit

Thesis Committee: Yusuf Ziya Özcan, Nuray Karancı
Ankara University Faculty of Social Sciences, ankara, Turkey

B.A. in International Relations, 9/91-6/95
Teaching and Research Experience

Yıldız Technical University, Department of Political Science and International relations

Associate Professor, 2013 - Current

Yıldız Technical University, Department of Political Science and International relations

Instructor, 2007 - 2013
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

Research Assistant, 2001

Turkish Progressive Worker’s Union Confederation

Research Associate, 1997-98

Turkish Medical Association, ankara, Turkey

Research Associate, 1995-1996

Administrative Experience

Center for Balkan and Black Sea Studies

Co-Director, 2013-

Yıldız Technical University, Department of Political Science and International relations

Assistant Department Chair, 2010 – 2012

Global Studies Center

Board Member, 2008-2009
Professional Affiliations and Memberships

The Association For Slavic, East European And Asian Studies (Aseees), USA

American Political Science Association (Apsa), USA

International studies Association (Isa), USA

Middle Eastern Studies Association (mesa), USA

Honors and Scholarships
Mellon Fellowship International Security and Humanitarian Affairs, Dissertation Writing Award, 2005-2006
Andrea Pollis Fellowship for Human Rights, Dissertation Writing Fellowship, 2005-2006
Bella Zeller Scholarship Trust Fund, Scholarship, 2003-2004
American Association for University Women, International Fellowship, 2003-2004
CUNY- Graduate Center, Department of Political Science, Graduate Assistantship Award and University Fellowship, 2002-2004
Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs, Summer Internship Award, 2000
Republic Of Turkey, Ministry of National Education, Scholarship for Graduate Education in the USA, 1999 - 2005
Research Grants
TUBITAK 1001 - The Support Program For Scientific and Technological Research Projects Of Turkey (global ıneqaulıtıes and cıtızenshıp: us passport holders ın turkey), Researcher, 2014-2016.

Yıldız Technical University Office of Scientific Research Projects, YULAP Program (Lynching As a Type of Collective Violence: The Analysis of Lynching Activities In The Years Between 1991 – 2010),

Project Executive, July 2012 – July 2013.
TUBITAK 1002 – Short Term R & D Fundıng Program (Cıtızenshıp Tourism: Understanding Transnational Cıtızenshıp Through Turkish Citizens Giving Birth In The USA), Project Executive, 2011-2012.
TUBITAK 1001 - The Support Program For Scıentıfıc and Technological Research Projects Of Turkey (The Image of the Ottomans / Turks ın the current history textbooks of the Balkan and black sea countries), Researcher, 2011-2014.
Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies, Research Grant, March 2005
Mellon Fellowship for International Security and Humanitarian Affairs, Dissertation Research Fellowship, 2004-2005
Sue Rosenberg Zalk Student Research Fund, Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowship, 2004
CUNY- Graduate Center, Center for Philanthropy, Research Grant for Humanitarian Aid in Afghanistan after September 11, 2002
Publications

Books and Book Chapters
Balta , E and Altan Olcay, Ö (2014) “Market Embedded Transnationalism of Turkish Elites”, Contemporary Turkey at a Glance. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Local and Translocal Dynamics, Kristina Kamp, Ayhan Kaya, Fuat Keyman, Ozge Onursal Besgul (ed.), Verlag fuer Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden
Balta Paker, E (2012) Küresel Güvenlik Kompleksi, İstanbul: İletişim Publishing.
Balta Paker, E and Akça, İ (2012) “Beyond Military Tutelage: Analyzing Civil-Military Relations under the Justice and Development Party”, Rethinking Security, Ebru Şule Canan (ed.) Lexington Books, pp. 77-93.
Balta Paker, E (2010) Türkiye’de Devlet, Ordu ve Güvenlik Siyaseti, Evren Balta Paker and İsmet Akça (ed.), İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi University Publishing.

Balta Paker, E (2010) “Türkiye’de Doksanlı Yıllarda Ulusal Güvenliğin Yeniden İnşası” Türkiye’de Devlet, Ordu ve Güvenlik Siyaseti, Evren Balta Paker and İsmet Akça (ed.), İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi University Publishing.

Balta Paker, E and Akça, İ (2010) “Ordu ve Güvenlik Siyasetine Dair Bir Değerlendirme” Türkiye’de Devlet, Ordu ve Güvenlik Siyaseti, Evren Balta Paker and İsmet Akça (ed.), İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi University Publishing.
Soyer, A and Balta Paker, E (1995) Tıbbi Etik, Doktorlar ve İnsan Hakları, Ankara: Turkish Medical Association Publishing.
Articles ∙ International Journals
Balta Paker, E, Ulman, B and Agcan, M (2011) “Uluslar arası Fikri, Epistemolojik Yanılgı ve Eleştirel Gerçekçiliğin İmkanları (The Idea of International, Epistemological Fallacy and the Critical Realism)”, Uluslararası İlişkiler, 8(30), 15-41.

Karanci, N. A, Alkan, N, Aksit, B, Sucuoglu, H, and Balta Paker, E (1999) “Gender Differences in Psychological Distress, Coping, Social Support And Related Variables Following the 1995 Dinar (Turkey) Earthquake”, North American Journal of Psychology,1(2), 189-204.

Balta Paker, E (2005) “The Ceasefire This Time” MERIP Online 31-Aug-2005, http://www.merip.org/mero/mero083105.html

Garonna, P and Balta, E (2002) “Measuring Human Rights and Human Development: The Challenges for Information Society”, Statistical Journal of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, 19(6), pp: 277-294.

Articles ∙ National Journals
Balta Paker, E and Akça, İ (2012) “Askerler, Köylüler ve Paramiliter Güçler: Türkiye’de Köy Koruculuğu Sistemi”, Toplum ve Bilim, no: 126, pp. 7-35
Balta Paker, E (2009) “Küresel Güvenlik Siyaseti ve İnsan Hakları (Global Security Politics and Human Rights)”, İdea: İnsan Bilimleri Dergisi, 1(1), pp.175-197.

Balta Paker, E (2009) “Güvenlik Endüstrisi ve Güven(sizliğin) İnşası: Bir Toplumsal Paranoyayı Anlamak”, Toplum ve Bilim, no: 115,pp. 204-226.

Soyer, Ata and Balta Paker, E (2002) “Savaş Dönemlerinde Doktorların Sorumlulukları”, Toplum ve Hekim, 10(4),pp. 15-22.
Balta Paker, E (2001) “Marksizm ve Yapıbozumun Diyaloğu”, Praksis, August, (4),pp.360-383.

Balta Paker, E (2012) “Güvenliğin Özel Tedariki Üzerine” Birikim Dergisi, February, no: 274, pp.72-80.

Balta Paker, E (2009) “Anne ya da Değil: Annelik Etme Meselesi Üzerine” Mesele Dergisi, February.

Balta Paker, E (2008) “Yoksulsuz Ütopya: Sovyet Sonrası Rusya’da Zenginlik ve Para” Birikim, August- September, no: 232-233, pp.101-107.

Balta Paker, E (2006) “Özgürlükçü Güvenlik Ya da Güvenlik Özgürlüğü Üzerine ” Amargi, no: 2, pp. 55-58.

Balta, E (2006) “Rusya’nin Gazı, Ukrayna’nın Boru Hattı ya da Avrupa’nin Isınma Sorunun Perde Arkası” Birikim, December, no:202, pp: 80-91.

Balta, E (2005) “Bir Yeni Çocukluk Var mı? (Is There a New Childhood?)” TES-IS Journal, June, no: 2005-2, pp: 77-81.

Balta, E (2005) “Bitmeyen Çocukluk, Erken Yetişkinlik ve Yeni Kapitalizm” Birikim, April, no:192, pp: 20-28.

Balta Paker, E and Akça, İ (2005) “Ordunun Emperyalizmi, Emperyalizmin Ordusu: ABD’de Militarizmin Yüzleri”, Birikim, January, no:189, , pp. 58-76.
Balta Paker, E (2004) “Çöküşten Kaosa Rusya, ABD ve Kafkasya Üçgeni”, Birikim, October, no:186, pp.7-17.
Balta Paker, E (2004) “Bildiğimiz Anlamda Devletin Sonu mu: İmparatorluk ve Özel Ordular”, Birikim, February, no:178, pp.11-19.
Balta Paker, E (2003) “Afrika’da Çatışmaların Karşılaştırmalı Bir Analizi”, Birikim, November- December, no:175-176, pp.15-25
Balta Paker, E and Paker, M (1999) “Afet: Doğal mı, Toplumsal mı?” Birikim, September-October, no: 125-126, pp.38-44.
Selected Conference Papers & Presentations
Balta Paker, E and Altan, Ö (2013) “Market for Citizenship: Embedded Transnationalism of Turkish Elites” Race. Migration. Citizenship. Conference, June 2013, British Sociological Association, Birmingham
Balta Paker, E and Altan, Ö (2013) “Travels, Babies, Dreams: The Case of Market Acquisition of U.S. Citizenship” International Studies Association Conference, 3-6 April 2012, San Francisco, U.S.A.

Balta Paker, E and Altan, Ö (2012) “Market for Citizenship: Transnational Practices of Turkish Elites” Contemporary Turkish Studies at a Glance - Topics, Institutions and Future Perspectives, 13-14 October 2012, Istanbul Bilgi University.

Balta Paker, E (2011) “Sovyetler Birliğinden Rusya’ya Kuzey Kafkaslarda Çatışma ve Kontrol”, International Symposium on Northern Caucasus, 17-18 June, İstanbul.

Balta Paker, E (2010) “Sovyetler Birliğinden Rusya’ya Kuzey Kafkaslarda Çatışma” 1864 Symposium on Caucasian Migration, Yıldız Technical University, İstanbul.

Balta Paker, E and Akça, İ (2010) “Analyzing Civil-Military Relations under the Justice and Development Party Government” Debating Security, Bahçeşehir University, İstanbul.

Balta Paker, E (2009) “Conflict and Control in the North Caucasus” International Conference on Black Sea International Relations, Bogaziçi University, September, Istanbul.

Balta Paker, E (2009) “A Comparative Analysis of the Militarization of Internal Security Practices in Russia and Turkey” Militarism: Political Economy, Security, Theory Conference, 14-15 May 2009, Sussex University.

Balta Paker, E (2009) “Citizen Rebels, Citizen Militias: Understanding Village Guard System in Turkey” International Studies Association Conference, New York.

Balta Paker, E (2008) “Security in the Nation, Security in the World” Frankfurt Book Fair, 16 October, Frankfurt.

Balta Paker, E (2004) “Village Guard System in Turkey: Causes and Consequences” Mellon International Conference on Security, CUNY, The Graduate Center, New York.

Balta Paker, E (2002) “Power Politics in Central Asia: Testing the Limits of Realist Theory” Understanding International Politics After 9/11, CUNY, The Graduate Center, New York.

Balta Paker, E (2002) “Politics of International Aid in Afghanistan” Crisis Management and Philanthropy after 9/11, CUNY, The Graduate Center, Center for Philanthropy, New York.

Balta Paker, E (2000) “Measuring Human Rights and Human Development: The Challenges for Information Society” Statistics, Development and Human Rights, International Association for Official Statistics (IAOS), Montreaux, Switzerland.

Balta Paker, E (1999) “Gender, Education and Status in the Assessment of State Build “Disaster Housing” and Other Aspects of Disaster Management in Dinar” European Sociological Association Congress, Canada.

Newspaper Columns and Opinion Pieces

Contributor to Radikal Pazar, BirgünPazar, Bianet, Mesele, Uzun Çorap

Weekly on Sundays, Taraf, June 2013-

Courses Taught
Fundamentals of International Politics (Boğaziçi University, MAPES, Master’s)

Conceptual and Empirical Reading and Research (Yıldız Technical University, PhD)

Comparative Government (Yıldız Technical University, Master’s)

Comparative Politics (Yıldız Technical University, Undergraduate)

Comparative Government (Yıldız Technical University, Undergraduate)

Introduction to Political Science (Yıldız Technical University, Undergraduate)

Introduction to International Relations (Yıldız Technical University, Undergraduate)

War and Conflict ın Internatıonal Relatıons (Yıldız Technical University, Undergraduate)

Current Issues ın Turkey (Yıldız Technical University, Undergraduate)
Thesis Supervision



Nur Tüysüz Yerel Güvenlik ve Etnik kimlik: Güneydoğu Anadolu’da Bir Köy Üzerinden Köy Koruculuğu [Completed, 2011]

Betül Bakı türkiye’de 1991-2011 arası gerçekleşen linç eylemelrinin analizi [Completed, 2013]
Anonymous Peer Reviews

Armed Forces and Society, Toplum ve Bilim, Uluslararası İlişkiler Dergisi, Istanbul Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, New Perspectives on Turkey, Ankara Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, Praksis, Idea, TÜBİTAK (Research Grant Review)