Division of Social Sciences
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Room: 210
Dr. Görkem Atsungur is the Chair and an Associate Professor in the International and Comparative Politics department at the Ӱɴý. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science, majoring in International Relations and minoring in Nationalism Studies from Central European University (2020, Hungary), a Magister in Political Science: European Politics from Masaryk University (2007, Czech Republic), a Master of Arts in European Studies from Istanbul Bilgi University (2006, Turkey), and a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Cyprus International University (2004, Northern Cyprus).
Dr. Atsungur joined Ӱɴý in 2012. With over ten years of teaching experience, he has offered over twenty courses, including the Network and OSUN Online Courses, to deliver up-to-date content and work on students’ critical and professional skills. He has extensive administrative experience as a member of the Uchenyi Sovet and Faculty Senate (particularly in the Student Intellectual Life Committee and Research Committee). Dr. Atsungur serves as the Head of the Social Sciences division.
Dr. Atsungur is a participant of more than 55 professional development workshops and international conferences all around the world, including the most recent program of The Open Society University Network (OSUN) Global Debate Network and OSUN Center for Liberal Arts and Sciences Pedagogy (CLASP), Summer Workshop on Debate in the Classroom: Writing, Speaking, Teaching at Bard College (2022, USA), OSUN Developing Teaching Professionals (DTP) and Central European University Center for Teaching and Learning, Innovative Teaching Course for Faculty, ‘’Democratic Classrooms: Theory and Practice,’’ CTAL 6021 (2022), OSUN Civic Engagement Leadership Team and Center for Liberal Arts and Sciences Pedagogy (CLASP), Experiential Learning Institute (ELI) (2022), Association for Solidarity with Asylum Seekers and Migrants (ASAM), Migration Academy, Online Summer School (2021), Istanbul Ticaret University & TESAM Academy, “Cyber Espionage and Technological Threats” Training Program (2021), Central European University, “Designing a Collaborative Connected Liberal Arts Classroom” (2021), The Center for Russian Studies, International Summer School 2021, “Russia and the Region through the lens of Post-Soviet and Post-Colonial Studies” (2021), University of Tuscia in Viterbo, “Legal and Political Challenges of Migrants’ Integration in Europe Summer Training Program” (2021), “The Quality of University Education: Harmonizing Purposes, Processes and Outcomes” from CEU (2021), University of Padua, International Politics and Security (IPSE), “Crisis Management and Crisis’ Impact over National and International Systems Spring School” (2021), and many others.
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