Osman Sabri KIRATLI
OSMAN SABRI KIRATLI
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
International Political Economy, Regional Integration and the European Union, Turkey-EU relations
Constructivism and Post-modern International Relations Theories
EDUCATION
10/ 2004- 09/2012
University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, USA
 Ph.D. and M.A. in Political Science; September 1, 2012
 Doctorate dissertation: Why Sacrifice Sovereignty? A NonInstrumental Explanation of State Support for Supranational Cooperation
in EU Common Foreign and Security Policy supervised by MJ Peterson
with Erich S. Einhorn and David M. Mednicoff in dissertation committee
 Specialization: International Relations and Comparative Politics
1999 – 2004
Sabancı University, Istanbul, Turkey
 BA, Social and Political Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
 Honor Fellowship for achieving 252nd rank in ÖSS-1999
1991 - 1999
Istanbul High School (Istanbul Erkek Lisesi), Istanbul, Turkey
PUBLICATIONS
 "European Integration Policy in Turkey: A Comparison of the Republican People’s Party (CHP) and the
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), 1965-2011", Southeast European and Black Sea Studies TaylorFrancis, (2015). SSCI indexed. DOI: 10.1080/14683857.2015.1030192
 “Political Discourses on Europe and European Integration in National Election Manifestos and Party
Programs”, Forthcoming, Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Taylor-Francis, (2015). SSCI
indexed.
 "The Role of Identity in Support for Supranational Integration in EU Foreign and Security Policies",
European Integration Online Papers (EIOP), Vol. 19, Article 7, pp. 1-37 (2015). SSCI indexed.
 “Greece: From Reluctant Isolationist to Willing Integrationist in the European Union”, International
Studies, 49 (3&4), Sage Journals, (2012). p:263–284
 M.J. Peterson, Osman Kiratli, and Ilke Ercan. “Case Study: Narmada Dams Controversy”
International Dimensions of Ethics Education Case Study Series (2010). Published by the University of
Massachusetts Amherst. Available at: http://works.bepress.com/mj_peterson/2
 M.J. Peterson, Osman Kiratli, and Ilke Ercan. “Case Study: Recruitment of Egg Donors by South
Korean Stem Cell Researchers”. Science, Medicine, Biology, Misconduct, Human Research Subjects.
International Dimensions of Ethics Education Case Study Series (2009), Published by the University of
Massachusetts Amherst. Available at: http://www.ethicslibrary.org/resources/79
 MJ. Peterson. “Access to HIV Treatments in Developing Countries”. International Dimensions of
Ethics Education in Science and Engineering. (2010). Available
http://scholarworks.umass.edu/edethicsinscience/24/ (research assistant)
Osman Sabri KIRATLI
All three cases were created by the International Dimensions of Ethics Education in Science and
Engineering (IDEESE) Project at the University of Massachusetts Amherst with support from the
National Science Foundation under grant number 0734887.
CONFERENCES
18-21/06/2014
In Search of a European Political Union, Utrecht, Holland
 Paper presented: Public European Identity and Supranational Integration in
CFSP/ESDP
10-17/08/2010
The European Policy Information Center Summer Program, Hvar, Croatia
12-25/07/2009
New Regionalism, Emergent Powers and the Future of Security and Governance
Summer University organized by the Central European University, Hungary
01-12/07/2009
International Summer School, Seggau organized by the University of Graz,
Austria
13-30/06/2009
Normative Power Europe? Summer University organized by the EuropeUniversitat Viadrina, Germany
03-06/04/2009
MPSA, Midwest Political Science Association National Conference, Chicago
 Paper presented: The Normative Structure of the EU Foreign Policy – A Two-Level
Game Approach
25-27/09/2008
Fourth Pan-European Conference on EU Politics- in the University of LatviaRiga
 Paper presented: The Impact of Accession Negotiations on Euroskepticism in
Malta, Poland and Finland (with Selim Erdem Aytaç)
07-19/07/2008
EIRSS- European International Relations Summer School- Trans-Atlantic
Relations, hosted by Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey
03-06/04/2008
MPSA, Midwest Political Science Association National Conference, Chicago
 Paper presented: Path Dependency Dynamics at the Start of Accession Negotiations
between Turkey and the European Union
 Awarded with TUBITAK travel grant
10/10/2007
Boston University Graduate Students Conference, Boston
 Paper presented: The Role of Epistemic Communities in Framing the Question of
Democratic Deficit in the European Union
09-14/05/2007
Boğazici University European Weekend School
07/2003
16th Dutch- Anglo- Saxon Parliamentary Debate Institute,
 Organized by Erasmus University Debating Society, Rotterdam, Netherlands
05/2002-03
Debate Tournament among Turkish Universities
 Semi-finalist in 2002 representing Sabancı University organized by Karadeniz
Technical University, Trabzon
 Finalist and 3. Rank 2003 representing Sabancı University organized by Yeditepe
University.
02/2003
Kampüsler Forumu- 2003 , Galatasaray University, Istanbul, Turkey
Osman Sabri KIRATLI
 Que Vadis Europa?: A Theoretical Approach to EU Structure and Integration,
Speaker representing Sabancı University
Spring 2000
Sabancı University, Turkey
 Organization of two seminars “ The future of EU-Turkey relations in terms of offrecord economic activities” and “The Balkans and the EU-Turkey relations” in
association with Helsinki Citizen’s Assembly
WORK EXPERIENCE
12/2013-
Assistant Professor, International Trade Department, Boğaziçi
University, Istanbul
09/2012-12/2013
Teaching
Associate,
International
Trade
and
Tourism
Administration Departments, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul
09/2004-01/2010
Research and Teaching Assistantship, University of Massachusetts
Amherst, USA
 Research Assistant for the Project of International Dimensions of
Ethics in Science and Engineering
01/2008- 05/2008
Marmara Strategic and Social Research Foundation, Istanbul
 Coordinator of External Relations
08/ 09/2002
Assistantship at Istanbul Policy Center, Istanbul, Turkey
 Co-writer, Participatory Democracy and Civil Society published by Ari
Movement
COURSES TAUGHT
 International Relations
 Globalization, Economy and Society
 Political History of the Modern World
 Economic Integration of the European Union
 International Sales and Negotiations
 Cross-Cultural Negotiations (Masters Level)
SKILLS & LANGUAGES
 Turkish (native), English (advanced), German (advanced)
 Proficient in personal computers, MS Office, SPSS and Internet applications
 ÜDS 2011: 95, ALES 2011 EA: 87
 Sprachdiplom der KMK, Stufe Zwei.
REFERENCES
M.J. Peterson, University of Massachusetts, Political Science Department, email: mjp@polsci.umass.edu
Ahmet Evin, Sabanci University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, email: aevin sabanciuniv.edu
Ayşe Kadıoğlu, Sabanci University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, email: ayse sabanciuniv.edu