Tugcan Durmuslar, Research Assistant, Department of International Relations, Dokuz Eylul University (Turkey) • Project Assistant for for Dokuz Eylul University, Network project Peace, War and the World in European Security Challenges (POWERS) (Ref. no. 599962-EPP-1-2018-1-RU-EPPJMO-NETWORK) (2018-2021). • Member, Faculty Commissions on Communication (2018- ); Orientation and Graduation (2015- ); Risk Management (2015); Institutional Identity (2012-2014) • Participant of the Graduate Student Workshop on “European Integration in Times of Crises: Migration and Brexit”, Dokuz Eylul University (May 2018) • Participant of the NATO Training Seminars: “Hybrid Warfare Threat” (2015); “Comprehensive Approach Simulation” (2015); “Public Diplomacy Program” (2010) • Visiting Graduate Student at the European Studies Centre, University of Oxford (2009-2010) • Recipient of the Jean Monnet Scholarship of the European Commission (2009-2010) • Assistant Staff for Dokuz Eylul Univerity International Conferences on Challenges to Balkan Security and Contribution of International Organizations, (2008); Challenges to Middle East Security and Contribution of International Organizations, (2007). • Field Researcher for Middle East Technical University and Dokuz Eylul University Research Project, “Europeanization of Turkish Public Administration”, (2005-2006) • Travel Grantee, Study visit to the EU Institutions in Brussels and the UN Office in Geneva, funded by the University of Amsterdam (April 2006) • Recipient of the Matra Scholarship of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2005-2006) Education: PhD Candidate at the EU Studies Graduate Department (Dokuz Eylul University); Executive Master’s Degree in International and European Relations (University of Amsterdam); MA Degree in European Studies, (Dokuz Eylul University); BA in International Relations (Istanbul Bilgi University). Teaching Experience: Courses assisted include International Security; Politics of European Integration; Theories of European Integration; Turkey-EU Relations. Research Interests: Europeanization studies, the EU’s foreign affairs and Turkish foreign policy. Latest publications: ■ (2019) Tugcan Durmuslar and Ali Sevket Ovali, “Greece’s Portrayal by the Turkish Print Media: A Comparative Study on Conjunctural Images”, Greece and Turkey in Conflict and Cooperation From Europeanization to De-Europeanization, Alexis Heraclides and Gizem Alioglu Cakmak (editors), Routledge, (Pub: 2019-07-13) https://www.routledge.com/Greece-and-Turkey-in-Conflict-and-Cooperation-From-Europeanization-to/Heraclides-Cakmak/p/book/9781138301887; ■ (2018) Zuhal Unalp-Cepel, Sinem Abka, Tugcan Durmuslar, ‘Populism Against European Values: The Cases of Greece, Poland and the Netherlands’, 4th International Symposium on Social, Human and Administrative Sciences, 3-5 May, Antalya, Turkey http://kayit.asoscongress.com/files/Sosyal_Beşeri_ve_İdari_Bilimler_Özet_Kitapçığı.pdf;