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Zühre Aksoy is Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Education
2005 Ph.D., Department of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst
1997-99 M.A., Department of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Amherst
1995-97 Graduate Program, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul
1991-95 B.A., Department of Political Science and International Relations, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul
Research Interests
International Relations
International Environmental Politics
International Institutions
Political Economy of Agriculture and Development
Selected Publications
Joint editor, Developing Nations: Latin America, the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, Critical Concepts in Political Science: Comparative Politics, Volume V (London: Routledge, 2005)
‘Biodiversity and Biotechnology in the Agriculture Sector’, in Environmentalism in Turkey: Between Democracy and Development?, edited by Fikret Adaman and Murat Arsel, (Ashgate, 2005)
Papers and Presentations
May 2007, ‘The Conservation of Crop Genetic Resources: Problems of Equity’, Amsterdam Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change: Earth System Governance: Theories and Strategies for Sustainability, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam,
February 2007, ‘The State, International Organizations and the Farmers: The Politics of Genetic Resource Conservation’, 48th International Studies Association (ISA) Annual Convention in Chicago, IL, USA,.
August 2006, ‘Organic Farming and Biological Diversity’, 1st European Congress of Conservation Biology in Eger, Hungary, organized by The Society for Conservation Biology- European Section and the Hungarian Natural History Museum, `Integrating Central Asian and Turkish Conservationists into Eurasian Conservation Biology Workshop`.
February 2006, ‘The Conservation of Agricultural Biodiversity in the Eastern Part of Turkey’, Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Environmental Working Group.
August 2005, ‘International Efforts at the Conservation of Biological Diversity and Equity Issues: The Case of Crop Genetic Resources’, World International Studies Committee (WISC), Global International Studies Conference, Istanbul
April 2005, ‘The Market, the Seeds of Farmers and Agricultural Diversity in Turkey’ New Directions in the Anthropology of Markets: An International Conference, Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, New York
March 2005, ‘Market and Genetic Diversity: The Case of Turkey’, New York University, International Center for Advanced Studies, The Authority of Knowledge in a Global Age Seminar
December 2004, ‘Conserving Genetic Resources: Linkages between Local, National and International Levels’, Berlin Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change-Greening of Policies: Interlinkages and Policy Integration
February 2003, ‘Conservation of Plant Genetic Diversity in Turkey’, International Studies Association (ISA) 44th Annual Convention, Portland, Oregon.
May 2003, ‘Social Capital, Common Pool Resources, and the Conservation of Crop Genetic Diversity in Turkey’, New England Political Science Association (NEPSA) Annual Conference, Providence, Rhode Island.
November 2001, ‘The Role of Ideas in International Cooperation: International Efforts at Conservation of Biological Diversity’, Northeastern Political Science Association and International Studies Association-Northeast (NPSA-ISA) Thirty-third Annual Meeting, Philadelphia.
Contact
E-mail: zuhre.aksoy@boun.edu.tr
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