Zühre Aksoy
Zühre Aksoy is Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Boðaziçi 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, Boðaziçi University, Istanbul
  • 1991-95 B.A., Department of Political Science and International Relations, Boðaziçi 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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