Who is in EUROSEC?

Associate Professor Alper Kaliber (module coordinator)

He is an associate professor in the Department of International Relations at Altınbaş University since 2014. He previously worked as a Marie Curie research fellow at European Institute, Istanbul Bilgi University and conducted the research project ‘Europeanisation of Public Debates and Civil Society in Turkey’ (EUROCIV) funded by the Career Integration Grant. Dr. Kaliber served as a research fellow at University of Birmingham conducting his project ‘De-securitizing Foreign Policy Unpacking the Impact of Europeanization: The Cyprus Case’, funded under the European Common Foreign and Security Policy Studies. He worked as a consultant and researcher in the SHUR project ‘Human Rights in Conflicts: The Role of Civil Society’ in the 6th Framework Programme. His areas of interest include Turkey-EU relations, Europeanisation, European security, critical security studies, the Cyprus conflict and the post-Cold War Turkish foreign policy. Dr. Kaliber received several awards including the Young Scientist Award from Turkey’s Science Academy in 2014. His articles have been published in various internationally standing journals including International Relations, Security Dialogue and South European Society and Politics.