1984, MA in International Relations, University of Chicago; 1990, PhD in Political Science, Boston University. Various teaching positions: visiting Scholar and Senior Associate Member, University of Oxford; 1992, Center for European Studies, Stanford University; since 2004, regular participant, Middle East Legal Studies Seminar, Yale Law School; currently, Professor of Political Science, Sabanci University. Member: Executive Committee, Istanbul Policy Centre, Sabanci University; Advisory Board, Bucerius PhD Scholarships Programme in Migration Studies, Zeit Stiftung, Hamburg; 2010-11, Group of Eminent Persons, Council of Europe. Deputy member of the Board of Directors, Hrant Dink Foundation. Author of books and published articles.