Arş. Gör. Mehmet Ali AK

Öğrenim Durumu

Akademik Geçmiş

Yabancı Dil:

İngilizce (C1), Rusça (B2)

YAYINLAR

Doctoral Thesis: Comparative Analysis of Identity-Security Relationship in the Context of Ontological Security Theory: Examples of Türkiye, Greece and Serbia (In Process)

Academic Position

Research assistant, Department of International Relations, Bursa Uludag University (since December 2017)

Professional Activities

Administrative Assistant, International Relations Conferences in Bursa Uludag University (since 2019)

Projects

Researcher- Analysis of Euroscepticism in Balkans context of Ontological Security Theory: The case of Serbia(2022-ongoing)- Scientific Research Project fund by Bursa Uludag University.

Publications

Refereed Articles

Ak, Mehmet Ali. "Identity Analysis and Role Theory in International Relations" Bursa Uludag University Journal of Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, vol.1, no.38, 119-239, 2019 (Published in Turkish).

Ak, Mehmet Ali “Comparative Analysis of Turkey and Russia's Public Diplomacy on the Balkans (Example of the Russian World Foundation and Yunus Emre Institute)” Marmara University Journal of Political Sciences, In production, 2023.

Arı Tayyar and Mehmet Ali AK “Comparing Serbia and Croatia within the context of Cultural Hybridity: Postcolonial Analysis of EU Process” Nationalities Papers, In production, 2023.

Ak, Mehmet Ali and Hamza Yurteri “The Power Transition basis of counter-hegemony in the context of Neo-Gramscianism” Perceptions: The Journal of International Affairs, 2023.

Book chapters

Arı, Tayyar and Mehmet Ali Ak. "Postcolonialism in IR." In Theories of International Relations II, 67-86. Eskişehir: Anadolu University press, 2019

Ak, Mehmet Ali and Tayyar Arı, “Ontological Security Theory in International Relations” In Critical Theories In International Relations: Identity and Security Dilemma, Lexington Books, 2023, ISBN: 976-1-66661-552-5

Presentations at conferences

AK, Mehmet Ali. "The Role of International Organizations in Regional Conflict in the Balkans and in the Process Leading to the Dayton Agreement?" The Changing Role of Diplomacy & War, Bursa, Turkey, 2018

AK, Mehmet Ali. "Unresolved Border Problems in the Balkans, "Basic Developments and Dynamics of the Post-Cold War Era, Bursa, Turkey, 2019

Teaching Assistant Course

• International Relations Theories
• Ontological Security Theory
• Post-Colonial Criticism
• Balkan Politics in the Post-Cold War Era
• Research Methods
• Contemporary Issues in International Relations