August 2018

Game theory & Revolutions  

Self-categorization theory for beginners

 

cv Basak TARAKTAS

Source: Curriculum Vitae

I am a postdoctoral fellow in the Buffett Institute for Global Studies in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University. I received my Ph.D. in Political Science from the Dep…

Source: About me

MAKING AUTOCRATS ACCOUNTABLE: INTERESTS, PRIORITIES, AND COOPERATION FOR REGIME CHANGE In nearly all authoritarian regimes, democratization finds significant societal support and a number of organi…

Source: Dissertation Description

Başak Taraktaş

Curriculum vitae

(Updated in April 2015)

University of Pennsylvania                                             basakt@sas.upenn.edu

3440 Market St., Room 312                                                    Tel: 215-490-2779

Philadelphia, PA 19104-6215

EDUCATION

May 2015    Ph.D. Candidate, University of Pennsylvania, Political Science

Dissertation: Making Autocrats Accountable: The Challenge of Diversity and the Role of Cooperation

Committee: Julia Lynch, Rudra Sil, Ian Lustick, Yuhua Wang, Bruce Desmarais

2009             M.A., Sabanci University, Political Science, Turkey

Dissertation: The European Union and Its Member States’ Responses to the 2008 Financial Crisis

Committee: Meltem Müftüler Baç, Sabri Sayarı, Yaprak Gürsoy

2005            B.A., Galatasaray University, Political Science & International Relations, Turkey

Dissertation: Les dynamiques d’emergence de la citoyenneté européenne

Supervisor: Alexandre Toumarkine

Study abroad

2005    Intensive ERASMUS programme on the EU, Hungary

2004    Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne University, ERASMUS programme, France

2003    IEP de Lille, Summer School on the European Union 2003, Lille, France

Methods training

2013    Mergecon, Istanbul

     Course: Programming in Java

2013    ICPSR, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan

     Courses:  Advanced Network Analysis, Complex Systems

2012    Statistical Horizons, Pennsylvania

     Course: Social Network Analysis

2008    ECPR Essex Summer School on Social Data Analysis, United Kingdom

     Course: Multilevel Analysis

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Comparative politics

Authoritarianism and democratization, state formation, contentious politics and social movements, comparative political economy

International relations

International political economy, international cooperation, financial and debt crises

Area specialization

European studies, the European Union, Middle Eastern politics, Turkish politics

Methods

Network analysis, agent-based modeling, comparative historical analysis, multi- methods research

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed journal articles
“Ireland the Reluctant Borrower: When political measures fall short”, (2012) Contemporary European Studies, 2, pp. 83-113.

“A Comparative Approach to Euroscepticism”, (2008) Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Nov., 16: 2, pp. 249-266.

Articles under review

“When do small events trigger massive protests? The case of 2013 Gezi Protests” (R&R, also awarded Sidney Tarrow Best Article Prize).

Manuscripts in preparation

“Condemned to Authoritarianism? The Challenge of Preference Diversity on Regime Change”

“Building societal support in post-revolutionary regimes”

Working papers

“Christian Democracy in Professional Life: Farmers’ and Workers’ Associations”

Media publications
“’Biz’, ‘onlar’ ve toplumsal dayanışma”, (“We”, “Them” and social cooperation) Radikal 2, Feb. 2007.

“Milliyetçilik, siyasallaşma, militanlaşma”, (Nationalism, politicization, militantism) Radikal 2, Feb. 2007.

“Mitinglerin Siyasi Arz Eksikliği”, (Manifestations and the Shortage of Political Supply), Yeni Şafak, May 2007.

“Turkish points of view on EU accession”, Faith in Europe Magazine, May 2007.

“Rights, Identities and EU citizenship”, Faith in Europe Magazine, May 2007.

“Opening of the negotiations with Turkey”, Yeni Aktuel, Oct. 2005.

PRESENTATIONS

“Condemned to Authoritarianism? The Challenge of Preference Diversity on Regime Change”, MPSA 2015, Chicago, Apr. 17, 2015.

“Building societal support in post-revolutionary regimes”, Democracy Constitution and Citizenship Graduate Workshop, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Apr. 8, 2015.

“Condemned to Authoritarianism? The Challenge of Preference Diversity on Regime Change”, MARC, Annenberg, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Mar. 23, 2015.

“Condemned to Authoritarianism? A Collective Action Perspective on the Ottoman Transition to Constitutional Regime”, APSA, Washington, DC, Aug. 30, 2014.

“When do small events trigger massive protests? The case of 2013 Gezi Protests”, Sabanci University Jean Monnet Workshop for Young Researchers, SUCEES 2014, Istanbul, Mar. 13, 2014.

“Christian Democracy in Professional Life: Farmers’ and Workers’ Associations”, University of Pennsylvania Graduate Student Workshop, Philadelphia, Mar. 2013.

“Ireland the Reluctant Borrower: When political measures fall short”, University of Pennsylvania Graduate Student Workshop, Philadelphia, May 2012.

“Ireland the Reluctant Borrower: When political measures fall short”, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Apr. 2012.

“The 2008 Financial Crisis in the European Union”, University of Pennsylvania Graduate Student Workshop, Philadelphia, May 2010.

“The EU’s member states in the face of the Crisis: Solidarity vs. Self-Interest”, Koç University Graduate Student Workshop, Istanbul, May 2009.

AWARDS & GRANTS

2015    The Cornell Institute for European Studies, Sidney Tarrow Best Article Prize

2014    Democracy, Constitution, and Citizenship Graduate Fellowship

2014    University of Pennsylvania Department of Political Science Research Grant

2013    University of Pennsylvania Department of Political Science Research Grant

2013    University of Pennsylvania SAS Dissertation Research Teece Fellowship

2012    University of Pennsylvania Department of Political Science Research Grant

2009    Ben Franklin Award

2007    Sabanci University Full scholarship for 5-year PhD studies

2005    The European Commission Jean Monnet Scholarship

2005    The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (Tubitak), Fellowship

2003    The National Agency of Turkey Fellowship (Ulusal Ajans)

INVITED TALKS

“Turkey: Culture & Ethnic Diversity”, the Penn Middle East Center, Philadelphia, May 24, 2015.

“L’euroscepticisme en Turquie”, the French Institute on Anatolian Studies, Istanbul, May 2007.

“European Citizenship”, ARI Workshop on European Civilisation and Culture (EU Commission Action I project), Koç University, Istanbul, May 2005.

“Legal Violations in Cyprus History”, Greco-Turkish Forum on Cyprus, Galatasaray University, Istanbul, Aug. 2002.

“Questioning the EU’s 5th Enlargement”, European Days 2002, Bosporus University, Istanbul, Oct. 2002.

“Defining Terrorism”, Campus Forum, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Apr. 2002.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

University of Pennsylvania

The European Union: Arguments & Evidence (Jan–May 2012)

Introduction to International Relations (Sep–Dec. 2011)

International Security (Jan–May 2011)

Introduction to International Relations (Sep.–Dec. 2010)

Sabanci University

Law and Ethics Course (Jan–May 2009)

Law and Ethics Course (Sep-Dec. 2008)

Law and Ethics Course (Jan–May 2008)

Law and Ethics Course (Sep-Dec. 2008)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

University of Pennsylvania

Jul.- Aug. 2013    Research methods in comparative politics

 Supervisor: Rudra Sil

Dec. 2012            Turkey and PKK

 Supervisor: Jessica Stanton

Dec. 2011            The 1920 Turkish-French War, 19th century Herat

 Supervisor: Alex Weisiger

European Commission

Jun.-Nov. 2007    Crime and Culture International Research Project, the 6th Framework Programme

 Supervisor: Zeynep Şarlak

Koç University

Mar.-Aug. 2007    ‘Democracy and Islam’ project (team project)

 Supervisor: Murat Somer (Koc University)

French Institute on Anatolian Studies (IFEA)

Jan.-Sep. 2007    Nationalisme

 Supervisor: Alexandre Toumarkine

Jul.-Aug. 2005     Discours eurosceptiques en Turquie

 Supervisor: Dr. Alexandre Toumarkine

Secretariat General for EU Affairs, Turkey

Jul. 2004              Women Rights Project

 Supervisor: Geo Abbink

INTERNSHIPS & JOBS

Jun. 2004             Istanbul NATO Summit 2004

  Employer: Ahmet Parla, Chief of Media Department (CMD)

  Position: CMD assistant, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Apr.-Sep. 2001     Cumhuriyet (daily newspaper)

  Employer: Ibrahim Yıldız

  Position: Reporter in the international affairs department

EXTRACURRICULAR UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Penn Comparative Politics Student Workshop Series, (Nov. 2013-Feb. 2014), Coordinator

University of Pennsylvania Graduate Student Workshop, Mar. 2013, Coordinator

Galatasaray University Certificate Programme on the European Union 2003, Project designer and manager, http://www.geocities.com/galatasarayeuroforum/tr/ana.htm

Galatasaray University Certificate Programme Booklet on the European Union 2003 (ISBN 975-92565-0-9), Editor

Galatasaray University EUROFORUM (Model European Union): President (2003), board member (2002)

Galatasaray University Law and Diplomacy Club: President (2003), board member (2002)

Journées Mathématiques (Mathematics days), the French Embassy, Istanbul: board member in 2001, 2002, 2003, http://membres.lycos.fr/ojmath/

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

2014                Annenberg Media Activism Research Collective

2014                The Interdisciplinary Network for Social Protest Research (INSPR.EU)

2014                APSA Political Networks

2014                Political Networks in an Interdisciplinary World

2014                APSA Comparative Politics Section

2014                APSA European Politics and Society Section

2014                APSA Political Economy Section

2013                Columbia University Council for European studies European Integration and the Global Political Economy Research Network
2013                University of Pennsylvania Economic and Social Policy Forum

2009                American Political Science Association

2009                University of Pennsylvania Democracy, Citizenship and Constitutionalism Program

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Turkish: Native

English: Reading (fluent), speaking (fluent), writing (fluent)

French: Reading (fluent), speaking (fluent), writing (fluent)

Italian: Reading (beginner), speaking (beginner), writing (beginner)

COMPUTER SKILLS

R, Java, Netlogo

DATA SETS

19th century Ottoman constitutionalists

19th century French constitutionalists

Survey data on 2013 Gezi protests

REFEREES

Julia LYNCH

University of Pennsylvania 3440 Market St., Room 313, PA 19104-6215

(215) 898-4202

jflynch@sas.upenn.edu

Rudra SIL

University of Pennsylvania 236 Stiteler Hall Philadelphia, PA 19104-6215

(215) 898-7661

rudysil@sas.upenn.edu

Ian LUSTICK

University of Pennsylvania 3440 Market St., Room 306 Philadelphia, PA, 19104-6215

(215) 898-5719

ilustick@sas.upenn.edu

Yuhua WANG

University of Pennsylvania Stiteler Hall, Room 245 Philadelphia, PA, 19104-6215

(215) 898-3293

yuhuaw@sas.upenn.edu

Bruce DESMARAIS

University of Massachusetts Amherst 200 Hicks Way Amherst, MA 01003

(413) 545-1992

desmarais@polsci.umass.edu

EDUCATION

May 2015       Ph.D. Candidate, University of Pennsylvania, Political Science

Dissertation: Making Autocrats Accountable: The Challenge of Diversity and the Role of Cooperation

Committee: Julia Lynch, Rudra Sil, Ian Lustick, Yuhua Wang, Bruce Desmarais

2009               M.A., Sabanci University, Political Science, Turkey

Dissertation: The European Union and Its Member States’ Responses to the 2008 Financial Crisis

Committee: Meltem Müftüler Baç, Sabri Sayarı, Yaprak Gürsoy

2006               M.A., College of Europe, European Political and Administrative Studies, Belgium

Dissertation: Euroscepticism amongst candidate countries to EU

Supervisor: Robert Ladrech

2005               BA., Galatasaray University, Political Science & International Relations, Turkey

Dissertation: Les dynamiques d’emergence de la citoyenneté européenne

Supervisor: Alexandre Toumarkine

 

Study abroad

2005    Intensive ERASMUS programme on the EU, Hungary

2004    Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne University, ERASMUS programme, France

2003    IEP de Lille, Summer School on the European Union 2003, Lille, France

 

Methods training

2013                Mergecon, Istanbul

Course: Programming in Java

2013                ICPSR, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Michigan

Courses: Advanced Network Analysis, Complex Systems

2012                Statistical Horizons, Pennsylvania

                        Course: Social Network Analysis

2008                ECPR Essex Summer School on Social Data Analysis, United Kingdom

Course: Multilevel Analysis

RESEARCH INTERESTS PUBLICATIONS

Comparative politics

Authoritarianism and democratization, state formation, contentious politics and social movements, comparative political economy

 

International relations

International political economy, international cooperation, financial and debt crises

 

Area specialization

European studies, the European Union, Turkish politics

 

Methods

Network analysis, agent-based modeling, comparative historical analysis, multi- methods research

 

PUBLICATIONS

Refereed journal articles

“Ireland the Reluctant Borrower: When political measures fall short”, (2012) Contemporary European Studies, 2, pp. 83-113.

“A Comparative Approach to Euroscepticism”, (2008) Journal of Contemporary European Studies, Nov., 16: 2, pp. 249-266.

Articles under review

“When do small events trigger massive protests? The case of 2013 Gezi Protests” (R&R, also awarded Sidney Tarrow Best Article Prize).

Manuscripts in preparation

“Condemned to Authoritarianism? The Challenge of Preference Diversity on Regime Change”

“Building societal support in post-revolutionary regimes”

Working papers

“Christian Democracy in Professional Life: Farmers’ and Workers’ Associations”

Media publications

“’Biz’, ‘onlar’ ve toplumsal dayanışma”, (“We”, “Them” and social cooperation) Radikal 2, Feb. 2007.

“Milliyetçilik, siyasallaşma, militanlaşma”, (Nationalism, politicization, militantism) Radikal 2, Feb. 2007.

“Mitinglerin Siyasi Arz Eksikliği”, (Manifestations and the Shortage of Political Supply), Yeni Şafak, May 2007.

“Turkish points of view on EU accession”, Faith in Europe Magazine, May 2007.

“Rights, Identities and EU citizenship”, Faith in Europe Magazine, May 2007.

“Opening of the negotiations with Turkey”, Yeni Aktuel, Oct. 2005.

PRESENTATIONS

“Condemned to Authoritarianism? The Challenge of Preference Diversity on Regime Change”, MPSA 2015, Chicago, Apr. 17, 2015.

“Building societal support in post-revolutionary regimes”, Democracy Constitution and Citizenship Graduate Workshop, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Apr. 8, 2015.

“Condemned to Authoritarianism? The Challenge of Preference Diversity on Regime Change”, MARC, Annenberg, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Mar. 23, 2015.

“Condemned to Authoritarianism? A Collective Action Perspective on the Ottoman Transition to Constitutional Regime”, APSA, Washington, DC, Aug. 30, 2014.

“From small to mass-scale events: 2013 Gezi Protests”, Sabanci University Jean Monnet Workshop for Young Researchers, SUCEES 2014, Istanbul, Mar. 13, 2014.

“Christian Democracy in Professional Life: Farmers’ and Workers’ Associations”, University of Pennsylvania Graduate Student Workshop, Philadelphia, Mar. 2013.

“Ireland the Reluctant Borrower: When political measures fall short”, University of Pennsylvania Graduate Student Workshop, Philadelphia, May 2012.

“Ireland the Reluctant Borrower: When political measures fall short”, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Apr. 2012.

“The 2008 Financial Crisis in the European Union”, University of Pennsylvania Graduate Student Workshop, Philadelphia, May 2010.

“The EU’s member states in the face of the Crisis: Solidarity vs. Self-Interest”, Koç University Graduate Student Workshop, Istanbul, May 2009.

INVITED TALKS

“Turkey: Culture & Ethnic Diversity”, the Penn Middle East Center, Philadelphia, May 24, 2015.

“L’euroscepticisme en Turquie”, the French Institute on Anatolian Studies, Istanbul, May 2007.

“European Citizenship”, ARI Workshop on European Civilisation and Culture (EU Commission Action I project), Koç University, Istanbul, May 2005.

“Legal Violations in Cyprus History”, Greco-Turkish Forum on Cyprus, Galatasaray University, Istanbul, Aug. 2002.

“Questioning the EU’s 5^th Enlargement”, European Days 2002, Bosporus University, Istanbul, Oct. 2002.

“Defining Terrorism”, Campus Forum, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Apr. 2002.

AWARDS & GRANTS

2015   The Cornell Institute for European Studies, Sidney Tarrow Best Article Prize

2014    Democracy, Constitution, and Citizenship Graduate Fellowship

2014    University of Pennsylvania Department of Political Science Research Grant

2013    University of Pennsylvania Department of Political Science Research Grant

2013    University of Pennsylvania SAS Dissertation Research Teece Fellowship

2012    University of Pennsylvania Department of Political Science Research Grant

2009    Ben Franklin Award

2007    Sabanci University Full scholarship for 5-year PhD studies

2005    The European Commission Jean Monnet Scholarship

2005    The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (Tubitak), Fellowship

2003    The National Agency of Turkey Fellowship (Ulusal Ajans)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

University of Pennsylvania

The European Union: Arguments & Evidence (Jan–May 2012)

Introduction to International Relations (Sep–Dec. 2011)

International Security (Jan–May 2011)

Introduction to International Relations (Sep.–Dec. 2010)

Sabanci University

Law and Ethics Course (Jan–May 2009)

Law and Ethics Course (Sep-Dec. 2008)

Law and Ethics Course (Jan–May 2008)

Law and Ethics Course (Sep-Dec. 2008)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

University of Pennsylvania

Jul.- Aug. 2013           Research methods in comparative politics

Supervisor: Rudra Sil

Dec. 2012                   Turkey and PKK

Supervisor: Jessica Stanton

Dec. 2011                   The 1920 Turkish-French War, 19^th century Herat

Supervisor: Alex Weisiger

European Commission

Jun.-Nov. 2007           Crime and Culture International Research Project, the 6^th Framework Programme

Supervisor: Zeynep Şarlak

Koç University

Mar.-Aug. 2007          ‘Democracy and Islam’ project (team project)

Supervisor: Murat Somer

French Institute on Anatolian Studies (IFEA)

Jan.-Sep. 2007           Nationalisme

Supervisor: Alexandre Toumarkine

Jul.-Aug. 2005            Discours eurosceptiques en Turquie

Supervisor: Dr. Alexandre Toumarkine

 

Secretariat General for EU Affairs, Turkey

Jul. 2004                    Women Rights Project

Supervisor: Geo Abbink

 

INTERNSHIPS & JOBS

Jun. 2004                   Istanbul NATO Summit 2004

Employer: Ahmet Parla, Chief of Media Department (CMD)

Position: CMD assistant, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Apr.-Sep. 2001           Cumhuriyet (daily newspaper)

Employer: Ibrahim Yıldız

Position: Reporter in the international affairs department

EXTRACURRICULAR UNIVERSITY SERVICE 

Penn Comparative Politics Student Workshop Series, (Nov. 2013-Feb. 2014), Coordinator

University of Pennsylvania Graduate Student Workshop, Mar. 2013, Coordinator

Galatasaray University Certificate Programme on the European Union 2003, Project designer and manager, http://www.geocities.com/galatasarayeuroforum/tr/ana.htm

Galatasaray University Certificate Programme Booklet on the European Union 2003 (ISBN 975-92565-0-9), Editor

Galatasaray University EUROFORUM (Model European Union): President (2003), board member (2002)

Galatasaray University Law and Diplomacy Club: President (2003), board member (2002)

Journées Mathématiques (Mathematics days), the French Embassy, Istanbul: board member in 2001, 2002, 2003, http://membres.lycos.fr/ojmath/

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

2014                Annenberg Media Activism Research Collective

2014                The Interdisciplinary Network for Social Protest Research (INSPR.EU)

2014                APSA Political Networks

2014                Political Networks in an Interdisciplinary World

2014                APSA Comparative Politics Section

2014                APSA European Politics and Society Section

2014                APSA Political Economy Section

2013                Columbia University Council for European Studies European Integration and    the Global Political Economy Research Network

2013                University of Pennsylvania Economic and Social Policy Forum

2009                American Political Science Association

2009                University of Pennsylvania Democracy, Citizenship and Constitutionalism Program

 

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Turkish: Native

English: Reading (fluent), speaking (fluent), writing (fluent)

French: Reading (fluent), speaking (fluent), writing (fluent)

Italian: Reading (beginner), speaking (beginner), writing (beginner)

 

 

COMPUTER SKILLS

R, Java, Netlogo

DATA SETS

19^th century Ottoman constitutionalists

19^th century French constitutionalists (under construction)

REFEREES

Julia LYNCH

University of Pennsylvania 3440 Market St., Room 313, PA 19104-6215

(215) 898-4202

jflynch@sas.upenn.edu

Rudra SIL

University of Pennsylvania 236 Stiteler Hall Philadelphia, PA 19104-6215

(215) 898-7661

rudysil@sas.upenn.edu

Ian LUSTICK

University of Pennsylvania 3440 Market St., Room 306 Philadelphia, PA, 19104-6215

(215) 898-5719

ilustick@sas.upenn.edu

Yuhua WANG

University of Pennsylvania Stiteler Hall, Room 245 Philadelphia, PA, 19104-6215

(215) 898-3293

yuhuaw@sas.upenn.edu

Bruce DESMARAIS

University of Massachusetts Amherst 200 Hicks Way Amherst, MA 01003

(413) 545-1992

desmarais@polsci.umass.edu