COUNSTER is based at the Department of International Relations, Bilkent University, Ankara. Click any name for the full biography.
Dr. Efe Tokdemir is an Associate Professor of International Relations at Bilkent University, Vice Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, and Director of Research at the…
Dr. Leo Bauer is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of International Relations at Bilkent University, where he works on the ERC-funded COUNSTER project. He earned his PhD in Government…
Dr. Yusuf Evirgen is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of International Relations at Bilkent University. He completed his Ph.D. in Political Science at Binghamton University (SUNY) in 2025 and…
Sena Yenigün is a third-year PhD candidate in the Department of International Relations at İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University, where her research examines international status hierarchies, second-tier state behaviour, and the…
Ulaş Erdoğdu is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at Northwestern University, where he is also pursuing a Master's degree in Applied Statistics, and a pre-doctoral researcher…
Gizem Kaya is a PhD candidate in International Relations at Bilkent University and a pre-doctoral fellow at the COUNSTER project. She received her BA in Political Science and International Relations…