Assoc. Prof. Efe Tokdemir, of the Department of International Relations, has been awarded the highly competitive ERC-2025 Consolidator Grant for his groundbreaking project COUNSTER. The project aims to explain why, how and when governments target the constituents of non-state armed actors (NSAAs) and what determines the success or failure of[Read More…]
Research
Özlem Tuğfe Demir Receives IEEE ComSoc EMEA Award
Asst. Prof. Özlem Tuğfe Demir has been awarded the 2025 IEEE Communications Society Best Young Researcher Award for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Region in recognition of her research activities and contributions to the society. The IEEE ComSoc Young Researcher Award for the EMEA Region recognizes outstanding early-career[Read More…]
Mustafa Ordu Wins TOYP Award
UNAM Asst. Prof. Mustafa Ordu has been honored with an award in the TOYP Türkiye 2025—Ten Outstanding Young Persons of Turkey program. Recognized among ten remarkable young individuals across various categories each year, Dr. Ordu received this prestigious distinction in the Scientific and Technical Development category for his pioneering research[Read More…]
Human-AI Collaboration
Assoc. Prof. Yıldıray Yıldız of the Department of Mechanical Engineering delivered a plenary lecture on recent advances in human–machine systems at the IFAC HMS’25 Symposium held in Beijing last week. His talk focused on keeping the human in the loop, rather than replacing the human, as we develop AI algorithms.[Read More…]
Luca Zavagno Leads Turkish Part of ERC Advanced Grant Project
Assoc. Prof. Luca Zavagno of the Department of Archaeology and the Department of History will serve as a key collaborator and coordinator of the Turkish Unit in the European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant project titled “Byz-GOVAG—Agents of Cohesion in the Governance of an Empire: The Anthropogeography of Byzantium, 7th[Read More…]
Fresh Insights in Physical Chemistry: From Interfaces to Materials
In the summer of 2025, four faculty members from the Department of Chemistry—Prof. Şefik Süzer, Prof. Ömer Dağ, Asst. Prof. Fahri Alkan and Asst. Prof. Halil I. Okur—published four studies in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (JPCL), covering a wide range of topics in physical chemistry from gold nanoparticles[Read More…]
Pınar Çağlayan Aksoy’s Two New Edited Volumes
Asst. Prof. Pınar Çağlayan Aksoy from the Faculty of Law has recently published two new works. She is among the editors of the “Routledge Handbook of NFT Law,” published by Routledge (Taylor & Francis). This comprehensive volume brings together leading international scholars exploring the technical, legal and regulatory landscape of[Read More…]
Thomas Howard Receives 2025 Ralph Cohen Prize
Asst. Prof. Thomas Howard from the Program in Cultures, Civilizations & Ideas has been awarded the 2025 Ralph Cohen Prize from “New Literary History” journal. Dr. Howard received the prize for his essay, “Anesthetic Reading: Ether, Nitrous Oxide and Nineteenth-Century Interpretation.” Named in honor of “New Literary History’s founding editor,[Read More…]
Rachel Bruzzone Publishes Commentary on Thucydides
Interim Assoc. Prof. Rachel Bruzzone from the Program in Cultures, Civilizations & Ideas has published a book with the University of Michigan Press. “Commentary on Thucydides, Book 3” provides a detailed linguistic and interpretive guide to a pivotal section of Thucydides’ “The History of the Peloponnesian War.” Beginning in 428 BCE, Book[Read More…]
Sam Hirst Wins European International History Prize
Asst. Prof. Sam Hirst’s book “Against the Liberal Order” has been awarded the European International History Prize by the American Historical Association (AHA). The prize recognizes outstanding scholarship in European international history and is one of the most distinguished honors in the field. Dr. Hirst’s work explores the dynamics of[Read More…]