Sertaç SONAN

Sertaç SONAN
Contact Details
Telephone: (+90) 392 630 20 57 (Office)
Address: Department of International Relations, EMU, Famagusta
e-­‐mail: sertacsonan@yahoo.com
Personal:
Date of Birth: November 26, 1975
Place of Birth: Nicosia / Cyprus
Nationality: Cypriot
Education:
Ph.D. in Political Science, 2012 (expected)
University of Duisburg-­‐Essen
M.A. in International Relations, 2003
Eastern Mediterranean University
B.S. in Economics, 1999
Hacettepe University
Languages:
Reading Writing Speaking
Turkish native native native
English excellent excellent excellent
German intermediate intermediate intermediate
Professional Experience:
September 2010 -­‐ Instructor
Eastern Mediterranean University
July 2009 – June 2010 Consultant/Researcher
Interpeace Cyprus Programme
June 2007 – June 2009 Customer Service
WorldBridge Dusseldorf
October 2000 – July 2004 Research Assistant
Political Science and Public Administration
Department
Eastern Mediterranean University

Ph.D. Dissertation (in progress):
The Turkish Cypriot Politics in the Stranglehold of Political Clientelism: The Politico-­‐
Economic Foundations of Taksim Policies
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. phil. Heinz-­‐Jürgen Axt
M.A. Thesis:
Developmental State Theory and the Political Economy of Turkish Development
Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Hannes Lacher
Publications and Papers:
“The Turkish Cypriot Politics in the Stranglehold of Political Clientelism: A Case of
Bureaucratic Clientelism,” in Psychogios et. al. (eds.) Proceedings of the 5 th Annual South-­‐
East European Doctoral Student Conference, South-­‐East European Research Centre,
Thessaloniki (2010).
“From Bankruptcy to Unification and EU Membership? The Political Economy of Post-­‐
Nationalist Transformation in Northern Cyprus,” Ramses Working Paper 9/07, European
Studies Centre, University of Oxford (2007).
Co-­‐authored:
“Navigating the Paradigm Shift: Challenges and opportunities for the two communities of
Cyprus, in the search for sustainable patterns of economic and social development,” by the
Interpeace / “Cyprus 2015” Initiative (2011).
Conference Papers:
“The Turkish Cypriot Politics in the Stranglehold of Political Clientelism: A Case of
Bureaucratic Clientelism”, presented at the 5 th South East European Doctoral Student
Conference, organized by South-­‐East European Research Center, Thessaloniki, 13-­‐14
September 2010.
“The Turkish Cypriot Politics in the Stranglehold of Political Clientelism”, presented at the
3rd ECPR Graduate Conference, Dublin City University, Dublin, 30 August – 1 September
2010.
“The political corruption perceptions and confidence in the administration in Cyprus” (with
Dr. Yücel Vural) (in Turkish), presented at I. Social and Political Research Conference:
Administration and the Administration Problems in Cyprus, organized by Political Science
Association Cyprus, Near East University, Nicosia, 31 May 2008.
”Waiting at altar? Is the Turkish Cypriot Community still committed to its pro-­‐reunification
stance?” presented at the Cyprus and Divided Societies Conference, organized by
International Politics and Ethnic Conflict Cluster, School of Politics, International Studies
and Philosophy, Queen’s University Belfast, and Centre for Research in Political Psychology,
School of Psychology Queen’s University Belfast, 20-­‐21 May, 2008.
“The Political Economy of Post-­‐Nationalist Transformation in Northern Cyprus” presented
at the Oxford Symposium (Trans)nationalism in the Mediterranean organized by South East
European Studies at Oxford and the RAMSES 2 Network of Excellence on the Mediterranean,
St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, 26 – 28 May 2006.

“The Political Economy of Post-­‐Nationalist Transformation in Northern Cyprus” presented
at the 8th Annual Kokkalis Graduate Student Workshop, John F. Kennedy School of
Government, Harvard University, 3 February 2006.
Other Academic and Non-­‐Academic Activities Participated:
Cypriot Academic Dialogue, organized and facilitated by La Trobe University’s Centre for
Dialogue, 2-­‐3 July 2010, Nicosia.
“X. European Young Leaders Conference: The EU and Its Institutions and Members: Are they
fit to deal with the aftermath of the world’s financial crisis and the challenges of the war in
Afghanistan?” organized by Atlantik Bruecke e.V., 13-­‐17 June 2010, Pristina, Kosovo.
“The 5th annual Olympia Summer Seminar War, Conflict & Identity,” organized by Kokkalis
Foundation in collaboration with Yale University’s Program on Order, Conflict, and Violence,
26 June – 10 July 2006, Olympia, Greece.
”1st Marburg Spring School on Ethnic Conflicts”, organized by the Center for Conflict
Studies, Philipps-­‐Universitaet Marburg, 6-­‐10 March 2006, Marburg, Germany.
Research Experience:
Principal Researcher: “Project Elections 2010,” project in collaboration with Eastern
Mediterranean University, Department of International Relations, George Mason University,
Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Columbia University, Center for International
Conflict Resolution, March – May 2010.
Researcher: “Peace Process in Community Conflicts: From Understanding the Roots of
Conflicts to Conflict Resolution,” project coordinated by Economic Research Center (EMU),
and supported by the Sixth Framework RTD Programme of the European Communities,
August 2005 – March 2007.
Researcher: “The Annan Plan 2004: A Study of the Information Environment & An Outline of
International Referendum Standards,” coordinated by Dr. Erol Kaymak (EMU), November
2004 – January 2005.
Researcher: “Perceptions of the Proposed Annan Plan, ” research project sponsored by
UNOPS, and coordinated by Dr. Yücel Vural (EMU) and Dr. Nicos Peristianis (Intercollege),
Fall 2003 – Spring 2004.
Professional Affiliation:
Political Science Association Cyprus
Cyprus Academic Dialogue (Board member)
Association for Historical Dialogue and Research