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Asst. Prof. Dr. Berna NumanDepartment of International RelationsEastern Mediterranean UniversityGazimağusa, TRNCvia Mersin 10, Turkeybnuman@gmail.comEducation and Degrees:2006-2010 UNIVERSITY OF READING, UKPhD in PoliticsDissertation: Europeanization of the Politics of Discrimination and the European Public Sphere.Supervisors: Professor Chris Lord and Dr. Alan Renwick2005-2006 UNIVERSITY OF READING, UKMaster of Arts in International RelationsDissertation: Transnational Citizenship? European Union and Political Participation of its Non-Citizens.ESRC recognized ‘Module A’ Research Methods Training.1997-1999 TUFTS UNIVERSITY, MASSACHUSETTS, USATHE FLETCHER SCHOOL OF LAW AND DIPLOMACYInternational Business Relations, International Negotiations and Conflict Resolution.1992-1996 EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITYBachelor of Business Administration with high honors (3.89/4.00 CGPA).Academic Experience:2012-2012 Assistant Professor of International RelationsDepartment of International RelationsEASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITY2011-2012 Assistant Professor of International RelationsDepartment of International RelationsCYPRUS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYTaught undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD courses in International Relations, andEuropean Integration. Supervising Theses at the Master’s and Doctorate Level. FacultyCoordinator for Schedules and Exams.2010-2011 Post-doctoral research fellowDepartment of Politics and International RelationsUNIVERSITY OF READING, UKPostdoctoral researcher with expertise in content and discourse analysis working on aproject titled ‘Debating Political Reform in the UK’, funded by the Nuffield Foundation.2008-2010 Sessional LecturerDepartment of Politics and International RelationsUNIVERSITY OF READING, UKPart 1(first year) International Relations and Security Studies, Part 2 (second year) ModernInternational Relations.2000-2005 Instructor, Department of International RelationsCYPRUS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

1999-2000 Part-Time Instructor, Department of International RelationsEASTERN MEDITERRANEAN UNIVERSITYInternational Political EconomyPart –Time Instructor, Department of International RelationsCYPRUS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITYInternational Politics ILanguage qualifications:Bilingual in Turkish and English.Upper intermediate knowledge of GermanBasic knowledge of Greek and FrenchPublications and Selected Papers Presented:Evolution of Debate over Political Reform in the UK. with Alan Renwick. Forthcoming."The Expenses Scandal and the Politics of Electoral Reform", with Alan Renwick and Michael LambPolitical Quarterly, Vol. 82 (1), 2011.“Open Data, Economic & Political Crisis, & the Fight against Corruption”, International Conference on Rightof Access to Information, Home for Cooperation, Ledra Palace, Nicosia Cyprus, 21-22 November 2011.“Debating Electoral Reform in the United Kingdom: Change in Ideas of Elections and Electoral Systemssince 1945” with Alan Renwick. APSA, Seattle, Washington, 1-4 September 2011.“Following Sisyphus going down? Turkish political discourses on the EU Constitutional Crises 2005-2007”,ECPR Standing Group on International Relations, Stockholm, 9-11 September 2010."The Debate over Electoral Reform in the UK: The Impact of the MPs' Expenses Scandal", with MichaelLamb and Alan Renwick. Paper presented at the EPOP Annual Conference, University of Essex, 10-12September 2010.“Europeanization of Political Discourses on Discrimination”, ECPR General Conference Potsdam, 10-12September 2009.“A European Public Sphere? The case of the EU’s anti-discrimination policy” Paper delivered at PhDWorkshop on Democracy, Legitimacy, Rights, Citizenship and the European Union, Agder UniversityCollege, Kristiansand, Norway 30 June-2 July 2008.“From Peace Activism to the uncivil grounds of Party Politics: Journey of Turkish Cypriot Peace ActivistWomen”. Paper delivered at the International Gender Studies Centre, Oxford University, Michaelmas TermSeminar Series in November 2004.“Is civil society a good enough training ground for politics? The case of Turkish Cypriot Women Candidatesin December 2003 elections” Conference on Gender, Diversity and the Media, Mediterranean Institute ofGender Studies, University of Nicosia (Intercollege), Nicosia, June 24, 2004.“Women’s organizations and Peace-building in Northern Ireland and Cyprus” PSA Women’s Sectionconference at Queen’s University of Belfast in February 2004.

Awards and Fellowships:2010-2011 Nuffield Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship.2006-2009 PhD Studentship, Department of Politics and International Relations at the University ofReading.2007 RECON Stipend for Summer School on Advanced Media and Discourse Analysis atUniversity of Bremen.2004 Visiting Research Fellow on Gender and Feminist Theory, Oxford University.2003 Visiting Scholar at the Institute of Governance, Queen’s University of Belfast.2003 British Council Chevening Scholarship for Short-term Training.1996 CASP Scholarship (Full-Grant), awarded by the Fulbright Commission of Cyprus1996 DAAD Scholarship to attend the EUROCAMP- The Future’s Leaders Summer Camp,Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany.1996 First of class, Department of Business Administration, Eastern Mediterranean University.1995 AIESEC International management trainee at Finacor-Rabe GmBH, Frankfurt am Main,Germany.1994 AIESEC International management trainee at the Agricultural Bank of Iceland, Reykjavik,Iceland.1992-96 Dean’s List, Faculty of Business and Economics, Eastern Mediterranean University. Meritscholarship based on academic excellence, Faculty of Business and Economics, EasternMediterranean University.Research Interests:European Integration; Democracy and the Public Sphere; Link between transnational debates, norms andlaws; All post-positivist International Relations Theories, especially Habermasian perspectives; Legitimacyand Democratic Deficit in the European Union; Secondary legislation of the European Union; Politics ofDiscrimination and Human Rights; Qualitative and Quantitative Research methods.