About SeMiSo
Jean Monnet Chair ‘Security, Migration and Society in Europe’ co-funded by the Erasmus + Programme of the European Union will be conducted at Altinbas University from 2019 to 2022. Its aims are three-fold: First, it aims to deepen teaching in European Union studies at Altinbas University both at undergraduate and post-graduate levels; second it promotes excellence in research on European studies by established scholars as well as by a young generation of researchers; and finally SeMiSo aims to conduct outreach activities to enhance knowledge about the European Union to the wider society including school pupils, young professionals, members of NGOs, policy-makers, stakeholders at local and regional level, and citizens interested in the issues of migration, security, cultural diversity, and active citizenship.
Jean Monnet Chair holder
Dr Alper KALIBER
Alper Kaliber is an Associate Professor in the Department of International Relations at Altinbas University since 2014. He completed his PhD in Political Science at Bilkent University, Turkey. Dr. Kaliber served as a research fellow at the University of Birmingham and he worked as a consultant and researcher in the SHUR project ‘Human Rights in Conflicts: The Role of Civil Society’, funded by the European Commission’s 6th Framework Programme. He teaches modules on European security, international security, European integration, Turkey and the European Union relations, foreign policy analysis and international relations theories. His areas of interest include Critical and Regional Security Studies, European security, the Cyprus conflict, Europeanisation, civil society and conflict transformation and Turkish foreign policy. For his publications, please visit
https://altinbas.academia.edu/AlperKaliber
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https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=FnIfMD4AAAAJ&hl=tr&oi=ao
Field trip in the EU institutions
Dr Alper Kaliber conducted a field trip in Brussels, Berlin and Amsterdam in May 2022. He visited several EU institutions including the European Parliament, European Commission and the Bundestag. He conducted several interviews with policy makers, MPs, MEPs, commissioners, researchers, academics and members of think tanks and NGOs to understand the sea change in Turkey-European Union relations and the future challenges and opportunities that lie ahead of these relations. The outcomes of his research will be published in journal articles in 2023. Visit the publications page for further details.
