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Biography
Dr. Melek Mutioğlu Özkesen graduated from Middle East Technical University (Department of International Relations) in 2011 and completed her Master’s degree in Political Science and Public Administration at the same university in 2014. She earned her PhD in International Relations from Ankara University in 2020.
Since 2011, she has been working at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Business School. Her research focuses on the political economy of trade, land politics, state transformation, agrifood industry and currently sustainability. She has carried out research visits and collaborations in the several European countries, contributing to international projects on sustainable land management and public asset governance. She is the author of a book on land politics in Turkey called "Toprakları Kapatmak" and the scriptwriter of the documentary “Fındıktan Sonra."
She is fluent in Turkish and English, and intermediate proficiency in German.
In addition to her academic work, she values spending time in nature, creative writing, and collective learning environments.
Education
2014 - 2020
2014 - 2020Doctorate
Ankara University, Faculty Of Polıtıcal Scıences, Department Of Internatıonal Relatıons, Turkey
2011 - 2014
2011 - 2014Postgraduate
Middle East Technical University, Faculty Of Economic And Administrative Sciences, Department Of Political Science And Public Administration, Turkey
2006 - 2011
2006 - 2011Undergraduate
Middle East Technical University, Faculty Of Economic And Administrative Sciences, Department Of International Relations, Turkey
Foreign Languages
B1 Intermediate
B1 IntermediateGerman
C2 Mastery
C2 MasteryEnglish
Research Areas
Social Sciences and Humanities
Academic Positions
2022 - Continues
2022 - ContinuesAssistant Professor
Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, İşletme Fakültesi, Uluslararası Ticaret ve işletmecilik
2011 - 2022
2011 - 2022Research Assistant
Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, İşletme Fakültesi, Uluslararası Ticaret ve işletmecilik
Managerial Experience
2024 - Continues
2024 - ContinuesHead of Department
Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University, İşletme Fakültesi, Uluslararası Ticaret Ve İşletmecilik
Courses
Articles
2023
20231. DYNAMICS OF INTERNATIONAL LAND DEALS IN THE 2000s: THE CASE OF TURKEY
MUTİOĞLU ÖZKESEN M.
AYBU Business Journal , vol.3, no.1, pp.22-35, 2023 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
2022
20222. Gone with the Hazelnuts. Findiktan Sonra
Mutioğlu Özkesen M.
JOURNAL OF PEASANT STUDIES , vol.49, no.6, pp.1342-1344, 2022 (SSCI, Scopus)
2019
20193. Whose people? Whose democracy? Insights from the Green Road Project in Turkey
Mutioğlu Özkesen M.
DevISSues , vol.2, no.1, pp.1, 2019 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
Papers Presented at Peer-Reviewed Scientific Conferences
2023
20231. 2000’Lİ YILLARDA TÜRKİYE’DE ORMAN TOPRAKLARININ TİCARİLEŞTİRİLMESİ VE ÖZELLEŞTİRİLMESİ: DEVLETİN TOPRAKLA KURDUĞU İLİŞKİNİN DÖNÜŞÜMÜ
MUTİOĞLU ÖZKESEN M.
17. Ulusal Sosyal Bilimler Kongresi, 03 February 2023, (Summary Text)
2018
20182. Tarım-Gıda Üretimi ve Devletin Dönüşümü
MUTİOĞLU ÖZKESEN M.
Mülkiye Uluslararası İlişkiler Kongresi, Ankara, Turkey, 16 October 2018, (Summary Text)
2017
20173. Understanding peasant question through resistance: “La Via Campesina”
MUTİOĞLU ÖZKESEN M.
International Initiative for Promoting Political Economy, Berlin, Germany, 30 September 2017, (Summary Text)
2016
20164. Understanding change through crisis: US-China Relations
MUTİOĞLU ÖZKESEN M.
International Initiative for Promotion of Political Economy, Lizbon, Portugal, 08 September 2016, (Summary Text)
2015
20155. The Shift from Cooperative Work to Seasonal Employment: Agricultural labor change in a Turkish village
MUTİOĞLU ÖZKESEN M.
WORK2015, Turku, Finland, 21 August 2015, (Summary Text)
Books
2022
20221. Toprakları Kapatmak: Kamu Arazilerinin Özelleştirilmesi
MUTİOĞLU ÖZKESEN M.
İletişim Yayınları, 2022
2017
20172. Açık Marksizm ve Uluslararası Politik Ekonomi Eleştirisi
MUTİOĞLU ÖZKESEN M.
in: Tarihsel Materyalizm ve Uluslararası İlişkiler, Faruk Yalvaç, Editor, İmge Kitabevi, pp.249-275, 2017
Funded Projects
2022 - 2024
2022 - 2024MOTHERCARE- Psychological and Pedagogical Support to the mothers in postpartum period
Erasmus Project , Erasmus+ KA2 Cooperation for Innovation and the Exchange of Good Practices, National Level
Mutioğlu Özkesen M.
2021 - 2024
2021 - 2024MotherCare - Psychological and Pedagogic Support to The Mothers in Post-Partum Period
Erasmus Project , Erasmus+ KA2 Cooperation for Innovation and the Exchange of Good Practices, National Level
Mutioğlu Özkesen M., Kılıç Ceyhan E., KOLAY ÇEPNİ Ş.
2017 - 2017
2017 - 2017SPARK
Erasmus Project , Erasmus+ KA2 Cooperation for Innovation and the Exchange of Good Practices, National Level
Mutioğlu Özkesen M.
Peer Reviews in Scientific Publications
October 2023
October 2023Kamu Yönetimi Kongresi, 2023
Conference Paper (Abstract)
January 2021
January 2021JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
Other journals
April 2020
April 2020JOURNAL OF PEASANT STUDIES
Journal Indexed in SSCI
Scholarships
2019 - Continues
2019 - Continues2214-A Yurtdışı Doktora Sırası Araştırma Bursu
TUBITAK
2018 - Continues
2018 - ContinuesResearch Abroad
Other International Organizations
2024 - 2024
2024 - 2024