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Prof.Dr. Tuncalp OZGEN |
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President of Hacettepe University |
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Edmond McLOUGHNEY |
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UNICEF representative in TURKEY |
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ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE |
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Prof. Dr. M. Demet ULUSOY |
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Professor at Hacettepe University,
Department of Sociology and she received her B.A and M.A in
sociology from Hacettepe University. Her PhD in sociology is
also from Hacettepe University (1991). Her fields of interest
are sociology of art, sociology of youth, socialization and
social psychology. She has performed extensive research in this
areas. Recently, her great interest is focused on the impacts of
the globalization on youth. She has many articles and two books. |
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Prof.
Dr. Bahattin AKSIT |
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Director of Social
Sciences Institution at Kyrgyz University of Manas. Former
Dean of Graduate School of Social Sciences and head of
Departmant of Sociology. He is educated at METU (BS),
University of Chicago (MS, PhD) on sociology. His main
research topics are Sociology of the Middle East and Islam,
transformation, structural transformation, comparative study
of agrarian social structures, political sociology, and civil
society/democracy. |
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Prof. Dr. Louise SHELLEY |
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Prof.
Shelley very recently attend to George Mason University. Dr
Shelley was the founder and Director of TraCCC, and a leading
expert on transnational crime and terrorism with a particular
focus on the former Soviet Union. She was a Professor in the
School of International Service and also in the Department of
Justice, Law and Society at American University.
Dr.
Shelley received her undergraduate degree
cum laude
from Cornell University in Penology and Russian literature. She
holds an M.A. in Criminology from the University of
Pennsylvania. She studied at the Law Faculty of Moscow State
University on IREX and Fulbright Fellowships and holds a Ph.D.
in Sociology from the University of Pennsylvania. She was the recipient of the Guggenheim, NEH, IREX, Kennan Institute, and
Fulbright Fellowships and received a MacArthur Grant to
establish the Russian Organized Crime Study Centers. In 1992.
she received the Scholar-Teacher prize of American University,
the top academic award of the university.
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Prof. Dr. Ali CAGLAR |
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Professor at Hacettepe University, Depertment of Political
Science and Public Administration and he has been carrying out
the duty of chairman of the depertmant and the Deputy Director
of The Centre for Strategical Research, Hacettepe University.
Mr. Caglar received his PhD degree from University of Surrey,
Guildford, England in Sociology with the dissertation "Recruitment,
Occupational Consciousness and Professionalism in the Turkish
Police". During June 2001 to December 2002, in Prizren
Regional Center, Regional International Trainer/International
Trainer Coordinator OSCE Mission in Kosova (OMIK). In addition,
Acting Senior Election Officer from 23 January 2002, to 14 May
2002, Prizren OSCE Office, OSCE Missio in Kosova (OMIC). The
main research areas, sociology of policing, violance, crime
and terrorism. He carried out many projects and published many
articles and five books. |
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KEYSPEAKERS |
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Prof. Dr. Cihat OZONDER |
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We regret to
announce the sudden home going of our colleague, Prof. Dr. Cihat
Özönder. This sad event occured on Tuesday 26th of July, in a
tragic car accident.
In the recent poll
executed 22th of July, 2007, He was elected as a member of the
Turkish National Assembly.
He was the
director of The
Institute of Turculogy Research and Strategical Research
Centre at Hacettepe University and also former head of the
Department of Sociology at the same University.
He had received his MA and BA
in 1971 and PhD. degree in sociology from Hacettepe University
(1979) and he had been lecturing for more than 25 years
at the University.
He was married
and sixty years old.
Our condolences
to his family and his all colleagues. |
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Prof. Dr.
Fusun CUHADAROGLU |
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She is professor at
Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine and she received her
B.A and M.A on Child Psychiatry at Hacettepe University. Her PhD
in sociology is also from Hacettepe University (1993). She
worked and made some research at Edinburg and Harvard
Universities on adolescent psychiatry. Chief of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry Association for seven years. The main
subjects of her studies is on the adolescent problem behaviors. |
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Prof. Dr. Ed CAIRNS |
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Prof. Cairns informed
that he wouldn't be able to attend by reason of his
unforesseeable personal problem. |
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Dr. Ekaterina STEPANOVA
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She is currently a
Project Leader on Armed Conflicts and Conflict Management at
Stockholm International Peace
Research Institute (SIPRI). She is on leave of absence from
the Institute of World Economy and
International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences
where she heads a Research group on unconventional security
threats at the Center for International Security. She is also a
guest lecturer on terrorism-related issues at the Geneva Centre
for Security Policy (GCSP) and serves on editorial boards of
journals 'Terrorism and Political Violence' (St Andrews Univ.)
and 'Security Index' (Moscow; Geneva). Her research and
publications focus on armed conflict management, prevention and
post-conflict peace-building, political economy of conflicts,
and unconventional (new) security threats such as terrorism and
transnational crime, particularly in conflict-related context. |
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Assoc. Prof.Dr. Fidan
KORKUT |
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She is associate professor in the Counseling and Guidance
Program at Hacettepe University. She holds a bachelor’s
degree in psychology at Hacettepe University, and master’s and
doctorate degrees in Counseling and Guidance from the same
University. She has been working in the field of counseling
since 1984. Between January 2002- May 2003, she worked at the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro as a visiting
professor. She is interested in prevention at risk behavior,
wellness, counselor education, communication skills,
aggression and career counseling. She is author of a book in
the field of preventive counseling, many articles, and she has
translated numerous books and book chapters. |
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Dr. Murat ERDOGAN |
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Dr.Erdoğan recived
his undergraduate degree from Ankara University, Faculty of
Political Sciences, Department of Politics and Public
Administration. He holds an M.A. in Political Science from the
Ankara University Institute of Social Sciences. Mr. Erdoğan
received his PhD degree from University Ankara University and
Bonn University in political science with the dissertation "Turkey-EU
Relationship after the Cold War: 1990-2005”. He was scholar of
Konrad Adenauer F oundation
(1994-1998) and “Junior Fellow” at the
Center for European
Integration at University of Bonn in Germany (1998-2000).
He worked for the Press Department of the
Turkish Embassy in Berlin (2001-2003). Betw. 1987-1997 and
since 2004 Research Assistant at
Hacettepe University,
Department of Political Science and Public
Administration,
Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences.
Part-time
Lecturer
at the Hacettepe Univ., Ankara Univ. and Atılım Univ. (in
Ankara). His fields of interest are Turkish Domestic and Foreign
Policiy, EU, EU-Turkey Relationship, Germany, Migration,
Geopolitic, European Security Policy. |
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Dr.Cüneyt GÜRER |
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Police chief, Turkish Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug
Addiction |
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Dr. Necati ALKAN |
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Expert on Terrorism. Chief
superintendent officer at Department of Terrorism Warfare at
General Directorate of Security.He received his B.A in
psychology and M.A in sociology at Ankara University.He has
many research and articles on "Psychological Basements of
Terrorism", "Suicide Attacks", Youth and Terrorism", "Financial
Sources of Terrorism", "Psychological Operations" and "Psychological
Altitutes and Behaviors of Polis". He also have two research
book on that subjects. |
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Dr. Alexander KUPATADZE |
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Kupatadze holds a MA degree in
International Relations from Tbilisi State University, Georgia
and MA degree in International Studies from Uppsala University,
Sweden. He has extensively researched smuggling and organized
crime as an Associate Research Fellow at Georgia Office of
American University�s Transnational Crime and Corruption
Center (TraCCC) and has authored several articles on
criminality, corruption and policing. His doctoral
dissertation focuses on "coloured revolutions" in Post-Soviet
Space and their impact on organized crime. |
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Prof. Dr. Dean W. OWEN |
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Professor at
Morehead State University in Morehead, Kentucky since 1977 and
currently visiting professor Department of Educational
Sciences at Middle East Technical University. Educated at the
University of South Florida (Psychology, BA; Rehabilitation
Counseling, MA) and at the University of Florida (Counselor
Education/Counseling Psychology, Ph.D.). He has twice served
as a member of the European Faculty of Boston University and
has trained U.S. military personnel in Spain, Germany, Belgium
and England. His principle current research interests include
psychological and physical response to stress, grief, and
trauma and he is the author of numerous publications.
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Prof. Dr. Brian K. BARBER |
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Prof. Barber informed
that he wouldn't be able to attend by reason of his recured
health problem. We wish him to recover as soon as possible. |
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Prof. Dr. Yusuf Ziya
OZCAN |
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Professor at Middle East Technical University,
Departmant of Sociology. Member of Council of The Scientific
Technological Research Council of Turkey. He received the M.A
and PhD degrees from University of Chicago. Many national and
international UNDP, World Bank, UNICEF and NATO survey
projects have been drived by him on social development,
immigration, poverty, adolescence and violence, Islamic. |
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Dr. Kauko AROMAA |
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Dr. Aromaa informed
that he wouldn't be able to attend.
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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Neil FERGUSON |
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Director, Centre for War and
Peace Studies,
Associate Professor in
Political Psychology at Liverpool Hope University, visiting
scholar to Hope’s partner University; Lock Haven in
Pennsylvania (USA) and a Research Fellow at the University of
St Andrews. He was awarded his BSc in Social Psychology and
Sociology in 1992, taught part-time from 1992 to 1996 and
received his D.Phil in 1998 from the University of Ulster; his
thesis studied the impact of political violence on moral
development. His research and writings deal with moral
development, and a number of topics located within social and
political psychology, mainly focusing on the conflict,
division and peace process in Northern Ireland and including,
just world beliefs, forgiveness, identity, ethnic memory,
violence prevention and concepts of war and peace. Dr Ferguson
is currently the chair of the Moral and Social Action
Interdisciplinary Colloquium (MOSAIC) and is part of an
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) sponsored research
team tasked to co-ordinate and develop research dealing with
Northern Ireland after the Good Friday Agreement. |
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Prof. Dr. Alean
AL-KRENAWI |
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Prof.
Alean
Al-Krenawi (Ph.D) is the chair of the Spitzer
Department of
Social
Work at
Ben-Gurion
University of the
Negev.
Professor Al-Krenawi's
research interests include multicultural mental-health and
social
work with indigenous populations. He conducts
studies in
Israel,
Canada,
Palestine and other
Arab countries. He has recently completed a book on Arab ethno-psychiatry
and co-edited a book on Multicultural
Social Work
in
Canada:
Working with Diverse Ethno-Racial Communities published by
Oxford University Press. Currently, he is working on two books,
Islam and
Social Work
which will be published by Columbia
University Press and
Helping professional practice with indigenous people: The
Bedouin-Arab Case.
New York: Nova
Science.
Furthermore,
Professor Al-Krenawi has authored numerous book chapters and
academic peer reviewed articles. Recently published works
appear/are about to appear in American Journal of
Orthopsychiatry, British Journal of
Social Work,
Child Abuse and Neglect,
Current Opinion in Psychiatry,
Family Process,
Health and
Social Work,
The
Journal of Comparative Family Studies,
Social Science and Medicine,
Social Psychiatry,
among other
professional forums. |
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Dr. Mimoza SHAHINI |
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D r
Mimoza Shahini, Lecturer of State University of Prishtina.
Educated at the University " Mother Teresa" in Tirana. She
holds an M.A. in Child Mental Health and actually she is
President of Kosova Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Association, Member of the Advisory Board to the WPA
Presidential Programme on Child Mental Health, Member of
Scientific Comity in the Pedagogical Institute of Kosova and
Head of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Centre at
University Clinical Centre of Kosova. The main subjects of
her studies are on the child mental health in post conflict
circumstances, adolescent problem behaviors, adolescent values,
promotion of resilient school. |
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Prof. Dr. Abdulkadir
CEVIK |
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Professor at Ankara University Faculty of Medicine and Head of
the Psychosomatic and Psychoneurosis Unit in the chair
of Psychiatry since 1987 and head of the Psychiatry chair
since 2003.
Founder president of the Association of Political Psycology
since 2006 and President of the Association of Group
Psychotherapy and Founder President of The Turkish Political
Psychology Center affiliated to Prime Ministiries.
His main fields of interest are psychosomatic disorders, political
psychology, psychonevrosis, psychiatric consultation liaison. |
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Dr. Elena TYURYUKANOVA |
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Senior researcher at
the institute for Socio-Economics Studies of Population, Russion
Academy of Sciences. Graduated and received Ph.D in sociology
from Moscow State University. Her area of interest is
international migration, its influence on economy and society.
In the recent research she particulary focuses on illegal
migration linked to shadow economy, abusive practices on the
labor market and trafficking in human beings. She was an expert
in IOM, ILO and OSCE projects on migration issues, worked for
long with TRACCC on its counter trafficking projects in Russia.
Have many articles an several books. |
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Dr. Sevil ASADOVA |
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Prof. Dr. Talat HALMAN |
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A
former Minister of Culture in the Turkish Government, Dean of
Humanities and Letter at Bilkent University, President of the
Turkish National Committe for UNICEF. |
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Prof. Dr. Oğuz POLAT |
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Graduated from İstanbul University, Faculty of Medicine in
1983. He completed his forensic medical post-graduation
programme at İstanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of
Forensic Medicine. Founder of the Department of Forensic
Medicine at Marmara University. Since 1995, supervisor to
UNICEF on Children Rights and
Coordinator of Coalition of Turkish Children Rights.
Founder of Rehabilitation Association of Street
Children. He has 18 books and over 120 articles on
violence, children rights and criminology.
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Dr.Tamara
MAKARENKO |
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Dr
Tamara Makarenko is an internationally recognised authority on
the interaction between organised crime and terrorism. Her
expertise was primarily gained from conducting field research in
emerging economies, conflict and post-conflict environments. She
has direct experience investigating related issues including:
the structure of criminal and terrorist networks with a focus on
financial sources, smuggling networks (i.e. arms and narcotics),
arms trafficking and weapons proliferation, dual use
technologies, and related political corruption.
She has authored over 75 academic and professional articles, and
has addressed over 90 audiences worldwide. She also regularly
briefs and advises corporate boardrooms, senior government and
security officials. For example, Dr Makarenko was an advisor to
the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Universal Adversary
project and National Planning Scenarios. She was also the
internal security advisor to the National Security Council of
Afghanistan, during which time she authored the first Afghan
National Security Threat Assessment.
Dr Makarenko graduated with a B.A. (Honours) in Political and
Strategic Studies in Canada, followed by a Master's Degree in
International Security Studies at the University of St. Andrews.
Her academic studies were completed at the University of Wales,
Aberystwyth with her doctorate on the crime-terror nexus. She
retains academic affiliations with the School for Advanced
International Studies, Johns Hopkins University; the Silk Road
Studies Programme at Uppsala University; the
Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence at the
University of St. Andrews; and, the Diplomatic Academy of London
at Westminster University. |
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Prof. Dr. Maurice STRINGE |
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He is lecturer at the
University of Ulster. Senior researcher and director at
Psychology Research Institute. He is working on intergroup
conflict, intergroup relations, group segregation and social
attitudes. |
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Dr. David J. Francis |
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Director of Africa
Centre at the University of Bradford. He has four books and
several articles on social reintegration of child soldiers,
peace conflict analysis, peace and security studies for the
region, and consultancy and policy advisory activities to UN
agencies, European Commission, African regional organizations. |
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