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GLODEM Center of Koc University

Welcome to the Center for Research on Globalization, Peace, and Democratic Governance (GLODEM). GLODEM is an academic and policy-oriented research center based at Koc University, Istanbul.

The purpose of GLODEM is to analyze dynamics of domestic and international economic and political interactions relevant to its three areas of expertise: globalization and political economy; public policy and administration, peace and conflict resolution; and democratic governance. These dynamics include international finance and investment; new and ongoing conflicts; and evolving contexts of governance in established, emerging, and eroding democracies.

GLODEM engages academia, public agencies, private entities, and civil society organizations relevant to its areas of expertise. This engagement enables GLODEM to support meaningful, relevant research and analysis. This engagement also positions GLODEM as a central source of information and recommendations.

News

GLODEM Director Prof. Caner Bakir will join a talk organized by Stanford’s Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, titled “Deinstitutionalization of Central Banking in Türkiye” on May 4, 2022, at 12:15 PM (Pacific). Register now.
Caner Bakir serves as the 2022 Charles H. Levine Memorial Book Prize Committee Chair.
For the results of the COST Action Working Group 4 survey on ‘Professionalization and Social Impact of European Political Science’, please click.
Koç Üniversitesi’nin Küreselleşme, Barış ve Demokratik Yönetişim Araştırma Merkezi (GLODEM), küreselleşme, bölgeselleşme, barış, kamu yönetimi ve siyasası ile yönetişim konularında çalışmalarını sürdürüyor. Bu kapsamdaki bazı güncel sorunları ve çözüm önerilerini konunun uzmanlarıyla akademik bir çerçevede analiz etmek amacıyla GLODEM Çevrimiçi Etkinlik Serisi’ni başlatıyoruz.
New GLODEM AI & CSS Seminar Series bring together practitioners working on AI usage in various fields and scholars specializing in computational social sciences.
Koç University and GLODEM hosted the 18th Annual JCPA-ICPA Scholarly Society Virtual Workshop on September 11-12, 2020. The workshop was titled “What Does Comparative Policy Analysis Have to Do with the Structure, Institution and Agency Debate?”. It was conducted on Zoom.

Upcoming Event

GLODEM Book Club

Title: The Politics of the Welfare State in Turkey

Speaker: Erdem Yörük

Date: May 25, 2023

Time: 17:30 – 19:00

Location: Zoom Webinar

In The Politics of the Welfare State in Turkey, author Erdem Yörük provides a politics-based explanation for the post-1980 transformation of the Turkish welfare system, in which poor relief policies have replaced employment-based social security. This book is one of the results of Yörük’s European Research Council-funded project, which compares the political dynamics in several emerging markets in order to develop a new political theory of welfare in the global south. As such, this book is an ambitious analytical and empirical contribution to understanding the causes of a sweeping shift in the nature of state welfare provision in Turkey during the recent decades—part of a global trend that extends far beyond Turkey.

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Blog / Report

WG 4 Report: The Advisory Role of Political Scientists in Europe

Marleen Brans, Arco Timmermans & Athanassios Gouglas

This report focuses on the policy advisory roles of European political scientists, the central theme in the activities of WG 4. The report is structured as follows. First, we briefly introduce the Working Group 4 (WG 4) research agenda, and proceed with a short note on the design and properties of the survey. Second, we present the themes of WG 4. This includes the conceptual framework developed by WG 4 to analyse the different possible types of advisory activity of political scientists in Europe, as well as the main results of the survey part in which the advisory roles are addressed. The report ends with conclusions and recommendations.