Ziya Öniş

Ziya Öniş is Professor of International Relations and the Director of the Center for Research on Globalization and Democratic Governance (GLODEM ) at Koç University in Istanbul, Turkey. Until recently he was the Director of the Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities at Koç University. He was previously a Professor of Economics and an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Boğaziçi University, Istanbul. He is one of Turkey’s leading political economists. He has written extensively on various aspects of Turkish political economy. His most recent research focuses on the political economy of globalization, crises and post-crises transformations, Turkey’s Europeanization and democratization experience and the analysis of new directions in Turkish foreign policy.

He received his BA and MA degrees from London School of Economics, Department of Economics. He received his PhD. from University of Manchester on Development Economics. He worked with Professor Colin Kirkpatrick and Professor Frederick Nixson at Manchester. Prof. Onis took active part in different OECD and Word Bank projects as consultant and prepared reports and working papers. He is one of the most cited social scientists in Turkey and a world-wide known Turkish political economist. Number of citations to the works of Prof. Öniş in the Social Science Citation Index is around five hundred as of September 2010.

He is the member of Middle East Studies Association, International Studies Association, American Political Science Association, European Community Studies Association, Association for Evolutionary Economics, Turkish Political Science Association, Middle East Economic Association, European Consortium for Political Research, Turkish Economics Association.

Publications

BOOKS AND SPECIAL JOURNAL ISSUES

• (Co-editor with F. Şenses) Turkey and the Global Economy: Neo-liberal Restructuring and Integration in the Post-Crisis Era. London: Routledge (2009).

• (With F. Keyman), Turkish Politics in a Changing World: Global Dynamics and Domestic Transformations. Istanbul: Istanbul Bilgi University Press (2007). Reprinted (2010).

• (With B. Rubin), The Turkish Economy in Crisis. London: Frank Cass/Routledge (2003). The volume also appeared as a special issue of Turkish Studies, Vol. 4, No. 2 (2003).

• State and Market: The Political Economy of Turkey in Comparative Perspective. İstanbul: Boğaziçi University Press (1998).

• (With C. Karataş), Dünyada Özelleştirme ve Türkiye. Istanbul: TÜSES Yayını (1994).

• Editor (special issue), Privatization and Public Enterprise Reform, Boğaziçi Journal (1993).

• (With J. Riedel), Economic Crises and Long-Term Growth in Turkey. Washington D.C.: World Bank Research Publication (1993).

• (with İ.Sunar), Sanayileşmede Yönetim ve Toplumsal Uzlaşma. Istanbul: TÜSİAD Yayını (1992).

• (With S. Özmucur), Capital Flows and the External Financing of Turkey’s Imports. OECD Development Centre, Paris (1991).

• (With S. Özmucur), Enflasyon Sorunu ve Türkiye'de Enflasyonu Önleme Politikaları. Istanbul: TÜSES Yayını (1989)

• Türkiye’de Dış Ticaret Politikaları ve Dış Borç Sorunu. İstanbul: İstanbul Ticaret Odası Yayını (1989).

• (With S.Özmucur), Türkiye’de Enflasyon. İstanbul: İstanbul Ticaret Odası Yayını (1987).

JOURNAL ARTICLES

• “Multiple Faces of the ‘New’ Turkish Foreign Policy: Underlying Dynamics and a Critique”. Insight Turkey (2011, forthcoming).

• “Power, Interests and Coalitions: The Political Economy of Mass Privatization in Turkey” (under review).

• (With A. B. Güven), “The Global Financial Crisis and the Future of Neo-liberal Globalization: Rupture versus Continuity” (under review).

• (*) (With A. B. Güven), “Global Crisis, National Responses: The Political Economy of Delay and Divergence in Turkey”. New Political Economy, Vol. 16, No. 5 (2011, forthcoming).

• “Crises and Transformations in Turkish Political Economy” (under review).

• “Contesting for Turkey’s Political ‘Center’: Domestic Politics, Identity Conflicts and the Controversy over EU Membership.” Istanbul Bilgi University European Institute Working Paper, No.2 (2010) and Journal of Contemporary European Studies. Vol. 18, No. 3 (2010).

• (*) (With I. Grigoriadis) “Europe and the Impasse of Center-Left Politics in Turkey: Lessons from the Greek Experience”. Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies, Vol. 11, No. 1 (2010).

• (*) (With R. Bayer) “Turkish Big Business in the Age of Democratic Consolidation: The Nature and Limits of its Influence”. South European Society and Politics, Vol. 15, No. 2 (2010).

• (*) (With C. Bakır) “The Regulatory State and Turkish Banking Reforms in the Age of Post-Washington Consensus”. Development and Change, Vol. 41, No. 1 (2010).

• (*) “Beyond the 2001 Financial Crisis: The Political Economy of the New Phase of Neo-liberal Restructuring in Turkey”. Review of International Political Economy, Vol. 16, No. 3 (2009).

• (With İ. E. Bayram) “AKP Dönemi Türkiye Ekonomisine Karşılaştırmalı bir Bakış”. İçinde Taner Berksoy (ed.), Aydınlanma ve Ekonomi. Istanbul: Osmanlı Bankası Arşiv ve Araştırma Dairesi Yayını (2009).

• “The New Wave of Foreign Policy Activism in Turkey: Drifting away from Europeanization?” Danish Institute for International Studies Policy Paper (2009).

• (*) “Conservative Globalism at the Crossroads: The Justice and Development Party and the Thorny Path to Democratization in Turkey” Mediterranean Politics, Vol. 14, No. 1 (2009).

• (*) (With Ş. Yılmaz) “Between Europeanization and Euro-asianism: Foreign Policy Activism in Turkey during the AKP Era”. Turkish Studies, Vol. 10, No. 1 (2009).

• (With K. Mutlu) “Ulusal, Bölgesel ve Küresel Dengelerin Kıskacında bir Ülke: AB Yolunda Türkiye ve Doha Kalkınma Müzakereleri”. Sait Akman and Şahin Yaman (der.), Dünya Ticaret Örgütü: Doha Kalkınma Müzakereleri ve Türkiye. Ankara: TEPAV (2008).

• (*) (With İ. E. Bayram) “Temporary Star or Emerging Tiger? The Recent Economic Performance of Turkey in a Global Setting”. New Perspectives on Turkey, No. 39 (2008). Also in Tamer Çetin and Feridun Yılmaz (eds.), Understanding the Process of Economic Change in Turkey: An Institutional Approach. New York: Nova Science Publishers (2010).

• “Turkey-EU Relations: Beyond the Current Stalemate”, Insight Turkey, Vol. 10, No. 4 (2008). Short version: “Recent Foreign Policy Attitudes in Turkey: How to Reverse the Gradual Shift away from Europeanization?” DIIS Brief, available at http://www.diis.dk/sw452.asp (2008).

• “Rediscovering the State: Thinking Critically about Development in the Age of Neo-liberal Globalization”. In Serap Yazıcı and others (eds.), Essays in Honor of Ergun Özbudun, Vol 1. Political Science. Ankara: Yetkin Yayinevi (2008).

• (*) (With Ş. Yılmaz) “Greek-Turkish Rapprochement: Rhetoric or Reality?” Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 123, No. 1 (2008).

• (With F. Şenses) “Global Dynamics, Domestic Coalitions and a Reactive State: Major Policy Shifts in Post-War Turkish Economic Development”. METU Studies in Development, Vol. 34, No.2 (2007). Turkish translation: “Küresel Dinamikler, Ülkeiçi Koalisyonlar ve Reaktif Devlet: Türkiye’nin Savaş Sonrası Kalkınmasında Önemli Politika Dönüşümleri.” In Fikret Şenses (ed.), Neoliberal Küreselleşme ve Kalkınma: Seçme Yazılar. İstanbul: İletişim (2009).

• “Conservative Globalists versus Defensive Nationalists: Political Parties and Paradoxes of Europeanization in Turkey”. Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans, Vol. 9, No. 3 (2007). Also in, Susannah Verney and Kostas Ifantis (eds.), Turkey on the Road to European Union Membership: National Identity and Political Change. London and New York: Routledge (2008). Short version: “Conservative Globalism versus Defensive Nationalism”. The Bridge, No. 7 (2007).

• (*) (With C. Bakır) “Turkey’s Political Economy in the Age of Financial Globalization: The Significance of the EU Anchor”. South European Society and Politics, Vol. 12, No. 2 (2007).

• (With F.Keyman) “Globalization and Social Democracy in the European Periphery: Paradoxes of the Turkish Experience”. Globalizations, Vol. 4, No. 2 (2007).

• (With K. Mutlu) “WTO at the End of its First Decade: The Political Economy of Asymmetric Interdependence”. Journal of International Trade and Diplomacy, Vol. 1, No. 1 (2007).

• “Turkey’s Encounters with the New Europe: Multiple Transformations, Inherent Dilemmas and the Challenges Ahead”. Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans, Vol. 8, No. 3 (2006).

• “Globalization and Party Transformation: Turkey’s Justice and Development Party in Perspective”. In Peter Burnell (ed.), Globalizing Democracy: Party Politics in Emerging Democracies. London: Routledge,Warwick Studies on Globalization (2006).

• “The Political Economy of Islam and Democracy in Turkey: From the Welfare Party to the AKP”. In Dietrich Jung (ed.), Democracy and Development: New Political Strategies for the Middle East. New York: Palgrave (2006). Turkish translation: “İslam’ın Ekonomi Politiği ve Türkiye’de Demokrasi: Refah Partisi’nden AKP’ye.” Avrasya Dosyası, Vol. 12, No. 2 (2006).

• “The Political Economy of Turkey’s Justice and Development Party”. In Hakan Yavuz (ed.), The Emergence of a New Turkey: Islam, Democracy and the AK Party. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press (2006). Turkish translation: “Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi’nin Ekonomi Politiği”. İçinde Hakan Yavuz (der.), AK Parti: Toplumsal Değişimin Yeni Aktörü. Istanbul: Kitap Yayınevi (2010). German translation: “Die Politische Ökonomi der ‘Partei für Gerechtigkeit und Entwicklung’ in den Frühen Reformjahren (2002-2005)”. E. Fuat Keyman and Nurhan Yentürk, der., Debatten zur Globalizierten Türkei: Wirtschaft, Politik und Gesellschaft. Berlin: J&D Dagyeli Verlag (2010).

• (*) “Varieties and Crises of Neo-liberal Globalization: Argentina, Turkey and the IMF”. Third World Quarterly, Vol. 27, No. 2 (2006).

• (*) (with Ş. Yılmaz) “Turkey-EU-US Triangle in Perspective: Transformation or Continuity?” The Middle East Journal, Vol. 59, No. 2 (2005).

• (*) (with F.Şenses) “Rethinking the Emerging Post-Washington Consensus”. Development and Change, Vol. 36, No. 2 (2005). Türkçe Çevirisi: “Gelişen ‘Post-Washington Mutabakatı’nı Tekrar Düşünmek”. Fikret Şenses (der.), Neoliberal Küreselleşme ve Kalkınma: Seçme Yazılar. İstanbul: İletişim (2009).

• “Entrepreneurs, Citizenship and the European Union: The Changing Nature of State-Business Relations in Turkey”. In Ahmet Içduygu and Fuat Keyman (ed.), Challenges to Citizenship in a Globalizing World: European Questions and Turkish Experiences. London: Routledge (2005). Turkish translation: “Girişimciler, Vatandaşlık ve Avrupa Birliği: Türkiye’de Devlet ve İş Dünyası Arasındaki İlişkilerin Değişen Doğası”. In E. Fuat Keyman and A. İçduygu (der.) Küreselleşme, Avrupalılaşma ve Türkiye’de Vatandaşlık. İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları (2009).

• “Turkish Modernization and Challenges for the New Europe”. Perceptions: Journal of International Affairs. Vol. 9, No. 3 (2004). Kısa versiyonu: “Turkish Transformation and the Future of the New Europe”. MedObs Paper No. 4, www.medobs.net (2005).

• “Argentina, the IMF and the Limits of Neo-Liberal Globalization. A Comparative Perspective” The Review of International Affairs, Vol. 3, No. 3 (2004).

• (*) “Turgut Özal and His Economic Legacy: Turkish Neo-liberalism in Critical Perspective” Middle Eastern Studies. Vol. 40, No. 4 (2004).

• (*) “Diverse but Converging Paths to European Union Membership: Poland and Turkey in Comparative Perspective”. East European Politics and Societies. Vol. 18, No. 3 (2004).

• (with E. Alper) “The Turkish Banking System, Financial Crises and the IMF in the Age of Capital Account Liberalization: A Political Economy Perspective”. New Perspectives on Turkey. No. 30 (2004). The revised version of “Soft Budget Constraints, Government Ownership of Banks and Regulatory Failure: The Political Economy of the Turkish Banking System in the Post-Capital Account Liberalization Era”. Boğaziçi University, Department of Economics Working Paper, No: 02/02 (2002).

• (With F. Keyman) “Helsinki, Copenhagen and Beyond: Challenges to the New Europe and the Turkish State”. In Mehmet Uğur and Nergis Canefe (eds.), Turkey and European Integration: Prospects and Issues in the Post-Helsinki Era. London: Routledge (2004).

• “Turkey and the Middle East after September 11: The Significance of the EU Dimension”. Turkish Policy Quarterly, Vol. 2, No. 4 (2003).

• (*) (With F. Keyman) “Turkey at the Polls: A new Path is Emerging”. Journal of Democracy. Vol. 14, No. 2 (2003). Also in Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner and Daniel Brumberg (eds.), Islam and Democracy in the Middle East. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press (2003).

• “The Role of the European Union in Greek-Turkish Relations: Perpetuator of Conflict or Contributor to Peace?”. In Christos Kollias and Gülay Günlük-Şenesen (eds.), Greece and Turkey in the 21st Century: Conflict or Cooperation? New York: Nova Science Publishers (2003).

• “The Post-War Development Performance of the Turkish Economy: A Political Economy Perspective”. Christos Kollias and Gülay Günlük-Şenesen (eds.), Greece and Turkey in the 21st Century: Conflict or Cooperation? New York: Nova Science Publishers (2003).

• “Domestic Politics Versus Global Dynamics: Towards a Political Economy of the 2000 and 2001 Financial Crises in Turkey”. Turkish Studies, Vol. 4, No. 2 (2003). Also in Ziya Öniş and Barry Rubin (eds.), Turkey’s Economy in Crisis. London: Frank Cass (2003).

• “Neoliberal Küreselleşmenin Sınırları: Türkiye Açısından Arjantin Krizine ve IMF’ye Karşılaştırmalı bir Bakış”. In Ahmet Köse, Fikret Şenses ve Erinç Yeldan (der.), İktisat Üzerine Yazılar II. İktisadi Kalkınma, Kriz ve İstikrar. İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları (2003).

• (*) (With E. Alper) “Emerging Market Crises and the IMF: Rethinking the Role of the IMF in the Light of Turkey’s 2000-2001 Financial Crises”. Canadian Journal of Development Studies. Vol. 24, No. 2 (2003).

• “Helsinki ve Kopenhag Sonrası Türkiye-AB İlişkileri”. Günce, Sayı 25 ( Mart 2003 )

• (*) (With E. Alper) “Financial Globalization, the Democratic Deficit and Recurrent Crises in Emerging Markets: The Turkish Experience in the Aftermath of Capital Account Liberalization”. Emerging Markets Finance and Trade. Vol. 39, No. 3 (2003). Turkish translation: “Finansal Küreselleşme, Demokrasi Açığı ve Yükselen Piyasalarda Sürekli Yaşanan Krizler: Sermaye Hareketlerinin Liberalleşmesinden Sonra Türkiye Deneyimi” in Doğu-Batı Dergisi, Vol. 4. No. 17 (2001).

• “Domestic Politics, International Norms and Challenges to the State: Turkey-EU Relations in the Post-Helsinki Era”. Turkish Studies, Vol. 4, No. 1 (2003). Also in Ali Çarkoğlu and Barry Rubin (eds.), Turkey and the European Union, London: Frank Cass Publishers (2003).

• “Globalization, Democratization and the Far Right: Turkey's Nationalist Action Party in Critical Perspective”. Democratization. Vol. 10, No. 1 (Spring 2003).

• “States, Markets and the Limits of Equitable Growth: The Middle Eastern NICs in Comparative Perspective”. In Atul Kohli, Chung-in-Moon and George Sorensen (eds.), States, Markets and Just Growth: Development in the 21st Century. New York and Tokyo: United Nations University Press (2003).

• (*) (With U. Türem) “Entrepreneurs, Democracy and Citizenship in Turkey”. Comparative Politics, Vol. 34, No.4 (July 2002). Also in European University Institute Working Paper, RSC No. 2001/48 (2001).

• (With M.Erdoğdu) “11 Eylül ve Dengeli Küreselleşme”, Foreign Policy, (Turkish print), Vol. 19 (Ocak-Şubat 2002).

• “Political Islam at the Crossroads: From Hegemony to Co-existence”. Contemporary Politics, Vol. 7, No. 4 (2001).

• (With U. Türem) “Business, Globalization and Democracy: A Comparative Analysis of Turkish Business Associations”. Turkish Studies, Vol. 2, No. 2 (2001).

• “Greek-Turkish Relations and the European Union: A Critical Perspective.” Mediterranean Politics, Vol. 6, No. 3 (2001).

• “Turkey and the Post-Soviet States: The Potential and Limits of Regional Power Influence in the New International Order”. Middle East Review of International Affairs, Vol. 5, No. 2 (2001).

• (With M. Ercan) “Turkish Privatization: Institutions and Dilemmas”. Turkish Studies, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Spring 2001).

• “An Awkward Partnership: Turkey’s Relations with the European Union in Comparative-Historical Perspective”. Journal of European Integration History, Vol. 7, No. 1 (Spring 2001).

• (*) “Luxembourg, Helsinki and Beyond: Towards an Interpretation of Recent Turkey-EU Relations”. Government and Opposition, Vol. 35, No. 4 (Autumn 2000).

• “Neo-liberal Globalization and the Democracy Paradox: Interpreting the Turkish General Elections of 1999.” Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 54, No. 2 (Fall 2000).

• “The Turkish Economy at the Turn of a New Century: Critical and Comparative Perspectives “. In M. Abramowitz (ed.), Turkey’s Transformation and American Policy. Washington D.C.: The Century Foundation Press (2000). Turkish translation, Türkiye’nin Dönüşümü ve Amerika Politikası. İstanbul: Liberte Yayınları (2001) başlıklı kitapta yer aldı.

• (*) (With A. F. Aysan), “Neo-liberal Globalization, the Nation State and Financial Crises in the Semi-Periphery: A Comparative Analysis”. Third World Quarterly, Vol. 21, No. 1 (January 2000).

• “Turkey, Europe and Paradoxes of Identity: Perspectives on the International Context of Democratization”. Mediterranean Quarterly, Vol. 10, No. 3 (1999).

• (*) “The Political Economy of Islamic Resurgence in Turkey: The Rise of the Welfare Party in Perspective”. Third World Quarterly, Vol. 18, No. 4 (1997).

• “Democracy, Populism and Chronic Inflation in Turkey: The Post-Liberalization Experience”. Yapı Kredi Economic Review, Vol. 8, No. 1 (1997).

• “Globalization and Financial Blow-ups in the Semi-Periphery: Perspectives on Turkey’s Financial Crisis of 1994”. New Perspectives on Turkey, No. 15 (1996).

• “The State and Economic Development in Contemporary Turkey: Etatism to Neoliberalism and Beyond”. In Vojtech Mastny and Craig Nation (eds.), Turkey and Europe. New Challenges for a Rising Regional Power, Boulder Colorado: Westview Press (1996).

• “The International Context, Income Distribution and State Power in Late Industrialization: Turkey and South Korea in Comparative Perspective”. New Perspectives on Turkey, No. 13 (1995).

• “The Political Economy of Export-Oriented Industrialization in Turkey”. In Cevat Karataş and others, (eds.), Turkey: Political, Social and Economic Challenges during the 1990s. Leiden: Brill, (1995).

• (*) “The Limits of Neoliberalism: Towards a Reformulation of Development Theory”. Journal of Economic Issues. Vol. 25, No. 1 (March 1995). Spanish Translation: “Los Limites del Neoliberalismo. Hacia una Reformulacion de la Teoria del Dessarrollo”. Este Pais (Diciembre 1995).

• (*) “Turkey in the Post-Cold War Era: In Search of Identity”, Middle East Journal, Vol. 49, No. 1 (Winter 1995).

• “Globalization and the Nation State: The Possibilities and Limits of State Intervention in Late Industrialization”. İstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, Cilt 1, No. 3 (November 1994).

• (With Steven B. Webb), “Turkey: Democratization and Adjustment from Above”. In Stephen Haggard and Steve B. Webb (eds.), Voting for Reform: The Politics of Structural Adjustment in New Democracies, New York: Oxford University Press (1994). Also in World Bank PREA Working Paper. No: 1056 (December 1992).

• “Liberalization, Transnational Corporations and Foreign Direct Investment in Turkey: The Experience of the 1980s”. In Fikret Şenses (ed.), The Recent Industrialization Experience of Turkey in a Global Context, New York: Greenwood Press (1994).

• “The Dynamics of Export-Oriented Growth in a Second Generation NIC: Perspectives on the Turkish Case, 1980-1990”. New Perspectives on Turkey, No. 9 (1993).

• (With İlkay Sunar) “Populizm Sonrası Devlete Doğru”. Görüş, No. 9 (1993).

• “The East Asian Model of Development and Turkish Case: A Comparative Analysis.” METU Studies in Development, Vol. 19, No. 4 (1992).

• (*) “Redemocratization and Economic Liberalization in Turkey: The Limits of State Autonomy”. Studies in Comparative International Development, Vol. 27, No. 2 (1992).

• “Organization of Export-Oriented Industrialization: The Turkish Foreign Trade Companies in Comparative Perspective”. In Mehmet Odekon and Tevfik Nas (eds.), The Economics and Politics of Turkish Liberalization, Bettlehem: Lehigh University Press (1992).

• (*) “The Logic of the Developmental State”. Comparative PoliticsItalic text, Vol. 24, No. 1 (1991). Also published in Korean.

• (*) “Privatization and the Logic of Coalition Building: A Comparative Analysis of State Divestiture in Turkey and the U.K.” Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 24, No. 2 (1991).

• “The Political Economy of Turkey in the 1980s: The Anatomy of Unorthodox Liberalism”. In Metin Heper (ed.), The Strong State and Economic Interest Groups. The Post-1980 Turkish Experience, New York and London: Walter de Gruyter (1991).

• (*) “The Evolution of Privatization in Turkey: The Institutional Context of Public Enterprise Reform”, International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 23, No. 2 (1991). Also in Timothy Niblock and Rodney J.A.Wilson (eds.), The Political Economy of the Middle East, Aldershot: Edward Elgar Press (1999.

• (With C.Kirkpatrick), “Turkey”. In Paul Mosley, Jane Herrigan and John Toye, (eds.), Aid and Power: The World Bank and Policy Based Lending. Vol. 2, London: Routledge (1991).

• (*) (With S. Özmucur), “Exchange Rates, Inflation and Money Supply in Turkey: Testing the Vicious Circle Hypothesis”, Journal of Development Economics, Vol. 32, No. 1 (1990).

• “Vision and Contrast in Comparative Political Economy: A Review Article”. Journal of Economics and Administrative Studies, Vol. 2, No. 2 (1988).

• “Reflections on the External Debt Problem of Developing Countries and IMF Conditionality”, Journal of Economics and Administrative Studies, Vol. 2, No. 1 (1988).

• “Esnek Kur Sistemi ve Enflasyon”, Dış Ticarette Durum, (1988).

• “Persistent Inflation in Semi-Industrialized Economies: A Conceptual Framework for Analysis”, Manchester Papers on Development, Vol. 3, No. 2 (1987).

• “Markets and Planning in Development Theory: An Interpretation and an Assessment”, METU Studies in Development, Vol. 14, No. 1 (1987).

• “Inflation and Import-Substituting Industrialization: An Interpretation of the Turkish Case”, Journal of Economics and Administrative Studies, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1987).

• “Theoretical Foundations of Financial Liberalization: A Critique of the McKinnon-Shaw Hypothesis”, Yapı Kredi Economic Review, Vol. 1, No. 4 (1987).

• “Stabilization and Growth in a Semi-Industrialized Economy: An Evaluation of the Recent Turkish Experiment 1977-1984”, METU Studies in Development, Special Issue, Vol. 12, No. 1-2 (1986).

• (With C.Kirkpatrick), “Industrialization as a Structural Determinant of Inflation Performance in IMF Stabilization Programmes in Less Developed Countries”, Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 21, No. 3 (1985).

• “Inflation and Economic Growth: An Assessment of the Forced Saving Thesis”, METU Studies in Development, Vol. 11, No. 1 (1984).

• “Review of Ian Little’s Economic Development: Theory Policy and International Relations”, METU Studies in Development, Vol. 10, No. 3 (1983).

• (*) (With C.Kirkpatrick), “Industrialisation and Inflation in Less Developed Countries”, Institute of Development Studies Research Digest (1983).

(*) Articles published in “Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)” journals.

Research Interests

The economic, socio-political and cultural impact of globalization. The interface between globalization and democracy. The patterns and paradoxes of democratization and democratic politics in emerging societies. Entrepreneurs and democracy. Political economy and identity politics. Islamism and democracy. International context of democratization, human rights issues and the relationship between Europe and its periphery with a specific focus on Turkey-Greek-EU relations. Globalization, the nation state and financial crises in the semi-periphery. Transformation of the state and the politics of regulatory reform. The political economy of Turkey from a comparative perspective: the interplay of domestic politics and global norms. The potential and limits of regional power influence in the new world order with special reference to Turkey’s relations with Russia, the Central Asian Republics and the Middle East.

Additional Professional Activities

• Referee to various journals including American Political Science Review, Democratization, Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Development and Change, World Politics, Review of International Political Economy, International Journal of Middle East Studies, Journal of Development Studies, Journal of Development Economics, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans, Mediterranean Politics, New Perspectives on Turkey, World Development, Party Politics, South European Politics and Society, Theory, Culture and Society, Government and Opposition, Global Governance, Perceptions, Perspectives: Central European Review of International Affairs, International Studies Perspectives, International Spectator, New Political Economy, Boğaziçi Journal, Central Bank Economic Review, Alternatives, Journal of Common Market Studies, British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies, METU Studies in Development, Yapı Kredi Economic Review, Journal of European Social Policy, Uluslararası İlişkiler Dergisi, Insight Turkey, Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies.

• Supervised a number of M.A and Ph.D. theses in political economy, development related issues and international affairs as well as undergraduate honors projects.

• Has written book reviews for Boğazici Journal, METU Studies in Development, MESA Bulletin, International Journal of Turkish Studies, Insight Turkey and a commentary for The Middle East Policy.

• Vice-Chairman of the Special Investigation Sub-Committee on “Financial and Economic Aspects of Globalization” in the context of the 8th. Five Year Development Plan (December 1999-February 2000).

• Member of the Editorial Boards of “Turkish Studies”, “Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies” (formerly Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans), “Insight Turkey”, “The Journal of International Trade and Diplomacy”, “Avrasya Dosyası” (Eurasian Studies), “Açılım” and “Yeditepe Review”. A member of the International Editorial Advisory Boards of “Mediterranean Politics”, “Boğaziçi Journal”, “Alternatives: Turkish Journal of International Relations”, SAREM Stratejik Araştırmalar Dergisi, ( SAREM Journal of Strategic Research) and “Transition Studies Review”.,

• Member of the Awards Committee, Milliyet Awards in Social Sciences (1998).

• Member of the Academic Board ( University Senate) (1999-2009) as well as member of the Governing Board of the College of Economics and Administrative Sciences (1999-2005; 2010- ) and the Graduate School of Business ( 1999-2005) at Koç University.

• Reviewer for the Annual Conferences of the Economic Research Forum (1999 and 2000).

• Member of the "Young Scholars Awards Committee" of the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA) (Spring 2001).

• Member of the Strategic Plan Committee at Koç University (Spring 2002).

• Member of the Werner-von-Siemens Excellence Award Selection Committee, Koç University (Spring 2002).

• Reviewer for the FEMISE Awards (2003-2004).

• Coordinator of the MA Program in International Relations, Koç University (2004-2006).

• Vice-Chairman of the Graduate School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Koç University (2003-2006).

• Member of the Executive Board of the Migration Research Unit (Mirekoç) at Koç University (2004-2007).

• Member of the Governing Board of the Koç University’s Center on Globalization and Democratic Governance (GLODEM) (2004-).

• Member of the Executive Board of the Koç-TÜSIAD Economic Forum (2005-2007).

• Member of the Committee appointed by the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA) looking into the future of political science research in Turkey and contributor to its final report (2005-2007).

• Member of the Coordinating Committee of the common core course entitled CIV 202 “Encounters with Globalization”, Koç University (2006).

• Member of the Scientific Committee, Annual Conference of the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy, Galatasaray University, Istanbul, Turkey (2006).

• Member of the Dean Search Committee, College of Administrative Sciences and Economics, Koç University (2006-2007).

• Member of the Dean Search Committee, College of Arts and Humanities, Koç University (2007).

• Member of the Scientific Committee, Conference on Turkish Foreign Policy and Regional Dynamics, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University, Kahramanmaraş (2007).

• Regular external member of dissertation and promotion committees in several universities at home and abroad; regular member of the national committees for the promotion to associate professor status in the fields of International Economics, Economic Development and International Relations. Most recently, external examiner of PhD theses in Roskilde University, Denmark (May 2007), School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (June 2007), the University of Sydney (2008) and Royal Holloway College, University of London (2009).

• Member of the Advisory Board of BETAM (Bahçeşehir University Center for Economic and Social Research) (2008- ).

• Member of the Faculty Governing Board of the Law School, Koç University (2008-2009).

• Member of the Executive Committee for Research on Social Sciences and Humanities (SOBAG), TÜBİTAK (Turkish National Science Foundation) (2009-2010).

• Invited participant to discuss the future of social science departments at the newly founded Istanbul Şehir University (2009).

• Designated advisor to Caner Bakır’s TÜBİTAK funded project entitled “Organizational Change in Economic Bureaucracy in Turkey, 1980-2010: Interactions with National and Global Institutional Dynamics" (2009-2010).

• Member of the Advisory Board, Center for Global Studies (KIM), Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul (2009- ).

• Affiliated Faculty, Center for Turkish Studies, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, USA (2009- ).

• Member of the Local Organizing Committee, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade Conference on Challenges and Opportunities in Emerging Markets, Milas, Turkey (2010).

• Member of the TEV-British Council Chevening Scholarships Selection Committee, Turkish Education Foundation (TEV) (2010).

• Member of the Evaluation Committee, Sakıp Sabancı International Research Award (2010).

• Member of the Evaluation Committee, Middle East Economic Association Conference, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul ( 2010).

• Television appearances: CNN Türk, CNBC-e, and TV-8; radio interviews: BBC World Service; newspaper interviews: Milliyet, Zaman, and the Guardian; article in the Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia; Interviews in the Journal of Istanbul Chamber of Industry, “Boğaziçi”, “Kule” and Turkishtime. Contributions to Koç University research magazines, “Fener” and “Frontier”.

External Links

The Center for Research on Globalization and Democratic Governance (GLODEM)

Prof. Öniş Homepage

Koç University

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