Studies in Political Science/Law (M.A) and Islamic Sciences (M.A). Various postings with the UN, EU  and OSCE in crisis areas between 1998 and 2014. Most relevant positions to the project: Senior Political Advisor for Strategy for UN’s High Representative/EU Special Representative to Bosnia and Herzegowina(OHR/EUSR BiH), Political Advisor to the EU Special Representative to Sudan(EUSR SUDAN), Head of Strategic Planning, Analysis and Reporting Department at the EU Police Mission to Afghanistan(EUPOL AFG) and Political Advisor for Kenya and Somalia to the EU Capacity Building Mission at the Horn of Africa (EUCAP NESTOR)  

• Avoiding Another Disaster in Sudan, Lessons for the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy in Turkish Foreign Policy Quarterly, Istanbul, March 2010

• European Security and Defence Policy in action, Chapter in Michael Merlingen and Rasa Ostrauskaite (eds.), European Security and Defence Policy: an Implementation Perspective (Routledge), 2008