Assoc. Prof. İsmail Erkam Sula

İsmail Erkam Sula is an Associate Professor of International Relations at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Faculty of Political Science. He received his PhD and MA degrees in International Relations from Bilkent University and his undergraduate degree from Dokuz Eylul University Department of International Relations. He worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard University Institute for Quantitative Social Science in 2019 with the support of TÜBİTAK BİDEB on his research project titled “Foreign Policy Analysis and Quantitative Research Methods”. His current research focuses on computer-assisted research methods, data collection in social sciences, and the application of simulations in diplomacy and International Relations education. Dr Sula is currently coordinating the “GRADEU (Global Risk Assessment Data and the EU’s role in the Governance of Global Risks)” Jean Monnet Module Project funded by the European Union. The GRADEU project creates a data set on the types and characteristics of emerging global existential risks and threats and examines the EU’s role in the governance of these global challenges.