Research Training Group World Politics RTG 2225
Basak Naz Simsek
Doctoral Researcher
E-Mail: basak.simsek@uni-bielefeld.de
Phone: +49 521 106 67633
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Doctoral Project:
Alongside or versus? An institutional analysis of the interplay between international and world society
- Biography
Since 10/2023 Doctoral Researcher at the Research Training Group "World Politics", Bielefeld University 2023 MA International Relations, Galatasaray University, Istanbul, Turkey 2023 Research Assistant, International Relations Department, Altinbas University, Turkey 2017-2022 Isbank, Corporate Communications Specialist, Istanbul, Turkey 2016-2017 Global Connection International Media S.A., New Editor, Istanbul, Turkey and Brussels 2015-2016 Researcher at Economic Development Foundation, Istanbul, Turkey and Brussels 2015 B.S. in Political Science and Public Administration, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey 2014-2015 Trainee Journalist, Bloomberg Businessweek, Istanbul, Turkey 2013-2014 Erasmus (EU scholarship), Sciences Po, Paris,France 05/2010-10/2010 IH Rouen (French in Normandy), Scholarship for university summer course, Rouen, France - Abstract
The dissertation aims to contribute to English School (ES) literature by clarifying, from an institutional perspective, how international society and world society interact in a constant state of interplay. This relationship is analyzed through the lens of hybrid primary and secondary institutions, and particularly, international criminal justice and international criminal tribunals. These hybrid institutions encompass both state and non-state actors as constitutive units, along with their respective practices. Observing the interdependence between the pillars of international and world society within this institutional framework enhances the existing literature by measuring the impact of non-state actors as well as their practices on the world order, a dimension that has been largely overlooked until recent contributions. The theoretical and empirical components of this research complement each other, offering a comprehensive analysis of the subject. The pluralist-solidarist debate intrinsic to ES is transcended through the idea that intuitively linking world society to cosmopolitan solidarism, particularly in the context of human rights, confines the discussion to a normative framework, and results in an underappreciation of the impact of non-state actors' practices on the world order. Another contribution to the literature is made through the construction of a bridge between ES and the theory of constitutionalism, and thus between legal and political spheres, always around the interplay of the ‘international’ and ‘world’ pillars. The analysis is further enriched with case studies to examine the practical implications of the theoretical claims.
- Publications
Şimşek, B. N. and Kulalı M. Y. (2024). ‘Le rôle des tribunaux ad hoc dans la mise en oeuvre des principes du droit cosmopolitique: une étude empirique via la pensée kantienne.’ In: Annales de la Faculté de Droit d’Istanbul DOI: 10.26650/annales.2024.75.0005
Şimşek, B. N. (2023). ‘Türk Dış Politikasında Türk Dilini Dünya ile İlişkilendiren Unsurlar.’ In: Cumhuriyetin 100. Yılında Türk Dış Politikası Yazıları, Nobel, pp. 425-445, ISBN: 978-625-8174-64-9
- Research Stays and Conferences