Prof. ŞULE TOKTAŞ

Sule Toktas is a professor of political science at the Institute of Security Sciences, Turkish National Police Academy, Ankara, Turkey, where she delivers courses on and about international security. She was formerly a visiting scholar at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, U.S.A. and a Jean Monnet post-doctoral fellow at the Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, Italy. She has Ph.D. degree in political science and public administration at Bilkent University  and master's degree in gender and women's studies at the Middle East Technical University.

Dr. Toktas’s research interests include topics related but not limited to political science and international relations. She conducted research projects funded by formal institutions amongst which are TUBITAK (the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey), the UN Population Fund and the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA). Her publications appeared in various scholarly journals some of which include Muslim World, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Third World Quarterly, Middle East Policy, Journal of Historical Sociology, European Journal of Women Studies, Political Science Quarterly and International Migration. She co-authored four books as well. As part of services to academia, she performs referee and/or advisory duties at national and international scientific platforms. She has been serving the TUBITAK advisory board in the disciplines of political science, international relations and security studies since 2015. Dr.  Toktas was awarded the “Incentive Award for Social Scientists” by TUBITAK in 2009.

Contact information: Prof. Dr. Sule Toktas, Institute of Security Sciences, Turkish National Police Academy, Necatibey Cad. No. 108, Anıttepe Çankaya Ankara 06570 Turkey; suletoktas@yahoo.com