AYŞEGÜL KİBAROĞLU

Prof. Dr. Aysegül Kibaroglu is the Chair of the Department of Political Science and International Relations at MEF University in Istanbul. She was a Visiting Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, LBJ School of Public Affairs in 2016. Previously, she was a Faculty Member and Vice Chair of the Department of International Relations at the Middle East Technical University in Ankara (2003-2011). Prof. Kibaroglu was a post-Doctoral Fellow at the International Water Law Research Institute at the University of Dundee, Scotland in 2002. She worked as Advisor to the President of the Southeastern Anatolia Project Regional Development Administration from 2001 to 2003. Her areas of research include: Middle East transboundary water politics, international water law, Turkey’s water policy, political geography, and environmental security. Prof. Kibaroglu has published extensively on the politics of water resources with an emphasis on the Euphrates Tigris river basin, including a book volume, Building a Regime for the Waters of the Euphrates-Tigris River Basin (Kluwer Law International, 2002), and co-edited volumes, Water Development and Poverty Reduction (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003), Turkey’s Water Policy (Springer, 2011), and Water Law and Cooperation in the Euphrates-Tigris Region (Brill, 2013). Her most recent book (monograph), Turkey’s Water Diplomacy: Analysis of its Foundations, Challenges and Prospects is published by the Anthem Press (Cambridge Core) in February 2021. Her recent co-edited volume, Sustainability of Engineered Rivers in Arid Lands: Challenge and Response is published by Cambridge University Press in August 2021. She has also published articles in prestigious journals such as International Negotiation, Water International, Water Policy, Journal of International Affairs, International Journal of Water Resources Development, Global Governance, and International Affairs.

International Law, International organizations, Political geography, Middle East policy, Transboundary water policies, Turkish water policy, environmental security