Speaking Engagements
Guest speaker, "The Role of Business in Bolstering Peace," Hertie Business School, December 2023, Online.
Guest Speaker, "What Can Democracies Do in the Face of a Rise in Authoritarian States," European Parliament, November 2023, Brussels.
Guest speaker, "Taking Stock of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda," Women in Foreign Policy Turkey Chapter, November 2023, online.
Guest speaker, "Business and Human Rights: What About Gender Equality and Social Inclusion?" International Anti-Corruption Academy, October 2023, online.
Keynote speaker, "Women's Leadership in the Peace Process," for the Peace and Reconciliation Seminar, Assembly of European Regions and International Fund for Ireland, June 2023, Leuven.
Speaker, "The Story of Business Playing a Role in Livelihood Security of Refugee Women: The Case of Syrian Women in Turkey," Vienna University of Economics and Business, November 2022, Vienna.
Speaker, "Can Business Enhance Peace by Bolstering Women's Access and Retention in the Labor Market?" York University, October 2022, Online.
Speaker, "Transforming Business for Sustainable Peace and Development," Hull University, June 2022, Online.
Speaker, "Business and the Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus," Principles for Responsible Management Education, Student Ambassadors Program, June 2022, Online.
Speaker, "Adding an 11th Global Compact Principle on Peace," Toronto Metropolitan University, June 2022, Online.
Speaker, "Business and the Women, Peace and Security Agenda," Principles for Responsible Management Education Global Leaders Forum, June 2022, Online.
Speaker, "Sustainable Development Agenda: Environment, Human Rights, and Rule of Law; A Business Perspective," Turkey-Europe Civil Society Forum, May 2022, Brussels.
Speaker, "Post-Pandemic Women's Labor Market Participation in the MENA, Hollings Center for International Dialogue, May 2022, Online.
Speaker, "Limitations of Soft Power," University College London, May 2022, Online.
Speaker, "Picking Up Where We Left Off on Responsible Business," Hollings Center for International Dialogue, Podcast, April 2022.
Speaker, "Taking Stock of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda," SAIS Bologna, March 2022, Bologna.
Speaker, "The Nexus of Business and the Women, Peace and Security Agenda," UN Principles for Responsible Management Education, Working Group on Business for Peace, November 2021, Online.
Speaker, "Women's Inclusion in Peace and Transition Processes," Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law, August 2021, Online.
Speaker, "Maximising the Role of Business in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Environments: Women's Contributions to Peace," European Peacebuilding Liaison Office, May 2021, Online.
Speaker, "Moving the Women, Peace and Security Agenda Forward," Women of Color in Foreign Policy, January 2021, Online.
Speaker, "Maximizing the Role of Business in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Environments: Women's Contributions to Peace," United Nations Development Programme and The Connecting Business Initiative, November 2020, Online.
Speaker, "Women's Contributions to Peace and Transition Processes," Make Mothers Matter and Esperas, November 2020, Online.
Speaker, "How to Maintain Peace in a Fragile Region: The Role of Global Actors in the Mediterranean, Middle East, and Caucuses," Prague European Summit, November 2020, Online.
Speaker, "Business Efforts to Enhance Peace in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Environments," Geneva Peace Week, October 2020, Online.
Speaker, "Maximizing the Role of Business in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Environments: Women's Contributions to Peace," United Nations Business for Peace Working Group, September 2020, Online.
Speaker, "Peace-Private Sector Nexus," Blanquera – Ramon Llull University, December 2019, Barcelona.
Speaker, "Taking Stock of the Women, Peace and Security Agenda," Make Mothers Matter, November 2019, Brussels.
Commentator, "Taking Stock of EU Migration Policy," Euro News, November 2019, Brussels.
Speaker, "After the Local Elections: A New Political Landscape in Turkey," German Marshall Fund of the U.S., May 2019, Berlin.
Speaker, "Doing Security Differently: Challenges, Diversity and the New Frontiers," European Parliament, May 2019, Brussels.
Speaker, "Inclusion of Women in Peace Processes," European Parliament, April 2019, Brussels.
Speaker, "Armed Conflict and Forced Migration in the Context of the War in Syria," Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, January 2019, Brussels.
Speaker, "Conflict Preventative Measures in the Middle East," Committee of Conflict Studies Study Association Ubuntu, December 2018, Brussels.
Speaker, "Green Conflict Minerals," TOPAZ, November 2018, Prague.
Speaker, "Climate Change & Forced Displacement," TOPAZ, November 2018, Olomuc.
Speaker, "American Foreign Policy Under the Trump Administration," Wilfried Martens Centre, September 2018, Brussels.
Speaker, ""Do-No-Harm" Approach in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Environments," Kois Invest, June 2018, Brussels.
Member, "Liberty and Responsibility in Business and Beyond: Business Ethics for Better or Worse," Liberty Fund, May 2018, Frankfurt.
Speaker, "The Private Sector's Role in Economic Integration and Social Inclusion of Refugees in the Frontline States to the War in Syria," European Parliament, April 2018, Brussels.
Speaker, "Private Sector-Peace Nexus in Iraq," American University, March 2018, Washington, DC.
Member, Working Group on "Entrepreneurship, Prosperity, and Liberty in the Arab World," Liberty Fund, January 2018, Marrakesh.
Speaker, "Supporting Women in the Foreign Policy Field," Women in Foreign Policy, January 2018, London.
Speaker, "Drivers of Armed Conflict," Arab Centre, December 2017, Istanbul.
Speaker, "Turkey's Response to Humanitarian Crises," Maya Foundation, November 2017, Istanbul.
Speaker, "Syrian Humanitarian Crisis and the Role of Turkey," Martens Centre, November 2017, Brussels.
Speaker, "Impact of the Syria Conflict on Social Cohesion in Turkey," EMBA Consortium for Global Business, September 2017, Istanbul.
Speaker, "Private Sector's Contribution to Sustainable Peace," Averos Conference, May 2017, Istanbul.
Speaker, "Women, Peace, and Security," Education Foundation's Annual Fundraiser, March 2017, Copperas Cove, Texas.
Speaker, "Women, Sustainable Peace and Inclusive Security," Social Impact Summit, November 2016, Istanbul.
Speaker, "Syrian Humanitarian Crisis: A Regional Perspective," UN Women, November 2016, Istanbul.
Speaker/Member, "Economic Security Challenges in the Middle East," Working Group on Youth Unemployment in the MENA, Rockefeller Foundation and Co-Opinion Network, November 2016, Bellagio.
Speaker, "Urban Space and Refugees," Center for Metropolitan Studies, October 2016, Istanbul.
Speaker, "Human Security Challenges Facing Syrian Refugees in Turkey," Human Security Conference, October 2016, Istanbul.
Speaker, "The Impact of the Syrian Humanitarian Crisis on Frontline States," Synergos, Global Philanthropists Circle, September 2016, Istanbul.
Discussant, "Public Attitudes Towards Immigration," European Consortium for Political Science, September 2016, Prague.
Speaker, "The Impact of the Private Sector on Peace in Fragile and Conflict-Affected States," International Political Science Association, July 2016, Poznan.
Speaker, "Human Security Challenges in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq," Human Security Conference, October 2015, Istanbul.
Speaker, "Impact of the Turkish Private Sector on Human Security in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq," Chicago Council on Global Affairs, September 2015, Chicago.
Speaker, "Impact of the Turkish Private Sector on Economic Security in Iraqi Kurdistan," Atlantic Council of the U.S., April 2015, Washington, DC.
Speaker, "Turkey's Private Sector Engagement in Iraq and its Impact on Economic Security," Human Security Conference, October 2014, Istanbul.