Biographical note

Bahar Baser is Professor of Political Science and International Relations, at Durham University's School of Government and International Affairs. Previously, she was Associate Professor at the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University, UK, where she led the "Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation Research Group". She is an expert in the area of diaspora studies, peacebuilding and conflict transformation, with a regional focus on the Middle East.

Ahmet Erdi Öztürk is Reader of politics and international relations at London Metropolitan University, UK. He also worked as Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellow at Coventry University in the UK and GIGA in Germany (between 2021-2023). He is the author of more than 40 peer-review journal articles, author, co-author, editor and co-editor of 8 books. Dr. Öztürk is the winner of 2021 London Metropolitan University Outstanding Early Career Researcher, 2022 ISA’s ENMISA Emerging Scholar Award and 2023 ISA’s REL Section Emerging Scholar Award.

Hakkı Taş is Research Fellow at the German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA), Hamburg, Germany. His research interests include populism, diasporas, and identity politics, with a special focus on the Middle East. Before his appointment at GIGA, Taş held researcher or teaching positions at Yale University, American University in Cairo, Ipek University, the Swedish Defence University, and the University of Bremen. His peer-reviewed articles have appeared in journals including Comparative Studies in Society and History, The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, PS: Political Science and Politics, and Democratization.