Assoc. Prof. Levent Kırval

Biography

Dr. Kırval was born in Bursa, Turkey on November 1, 1976. After graduating from TED Ankara College (Turkey) in 1994, Dr. Kirval received his BSc in International Relations-Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences (High Hons) from Middle East Technical University (Ankara-Turkey) in 1998 and MSc in European Politics and Policy from The London School of Economics and Political Science-Department of Government (UK) in 2000 (MSc Thesis Title: The Development of Turkish Political Party System: How Far From Consolidation Today?), where he attended as a British Chevening/TEV Fellow. He received his PhD in Political Science from Ghent University (Belgium) in 2005 (Dissertation Title: Legitimising the European Union: Can Supranational Identity and Efficient Welfare State Policies Be The Answer?), where he attended as a Jean Monnet Fellow of the European Commission. Between 2006 and 2008, Dr. Kirval has worked as Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Political Science Department & Centre for EU Studies of Ghent University (Belgium) as a Marie-Curie Fellow (FP6/Intra-European Fellowship) of the European Commission. Currently he is working in Social Sciences Research Division of the Basic Sciences Department at Maritime Faculty of Istanbul Technical University and teaching courses/researching on International Relations, European Politics and Policy, Maritime Economics and Policy, and International Public Law.

Website - CV : https://web.itu.edu.tr/~lkirval