Dr. R. Melis Baydag
Curriculum Vitae
Positions
- since 10/2025 Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer, Chair of International Relations, Department of Political Science, University of Freiburg.
- since 10/2025 Associate Researcher, Department of Inter- and Transnational Cooperation, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS).
- 10/2024-09/2025 Lecturer, Chair of European and Global Governance, Munich School of Politics and Public Policy, Technical University of Munich.
- 04/2024-09/2025 Researcher, Department of Inter- and Transnational Cooperation, German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS).
- 04/2020-09/2024 Research Associate and Lecturer, Chair of International Politics, Department of Political Science, Ruhr University Bochum.
- 10-12/2023 Guest Researcher, Department ‘Inter- and Transnational Cooperation’, IDOS.
- 05/2023 Visiting Lecturer, Institute of International Studies, University of Wroclaw, Poland.
- since 10/2018 Lecturer, Chair of International Politics, Department of Political Science, Ruhr University Bochum.
- 09-10/2018 Guest Researcher, Department of Inter- and Transnational Cooperation, German Development Institute.
- 10/2017 Guest Researcher, Department of Bi- and Multilateral Development Cooperation, German Development Institute.
Education
- 11/2023 PhD in Social Sciences, Ruhr University Bochum (magna cum laude). Title of PhD dissertation: “Material Interests and Societal Ideas in Development Policy Preferences: A Comparative Analysis of Mexico, South Korea, and Turkey” – the PhD Project was funded by Mercator Research Center Ruhr (MERCUR).
- 07/2017 Master of Science in International Relations (GPA 3.90/4.00), Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey.
- 10/2015-07/2016 Exchange year, MA International Development Studies, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany.
- 06/2014 Bachelor of Science in International Relations (GPA 3.53/4.00, with High Honours), Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey.
- 10/2013-02/2014 Exchange semester, BA Political Science, Duisburg-Essen University, Germany.
Forschung & Lehre
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Publikationen
*= peer reviewed (Stand: 24. November 2025)
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- * Baydag RM (forthcoming April 2026) The Domestic Politics of Aid: Development Policies among Emerging Middle Powers. Palgrave Macmillan Cham.
- Baydag RM (forthcoming December 2025) The political economy of aid giving: A literature review. Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft.
- * Baydag RM (2025) Domestic ideas and interests in development cooperation of emerging donors: The case of Mexican development policy. Contemporary Politics 31(5): 684-706.
- * Baydag RM and Villanueva Ulfgard R (2025) Populist narratives and personalized national role conception in middle powers: The cases of Mexico and Turkey during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Politics & Policy 53(1), e12645: 1-14.
- * Baydag RM and Klingebiel S (2023) Partner country selection between development narratives and self-interests: A new method for analysing complex donor approaches. Review of Development Economics 27(2): 1199-1223.
- * Baydag RM (2024) Positions of Established and Emerging Powers towards Climate Finance: The Cases of Germany and Korea. In Klingebiel S, Kalinowski T and Keijzer N (Eds.) Emerging Trends in International Development and Climate Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
- * Baydag RM (2021) Middle powers in international development cooperation: Assessing the roles of South Korea and Turkey. In Chaturvedi S et al. (Eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Development Cooperation for Achieving the 2030 Agenda. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
- Keijzer N and Baydag M (2025) Turkey, the EU, and China in the world: Does turbulence lead to convergence? ETTG Blog.
- Crumpton B, Baydag M, Keijzer N, Rocca C and Erforth B (2025) Digital transformation in Africa: From gaps to goals. ETTG Policy Brief 7/2025. European Think Tanks Group.
- Baydag RM and Villanueva Ulfgard R (2025) Not all populists turn inward – and for a reason: Mexican and Turkish development cooperation in an era of global fragmentation. In Klingebiel S and Sumner A (Eds.) Development and Development Policy in the Trump Era (Discussion Paper 23/2025). German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), Bonn.
- Baydag RM, Klingebiel S and Marschall P (2018) Shaping the patterns of development cooperation: A comparative analysis of seven bilateral donors and the European Union. (DIE Discussion Paper 22). German Development Institute, Bonn.
Aktuelle Forschungsinteressen
- International political economy
- Domestic politics theories
- International cooperation
- Foreign aid and development
- Middle powers
- International organizations
- Global governance
- Populism in IR
- Qualitative methods
- Process-tracing
Lehre
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- MA course: International organizations and informal clubs in global governance, Department of Political Science, Ruhr University Bochum.
- BA course (advance): Foreign economic policies in a fragmented global economy, Department of Political Science, University of Freiburg.
- BA course:International organizations and informal clubs in global governance, Department of Political Science, University of Freiburg.
- MA course: Foreign economic policies in a fragmented global economy, Department of Governance, Munich School of Politics and Public Policy, Technical University of Munich.
- BA course: Foreign economic policies in a fragmented global economy, Department of Political Science, Ruhr University Bochum.
- MA course: International organizations and informal clubs in global governance, Munich School of Politics and Public Policy, Technical University of Munich.
- MA course: The European Union in global economic governance, Department of Political Science, Ruhr University Bochum.
- MA course: Regional integration in theory and practice, Department of Political Science, Ruhr University Bochum.
- MA course: Established and emerging powers in global governance, Department of Political Science, Ruhr University Bochum.
- MA Course: Comparative regionalism in theory and practice: Europe, Asia and the Americas, University of Wrocław, Poland.
- BA course: Crisis of liberal international order: Global power shifts and domestic discontents, Department of Political Science, Ruhr University Bochum.
- BA course: International organizations and club governance in contemporary world politics, Department of Political Science, Ruhr University Bochum.
- BA course: Globalization and theories of development, Department of Political Science, Ruhr University Bochum.
- BA course: International organizations and informal groupings in the era of multilateralism, Department of Political Science, Ruhr University Bochum.
- BA course: Globalization and developing countries: Theory and practice of development, Department of Political Science, Ruhr University Bochum.
- BA course: Schwellenländer in der multilateralen Global Governance: aktuelle Themen und Herausforderungen, Department of Political Science, Ruhr University Bochum.
- BA course: Theories of regional integration: Europe, Asia and the Americas in comparison, Department of Political Science, Ruhr University Bochum.
- BA course: Global governance in a multipolar world: Emerging powers, issues and challenges, Department of Political Science, Ruhr University Bochum.
- BA course: Comparative regional integration in theory and practice: Europe, the Americas and Asia, Department of Political Science, Ruhr University Bochum.
- BA course: International power and domestic politics in emerging countries‘ IR: BRICs and MIKTA, Department of Political Science, Ruhr University Bochum.