Nationality Turkish Name Ziya Onis | Fields Political Economy | |
Born 12 May 1957 (age 66) ( 1957-05-12 ) Institution Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey Alma mater University of Manchester Awards TUBITAK Science Award in Social Sciences Books Turkish Politics in a Changing World: Global Dynamics and Domestic Transformations | ||
Education University of Manchester | ||
SAMAR Media - The Turkish economy - Dr. Ziya Öniş
Ziya Öniş (born May 12, 1957 in Istanbul) is a Turkish political economist, and Professor of International Relations and the Director of the Center for Research on Globalization and Democratic Governance (GLODEM) at Koç University in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Education
He received his BA and MA degrees from London School of Economics, Department of Economics. He received his PhD. from University of Manchester on Development Economics.
Career
He worked with Professor Colin Kirkpatrick and Professor Frederick Nixson at Manchester. Öniş took active part in different OECD and World Bank projects as consultant and prepared reports and working papers. He is one of the most cited social scientists in Turkey and a world-wide known Turkish political economist. Öniş has been cited in the Social Science Citation Index about 500 times as of September 2010. Prof. Oniş is a member of The Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA). Due to his significant contributions to Turkish political economy, Turkish foreign policy and Turkish politics fields in a comparative perspective, he received TUBITAK Science Award in Social Sciences in July 2012, which is known as the most prestigious scientific award in Turkey.