Dr. Caner Bakır

Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Koç University Istanbul

Teaching

  • International Political Economy (INTL 531)
  • International Business (IBUS 901)
  • Politics of International Trade and Investment (INTL 313)
  • Turkish Economy (ECON 481 / INTL 410)
  • Power, Interests, Institutions & Ideas in Politics (INTL 355)

Research & Supervisory Interests

Currently, I am interested in learning more about:

  • International political economy
  • Monetary and fiscal governance
  • State's transformative capacity
  • Regulatory state
  • States and governance
  • Global governance in financial regulation/supervision
  • Financial regulatory governance
  • Politics of global finance
  • Public policy and financial globalization
  • Transparency and accountability in a comparative perspective
  • Transnational banking
  • The politics of FDI
  • 'Triangular diplomacy' in developing countries
  • Bargaining between MNEs and host governments
  • Australian and Turkish banking sector
  • Political economy of Australian and Canadian mega bank merger policies
  • Government-business relations
  • Transnational policy networks in finance
  • Policy mediation between national and transnational financial policy communities
  • Policy change process in financial services industry
  • Micro-credit in Turkey
I would be pleased to supervise postgraduate and honors students wishing to work in any of these areas.

 

Dr. Caner Bakır
E-Mail: cbakir@ku.edu.tr
Tel: (+90 212) 338 16 74
Fax: (+90 212) 338 16 42