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Filiz Kahraman’s research investigates law and politics from international and comparative perspectives. She is currently working on a book manuscript examining how labor activists in Europe pursue human rights law as a new mobilization strategy, and how international law affects the lives of workers on the ground. Before joining the Department of Political Science, she served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Mortara Center for International Studies at Georgetown University. Filiz received her PhD in political science from the University of Washington. Her research has been funded by multiple organizations, and she received the National Science Foundation dissertation award as well as the Lynne Rienner Publishers Award from the International Studies Association’s Human Rights Section. Filiz has provided commentary on current human rights issues related to the political crisis in Europe and Turkey, with her work appearing in various media outlets.
Department of Sociology