I hold a Ph.D. in International Politics  from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth (2000), an M.Sc. in Strategic Studies from UWA, an M.A. in International Relations from Bilkent University and a B.Sc. in International Relations from Middle East Technical University. I am the author of Regional Security in the Middle East: A Critical Perspective (2005; 2nd ed. 2019),  The International in Security, Security in the International (2016) and co-editor of Routledge Handbook of International Political Sociology (2017) and  Asia in International Relations: Unthinking Imperial Power Relations (2017). My new book (co-authored with Karen Smith) Thinking Globally About World Politics: Beyond Global IR will be out in 2024.

I was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow at WWIC, Washington DC in 2006-07, a Visiting Senior Research Fellow at King’s College London in 2013-14, a senior research fellow at Käte Hamburger Kolleg, Centre for Global Cooperation Research in 2023.  I was a visiting professor at the Center for Contemporary Middle East Studies of the University of Southern Denmark and a visiting scholar at the Center for the Resolution of International Conflicts  (CRIC) at the University of Copenhagen during 2015-16, visiting professor at the Amsterdam Centre for European Studies Visiting Professor, University of Amsterdam in June 2019, a visiting professor at the Institute for International Relations (IRI) Pontifical Catholic University (PUC-Rio) in August 2019, visiting researcher at Leiden University’s Institute for Security and Global Affairs in June 2021, and a Global Fellow at St Andrews University in November 2022.

I have served as Associate Editor of Security Dialogue (2008-2013),  International Political Sociology (2012-2017), and International Studies Quarterly (2019-2023 ). I am an editorial board member of the following journals European Journal of International Relations, ID:International Dialogue, Global Discourse, Journal of International Relations and Development, Contexto Internacional, International Studies Quarterly, Critical Military Studies, Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional, Foreign Policy Analysis, International Studies Review, and Geopolitics, and international editorial/advisory board member of the journals International Relations, Millennium: Journal of International Relations and Uluslararası İlişkiler.  

I am the co-editor (with Monica Herz) of the Palgrave book series, Critical Security Studies in the Global South. Since 2021, I have served as the President of World International Studies Committee.

I received  ‘the best article published in Politics in 2004′  award by the Political Studies Association in 2005. I am also a recipient of  the ‘GEBİP Young Scientist Award’ by Turkish Academy of Sciences (2008) and ‘TUBİTAK Young Scientist Incentive Award’ by the The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (2009).

I am a professor of International Relations at Bilkent University and a member of the Turkish Academy  of Sciences.

My CV and some of my publications are available for download on my academia.edu page.

I can be reached at pbilgin@bilkent.edu.tr