Arda Bilgen

[Arda Bilgen @ardabilgen]

EVENT ALERT – ONE WEEK TO GO!

Next Tuesday, 10 February 2026, at LSE, Jim Crow and I will be discussing the past, present, and future of water infrastructure, policy, and scarcity in Turkey in a conversational panel format, moderated by @ygursoy. Registration details are below.

[Yaprak Gürsoy @ygursoy]

Register for our Contemporary Turkish Studies @LSEEI event co-hosted with @theBIAAnkara: https://t.co/G7CYBYXX0v

You can either join us on the #LSE campus or online.

[LSE Middle East @LSEMiddleEast]

Read our Research Officer @ardabilgen's new paper, co-authored with @policytranslate, on the meaning of being a 'hydrohub' in today's global water governance: https://t.co/vC5vV2Y9h3

[LSE Middle East @LSEMiddleEast]

There is still time to register for today's webinar!

Join us for the launch of 'Industrial Policy in #Turkey: Rise, Retreat and Return' w/ @mmkutlay, Mina Toksoz, William Hale and @ardabilgen.

Mon 20 May | 16:00 - 17:00 UK Time | Zoom

Register below: https://t.co/hqYwvMUOnO

[PeaceRep @Peace_Rep_]

'Continued secrecy... on shared waters can fuel mistrust & prevent cooperation'.

New research from @LSEMiddleEast on why greater hydro-transparency in #Iraq is needed by: Michael Mason, Zeynep Sıla Akıncı, @ardabilgen, Noori Nasir & Azhar Al-Rubaie. https://t.co/Rl4JbHrdln

[LSE Middle East @LSEMiddleEast]

Read our Research Officer @ardabilgen's new paper, co-authored with @AnitaFabos, on the academy's errant conceptualisation of 'home' in juxtaposition to 'the field', as they reflect on power and fieldwork in familiar settings https://t.co/72265Ww2fv

[LSE Middle East @LSEMiddleEast]

Student careers event happening now! Thanks to @ardabilgen, Marwa Baabbad @yemen_policy and Jack Sproson of @GuernicaLaw37 for sharing their wisdom.

[LSE Middle East @LSEMiddleEast]

There is still no consensus on the annual average flow of the Euphrates and the Tigris rivers issuing downstream from the Turkish border, which creates challenges for policy related to water governance. @ardabilgen for the blog https://t.co/lQhF3psiUg

[Ethemcan @muhalefetserhi]

I just paid 216€ (118€ for UK Gov, 65€ for TLSContact, 33€ for postal service) to apply for a 6-month visitor UK visa to attend a 3-day academic workshop.

Probably it is a good time to read this piece by @ardabilgen & @melisulug👇

https://t.co/iW5Il9dE2V

[Melis Uluğ @melisulug]

Based on all these discussions we've had over the summer, @ardabilgen and I wrote this piece:

"Some scholars are more equal than others: Visa barriers, passport privilege, and global academic mobility"

We hope you enjoy reading it!

https://t.co/bpTaYCP9Th

[Dr Blerina Këllezi @Blerina_Kellezi]

Latest SPR issue out now. Fantastic contributions on key methodological challenges of real world research by @yasemin_gulsum Orhan Kaya, Celal Ağar, @FergusNeville @Prarsha @GMclocklin & on systematic barriers faced by Global South researchers from @ArdaBilgen & Özden Melis Uluğ

[Arda Bilgen @ardabilgen]

@Blerina_Kellezi @yasemin_gulsum @FergusNeville @Prarsha @GMclocklin @melisulug

[Melis Uluğ @melisulug]

Dear friends and colleagues,
This is a call for international conference organizers to think twice before organizing any conference in Western Europe/North America, where many academics from the Global South (GS) need a visa to enter. (1)