He is also acting as the Steering Committee Member of European Energy Research Alliance’s (EERA) “e3s” Joint Program and the Head of Izmir Circle of Mediterranean Citizens’ Assembly (ACIMEDIT). He has completed his PhD at IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy. He has received his MA in European Studies from Jean Monnet Center of Excellence at University of Turku, Finland and his BA in Political Science and Public Administration from Bilkent University, Turkey. His research interest is in the area of energy security, energy policy analysis and energy economics. He has published several articles in the leading journals such as Energy Policy, Renewable Energy, Energy and Energy Research & Social Science.