She is also part of the research team at Zirve University Middle East Strategic Research Center. Dr. Coskun holds a MSc degree from Aalborg University, Denmark and has conducted PhD research at Loughborough University, UK. Coskun has several articles, book chapters and research papers. Her article entitled Analysing Desecuritisations: Problems and Prospects in Israeli-Palestinian Reconciliation has won 2007 Routledge Global Change, Peace & Security Essay Competition. She is also co-editor of Neighborhood Challenge: the European Union and its Neighbors published in 2009 and editor of Zirve University Middle Eastern Strategic Research Analysis Series.