Mehmet Efe Biresselioglu
Izmir University of Economics, Turkey
Biography
Mehmet Efe Biresselioglu is an Associate Professor of Energy Security and Policy in the Department of Political Science and International Relations, and Head of Sustainable Energy Division at Izmir University of Economics. He is also acting as the Steering Committee Member of European Energy Research Alliance’s (EERA) “e3s” Joint Programme, and the Head of Izmir Circle of Mediterranean Citizens’ Assembly (ACIMEDIT). He completed his Ph.D. at IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy. He 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 lie in the area of energy security, energy policy analysis and energy economics. He published several articles in the leading journals such as Energy Policy, Renewable Energy, Energy, and Energy Research&Social Science. He is also the author of the “European Energy Security: Turkey’s Future Role and Impact” (UK: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011).