Zuhal Yeşilyurt Gündüz is professor at the Political Science and International Relations Department at TED University in Ankara. She completed her BA/MA (1995) and PhD (2000) at Bonn University with Political Science as a major, American Language and Literature and Islamic Sciences as a minor. Between October 2001 and January 2012, she worked at the Political Science and International Relations Department at Başkent University. Since February 2012 she is part of the Political Science and International Relations Department at TED University. Her areas of interest are gender, migration, critical security studies and EU integration. She is the head of TED University’s Center for Gender Studies. She has published articles in Alternatif Politika, Ankara Avrupa Araştırmaları Dergisi, BOAS insights, Femina Politica: Zeitschrift für feministische Politikwissenschaft, İktisat ve Toplum Dergisi, International Policy Analysis, Internationale Politik, Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, Merkur: Deutsche Zeitschrift für europäisches Denken, Monthly Review: An Independent Socialist Magazine, Perceptions: Journal of International Affairs, Turkish Review of Balkan Studies andWeltTrends: Das außenpolitische Journal.
Zuhal Yeşilyurt Gündüz Siyaset Bilimi (ana dal), Amerikan Dil ve Edebiyatı (yan dal) ve İslami Bilimler (yan dal) alanlarında Birleşik lisans ve yüksek lisans eğitimini (1995) ve doktora eğitimini (2000) Bonn Üniversitesi’nde tamamlamıştır. Ekim 2001 – Ocak 2012 yılları arasında Başkent Üniversitesi Siyaset Bilimi ve Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü’nde çalışmıştır. Şubat 2012 yılından bu yana TED Üniversitesi’nde öğretim üyesidir. Kasım 2022’den bu yana Bölüm Başkanıdır. İlgi alanları toplumsal cinsiyet, göç, eleştirel güvenlik çalışmaları ve AB’dir. TED Üniversitesi Toplumsal Cinsiyet Çalışmaları Merkezi’nin yöneticisidir. Alternatif Politika, Ankara Avrupa Araştırmaları Dergisi, BOAS insights, Femina Politica: Zeitschrift für feministische Politikwissenschaft, İktisat ve Toplum Dergisi, International Policy Analysis, Internationale Politik, Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs, Merkur: Deutsche Zeitschrift für europäisches Denken, Monthly Review: An Independent Socialist Magazine, Perceptions: Journal of International Affairs, Turkish Review of Balkan Studies and WeltTrends: Das außenpolitische Journal dergilerinde yayınları vardır.
Selected Publications
“Türkiye için Eşit Bakım Emeği Manifestosu”, İktisat ve Toplum Dergisi, March 2023, Number 149, pp. 56-63, https://iktisatvetoplum.com/turkiye-icin-esit-bakim-emegi-manifestosu-zuhal-yesilyurt-gunduz/
“Günde 12 milyar saat ücretsiz emek”, BirGün, 09 March 2023, https://www.birgun.net/haber/gunde-12-milyar-saat-ucretsiz-emek-424101
“Eşit Bakım Emeğine Doğru Mor ve Haklı Bir Talep: Kreş Hakkı” İktisat ve Toplum Dergisi, December 2022, Number 146, pp. 52-62, https://iktisatvetoplum.com/esit-bakim-emegine-dogru-mor-ve-hakli-bir-talep-kres-hakki-zuhal-yesilyurt-gunduz/
“Yeni Şeyler Söylemek Lazım: ‘Ekonomik Büyüme’ Fetişine Karşı ‘Küçülmek İyidir!’”, İktisat ve Toplum Dergisi, September 2022, Number 143, pp. 54-61, https://iktisatvetoplum.com/yeni-seyler-soylemek-lazim-ekonomik-buyume-fetisine-karsi-kuculmek-iyidir-zuhal-yesilyurt-gunduz/
“Gender Care Gap. Equal Care: Lösung für ein globales Problem”, WeltTrends. Das außenpolitische Journal, Nr. 185, März 2022, pp. 34-39, https://shop.welttrends.de/e-journals/e-paper/2022-chancengleichheit-2022/equal-care-l%C3%B6sung-f%C3%BCr-ein-globales-problem
“Eşit Bakım Emeği Günü: Görünmeyen emeği düşünme ve değer verme vakti”, BirGün, 28 February 2022, https://www.birgun.net/haber/esit-bakim-emegi-gunu-gorunmeyen-emegi-dusunme-ve-deger-verme-vakti-378790
“Bakım Emeğine Küresel ve Feminist bir Bakış ve Eşit Bakım Emeğine Davet”, İktisat ve Toplum Dergisi, September 2021, Number 131, pp. 61-71.
“Wo sind die Frauen? Außenpolitik diskutiert man an Herrentischen im türkischen Fernsehen”, WeltTrends. Das außenpolitische Journal, Nr. 173, März 2021, S. 34–38, https://shop.welttrends.de/e-journals/e-paper/2021-feministische-politik-der-pandemie/wo-sind-die-frauen (with Prof. Dr. Birgül Demirtaş).
“A Conversation with Prof. Dr. Cynthia Enloe: Feminist Foreign Policy in the Post-COVID 19 World”, WeltTrends. Das außenpolitische Journal, Beiträge, http://welttrends.de/res/uploads/Paper-A-Conversation-with-Cynthia-Enloe.pdf March 2021
“Eşit Bakım Emeği Günü: Görünmeyen emeği yeniden düşünmeye davet”, GazeteDuvar, 01 March 2021, https://www.gazeteduvar.com.tr/esit-bakim-emegi-gunu-gorunmeyen-emegi-yeniden-dusunmeye-davet-haber-1514730
“Revisiting Feminist International Relations Theory: How Do the Dual Challenges of Populism and the Pandemic Affect Gender? A Conversation with Prof. Cynthia Enloe” by Birgül Demirtaş and Zuhal Yeşilyurt Gündüz, Panorama Soruyor / Panorama Asks, UIK Panorama, 18 August 2020, https://www.uikpanorama.com/blog/2020/08/18/panorama-asks-revisiting-feminist-international-relations-theory-how-do-the-dual-challenges-of-populism-and-the-pandemic-affect-gender-a-conversation-with-prof-cynthia-enloe/ (with Prof. Dr. Birgül Demirtaş)
“Die Universität als Spiegelbild des politischen Zeitgeists – Stimmen türkischer Politikwissenschaftlerinnen”, in: Femina Politica – Zeitschrift für feministische Politikwissenschaft, 01-2020, pp. 164-169. https://www.budrich-journals.de/index.php/feminapolitica/article/view/35303 (with Prof. Dr. Birgül Demirtaş)
“Türkiye’de Uluslararası İlişkiler Disiplininde Kadın Akademisyen Olmak: Cam Tavanlar ve Fildişi Bodrumlar”, Alternatif Politika, 12 (1), February 2020, pp. 228-259, http://alternatifpolitika.com/site/cilt/12/sayi/1/9-Gunduz%26Demirtas-T%C3%BCrkiyede-Uluslararasi-%C4%B0liskilerde-Kadin-Olmak.pdf (with Prof. Dr. Birgül Demirtaş)
“Die Feminisierung der Migration oder der neue emotionale Imperialismus”, in: MERKUR – Deutsche Zeitschrift für Europäisches Denken, Heft 833, Oktober 2018, pp. 69-75. https://volltext.merkur-zeitschrift.de/preview/5ba11214536f882d238b4591/mr_2018_10_0069-0075_0069_01 (AHCI Journal)
“‘Gendering the Neighbours’ – The European Union’s Policies on Gender and Equality and Gender Issues in Saharan Africa and Central Asia”, in: Sieglinde Gstöhl and Erwan Lannon (Ed.): “The European Union’s Broader Neighbourhood. Challenges and Opportunities for cooperation beyond the European Neighbourhood Policy”, Routledge Series on Global Order Studies, 2015, ISBN 9781138716803, pp. 162-186.
“The “New Turkey”: Fetishizing Growth with Fatal Results”, Monthly Review. An Independent Socialist Magazine, Vol. 67, Number 2, June 2015, pp. 40-53, https://monthlyreview.org/2015/06/01/the-new-turkey-fetishizing-growth-with-fatal-results/ (SSCI Journal).
“The Feminization of Migration. Care and the New Emotional Imperialism”, Monthly Review. An Independent Socialist Magazine, Vol. 65, Number 7, December 2013, pp. 32-43. http://monthlyreview.org/2013/12/01/feminization-migration (SSCI Journal).
“Water—On Women’s Burdens, Humans’ Rights, and Companies’ Profits”, Monthly Review, 62, January 2011, pp. 43-52. http://www.monthlyreview.org/110101gunduz.php (SSCI Journal).
“The HIV/AIDS Epidemic – What’s Security got to do with it?”, Perceptions. Journal of International Affairs, 2, Summer 2006, pp. 49-84, http://www.sam.gov.tr/perceptions/volume%20xi/summer/zuhal_yesilyurt_gunduz.pdf
“The Women’s Movement in Turkey: From Tanzimat Towards European Union Membership”, Perceptions. Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 9, Nr. 3, 2004, pp. 115-134, http://www.sam.gov.tr/perceptions/Volume9/Autumn2004/ZuhalYesilyurtGunduz.pdf
“Die Demokratisierung ist weiblich… Die türkische Frauenbewegung und ihr Beitrag zur Demokratisierung der Türkei“, Der Andere Verlag, Osnabrück 2002.