Hasan Kösebalaban is Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations at Istanbul Sehir University. He received his BA degree in Political Science at the International Islamic University, Malaysia (1995), his MA degree in International Relations at the International University of Japan (1997), and his PhD degree in Political Science at the University of Utah (2007). Also, he conducted post-graduate research at the University of Tübingen, Germany (1998).
Kosebalaban offered courses on comparative politics, international relations, Middle East and East Asian political systems, globalization and Turkish politics at the University of Utah (2001-2005), Mississippi State University (2005-2006), Michigan State University (2006-2008), Lake Forest College (2008-2011), and Mount Holyoke College (2013-2015). Among his publications are:
Güneydoğu Asya'da İslam ve Siyaset (Islam and Politics in Southeast Asia; İstanbul, İlke Yayıncılık, 1997);
Turkish Foreign Policy: Islam, Nationalism and Globalization (Palgrave Macmillan, 2001) and a co-authored volume,
Religion and Politics in Saudi Arabia (Lynne Rienner, 2008).
