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Fahrettin Sümer, Associate Professor, Business Administration Department Chair
Dr. Sümer holds a Ph.D. in International Studies and two master's degrees in Political Science and Economics. Dr. Sümer’s areas of expertise include economics, international political economy, international relations theory, foreign policy analysis, globalization, and financial crises. He has presented numerous papers at professional conferences including the International Studies Association (ISA), ISA-South, and Southern Political Science Association. He won the 2002 Grand Prize of the ISA-South Paper Competition and the merit-based Governor John West Fellowship during his doctoral studies. Sümer has also published several academic articles and written op-eds for newspapers. In December 2011, he published a book titled The Neglected Impact Of Non-Economic Factors On The Development Of Financial Crises And Governmental Responses: The Mexican And Malaysian Cases Of The 1990s.
His research interests are interdisciplinary, but mainly focused on the field of International Political Economy (IPE). He is particularly interested in researching topics related to financial crises and globalization--in particular the implications of the globalization process on economic/financial integration, interdependence, international conflict, and cooperation. Before joining AUIS, Dr. Sümer taught multiple economics, political economy, international relations, international business, and political science courses in South Carolina and Virginia.
Sumer, Fahrettin, and Jay Joseph. “Compatibility of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq’s Institutions and Economic Development within Iraq.” In Anwar Anaid & Emel Elif Tugdar (Eds.) Iraqi Kurdistan’s Statehood Aspirations: A Political Economy Approach, pp. 27-54. Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. It is viewable at: https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9783319934198. Peer reviewed.
Joseph, Jay, and Fahrettin Sumer. “Public Sector Reforms in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Tackling the Socially Constructed Barriers to Change.” In Anwar Anaid & Emel Elif Tugdar (Eds.) Iraqi Kurdistan’s Statehood Aspirations: A Political Economy Approach, pp. 125-153. Palgrave Macmillan, 2019. It is viewable at: https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9783319934198. Peer reviewed.
The Political Economy of the EU’s Response to the Greek Debt Crisis. In Εlvis C. Foster, Nektarios Tzempelikos, Chris Sakellariou & Panagiotis Andrikopoulos (Eds.) Special Topics in Economics & Management (pp. 109-137). Athens, Greece: Athens Institute for Education & Research, 2017.
"Political and Institutional Roots of the Greek Debt Crisis" Middle East Review of Public Administration (MERPA) V(1)1 (2015)
“Turkey, a Special EU Neighbor Patiently Awaiting a “Promised Marriage.” Eurolimes (Journal of the Institute for Euroregional Studies, “Jean Monnet” European Centre of Excellence), Vol. 7 (Spring 2009), pp. 124-138.
