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Vice Rector

Prof. Dr. Sertaç SONAN

Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences/International Relations

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2011
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Hacettepe University

Economics (Undergraduate , 1999)

Eastern Mediterranean University

International Relations (Master , 2003)

Universitaet Duisburg-Essen

Political Science (PhD , 2014)

    Articles published in peer reviewed international journals (SCI,SSCI,Arts and Humanities)
  • Moss, T., Fischhendler, I., Herman, L., Lukin, S., Papasozomenou, O., Rettig, E., Rosen, G., Shtern, M., & Sonan, S. (2025). Energy infrastructures in divided cities. Progress in Planning, 191, 100910. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.progress.2024.100910 - 2025
  • Mujana, O. & Sonan, S. (2025) Emerging Economic Partners: Revisiting BRICS-Zimbabwe Trade and Investment Relations Under Western Sanctions (2000-2016), Journal of Asian and African Studies - 2025
  • Ebru Küçükşener, Sertac Sonan, Omer Gokcekus: Internal Legitimacy in a De Facto State: The Case of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Geopolitics, 2024 - 2024
  • Timothy Moss, Ourania Papasozomenou, Marik Shtern, Sertac Sonan: Gridlocked: Governing cross-border electricity provision and infrastructure in a divided Cyprus since 1963, Energy Research and Social Science, 2024 - 2024
  • Marik Shtern, Sertac Sonan & Ourania Papasozomenou: City profile: Nicosia, Cities, Volume 130, 2022. - 2022
  • Enis Porat, Sertac Sonan & Omer Gokcekus (2022) Political Participation among Natives and Immigrants: Identity and Socio-economic Status within the Turkish Cypriot Electorate, South European Society and Politics. - 2022
  • Ahmet Sözen & Sertaç Sonan (2019) Yet Another Case of Electoral and Government Epidemic? The Turkish Cypriot Legislative Election of January 2018, South European Society and Politics, 24:1, 129-154 - 2019
  • Omer Gokcekus & Sertac Sonan (2017) Political contributions and corruption in the United States, Journal of Economic Policy Reform, 20:4, 360-372 - 2017
  • Gregoris Ioannou & Sertac Sonan (2017) Trade unions and politics in Cyprus: a historical comparative analysis across the dividing line, Mediterranean Politics, 22:4, 484-503 - 2017
  • Articles published in other peer reviewed international journals
  • Sertac Sonan: 'Have the Stars Finally Aligned for the Solution of the Cyprus Problem? A Brief Overview of the First Six Months of Ongoing Negotiations,' Südosteuropa Mitteilungen, 6:2015, pp 34-45. - 2015
  • Books and books chapters published internationally
  • Sonan, S., & Faustmann, H. (2025). Political clientelism, corruption, and democratic decline in divided Cyprus. Democracy and Corruption, 87-105. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035349111.00012 - 2025
  • Ioannou G. & Sonan S. (2023) “Cyprus: a divided society with trade unions on a slow retreat,” in Waddington J, Muller T & Vandaele K (eds.), Trade Unions in the European Union: Picking up the pieces of the neoliberal challenge, Peter Lang. - 2023
  • Tufan Ekici & Sertac Sonan (2020) “The Turkish Cypriot quest for statehood? From a religious minority to a de facto state,” in Chris Kostov (ed.) Separatism and Regionalism in Modern Europe, Logos. - 2020
  • Ioannou, G. and Sonan, S. (2019) Cyprus: a divided island – state with diverging collective bargaining patterns, weakened yet still standing. In: Waddington, J., Muller, T. and Vandaele, K. (eds.) Collective Bargaining Institutions and Process in Europe. ETUI: Brussels. - 2019
  • Vural, Y., Sonan, S., & Michael, M. S. (2018). "The Turkish Cypriot dilemma: between Ankara and Lefkosia". In Cyprus and the Roadmap for Peace. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing - 2018
  • Papers presented in international conferences and printed as proceedings
  • Yucel Vural, Basak Ekenoglu & Sertac Sonan: 'Politically Motivated Migration: The Case of Turkish Migration to Northern Cyprus' in Turkish Migration Conference 2015 Selected Proceedings (Eds.) G. Seker et. al. Transnational Press London, pp. 83-97 (co-authored with Yucel Vural and Basak Ekenoglu). - 2015
  • Powering divided cities: urban energy systems between separation and cooperation (DiviCiti) (three-year research project (2020-2023) funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) under the Middle East Collaboration funding scheme) - 2020
Centre for Cyprus and Mediterranean Studies (Director)

2017 - Ongoing

Head of Department (International Relations)

2023 - 2026

Vice Rector for Academic Affairs

2026 - Ongoing