Guler Unlu, PhD

Experienced in public administration with a strong background in food security, market analysis, and policy development. Actively contribute to formulating policies for stable and efficient staple food markets through continuous monitoring. Shape effective grain and food policy frameworks through high-level negotiations with international organizations and representatives from other countries and institutions. Represent institution and country in national and international forums and meetings on staple food markets. Skilled in preparing comprehensive policy papers, public announcements, and in-depth analyses to support decision-making processes at various government levels. Ongoing multidisciplinary research and contributions to academic publications focus on the intersection of public policy, policy design, public administration, comparative studies, food security, food policy, and food crises.

Certification Programs

• Brussels Diplomacy Academy, Online Training in Economic, Agricultural and Soft Diplomacy, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, 10/2020
• Commodity Risk Management, Futures and Options Fundamentals, Chicago Stock Exchange Training, Istanbul, 10/2010
• Training on EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and Common Market Regulations (OPD), Leonardo da Vinci project in cooperation with TMO and DLO Foundation of Wageningen University and Research Centre, 07/2009
• EU Legislation Seminar, BLE (Federal German Agriculture and Food Payment Agency), Antalya, 10/2008
• European Union Basic Training, Ankara University European Communities Research and Application Center, Ankara, 03/2008
• Current Debates on the European Union, Ankara University European Communities Research and Application Center, Ankara, 03/2008
• Agriculture in WTO, 05/05/2008 - 06/13/2008
• Common Immigration and Asylum Policy of EU, European Summer School, European Union Law and Policy on Immigration and Asylum, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, 07/2006

Conferences Attendance

Attended over 20 national and international conferences between 2011 and 2024, focusing on grain markets, food policy, agricultural policies, and global agricultural trends. Topics covered include global agricultural policies, food security, grain supply, and market analysis. Conferences took place in multiple countries, including Turkey, Switzerland, the UK, Ukraine, France, Germany, Greece, and the USA.

Conference Papers/Presentations:

• New Order Discussions in Grain Administration Under the Conditions of the Russo-Ukrainian War, Public Administration Congress, 10/26/2023, METU-Ankara
• Wheat Trade in Turkey and the World, Eskişehir Commodity Exchange and National Grain Council, Sectoral Assessment Panel on Wheat, 01/26/2019, Eskişehir
• General Outlook of Wheat Markets, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock National Bread Workshop, 03/27/2018, Konya
• Status of the Turkish Grain Market and Opportunities for Ukraine, 2nd Agricultural Conference of Ukraine, 02/10/2017, Kiev/Ukraine
• An Evaluation on the Administration Problem of Turkey's Agricultural Sector and the Dynamics of Change in the Sector within the Framework of Neoliberal Policies, 14th National Social Sciences Congress, Turkish Social Sciences Association, 11/23/2015, METU-Ankara
• Between Europe and the Rest of the World: Turkey as a Transit Country, Constituing Globalisation: Actors, Arenas and Outcomes, 18th Annual Meeting on Socio-economics, University of Trier, Germany, 07/02/2006, Trier
• Migration and Ethnicity, Constituing Globalisation: Actors, Arenas and Outcomes, 18th Annual Meeting on Socio-economics, University of Trier, Germany, 07/02/2006, Trier

Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals

• The Geopolitics of Grain: Russia, War and a New Order, Publicus–Journal of Public Administration Research, 1, 06/2024
• Grain Administration in Extraordinary Conditions: A Brief Review on National Protection Law, Memleket, Siyaset, Yönetim, 17, 38
• The EU’s Asylum Harmonization Process and Turkey’s Efforts for Integration, Mediterranean Journal on Human Rights, 11, 2
• Book_editorial, Public Administration Forum KAYFOR IV From Theory to Practice (Administration and Reform), Esin Basımevi, 11/08/2006

Central Eurasian Studies Society