GE 400 Transdisciplinary Senior Project Spring 2025 Poster Presentations

SECTION 1: F. Tahire Erman / John William Day

• Heritage: AI Generated Images
• Cryptonite: SSI as a New Digital Technology for Refugee Identity  Recognition: Challenges and Promises
• PoliNomics: The Shadow of Culture: Hikikomori and Boomerang Generation as a Response to Neoliberal Pressures
• BilkentSix: Shaping Perceptions of Violence: How Turkish TV Dramas Construct Gender Roles and Normalize Aggression
• Nexus: Drivers of Alcohol and Tobacco Policies: Public Health or Profit?
• Nova: Food Security in the Post-Colonial World

 

SECTION 2: Özlem Sefer / Katherine Halley Willcox Özsarı

• • Team 1: Tour de France: An Example of Nation Branding
• Team 2: Beyond Brexit: EU-India Realignment in a Changing Global Landscape
• Team 3: Climate Refugees Left Behind: Legal Gaps in International Refugee Law Through the Case of Sudan
• Team 4: On the Move or Left Behind? Public Transport and Women’s Labour in Ankara
• Team 5: Rise of Economic Nationalist Tendencies in Fisheries Policies

 

SECTION 3: T. Mine Kara / John William Day

• Vortex: Increasing Misery of Proletariat: The Amazon Effect on Labor and Markets 
• Crazy Pistachios: Demographic Decline and Family Policies: A Comparative Analysis of Fertility Trends and Policy Responses
• Excelsior: Comparative Analysis of GDPR’s Impact on the EU and US
• BuckLava: From Policies to Pounds: Welfare State Strength and Obesity Prevalence
• Ritalin: Governing Against the Grain: Social Municipalism in Türkiye’s Centralised System

 

SECTION 4: Ioannis Grigoriadis / Katherine Halley Willcox Özsarı 

• • Hexagon: Heatwaves and Human Waves: The EU’s Policy Response to the Risk of Climate Migration 
• EUnity: Unity in Currency, Division in Response: Europe’s Crisis Playbook
• Eurovision: The EU’s Global Gateway in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Europapa: Eurovision in the Quicksand of Neutrality
• Digisofts: How Does Digital Europe Programme Contribute to EU’s Digital Sovereignty?
• The Council: EU Values and Foreign Policy Response to Regional Security Crisis

 

SECTION 5: Onur Erpul / John William Day 

• Gryffindor: Civil Society in Developed Countries
• Pradism: What Influences Luxury Brand Consumption?
• Sub Rosa: The Energetics of Dependency: Exploring the Nexus Between Energy Colonialism and Foreign Aid Reliance
• Caucasus: Hunger Games: Assessing the Effectiveness of Food-Based Coercion in Contemporary Conflicts
• Fur Real: Not Ready to Retire?: How Economic Insecurity Shapes the Future of Aging Workforces
• Northstar: Eyes on the Net: Digital Repression and the Price of Control

 

SECTION 6: T. Mine Kara / Katherine Halley Willcox Özsarı

• Vertebralılar: Voting Bias in the Eurovision Song Contest
• Echoes of Finance: Institutional Decay in Turkey and Its Effects on Financial Markets 
• Spice Girls: Opening Markets, Amplifying Voices: How Globalization and a Liberalized Economy Fueled Turkey’s Pop Music Industry Boom
• Türkiye Ses Ver: Sugar Market in Türkiye Through Privatization Trend: A Commentary
• Big 5: Bridging the Gaps? The ACA’s Role in Building a Healthier, Fairer America
• BeÅŸamel: The European Pension Crisis Revisited: Is Turkey Next After EYT?