GE 400 Transdisciplinary Senior Project 2025 – 2026 Spring Poster Presentations | Faculty of Economics, Adminstrative and Social Sciences

SECTION 1: Burcu Türkoğlu / Bengü Yurtseven

Group 5N1K: Silicon Shield Hegemony
Group Mocha: Nuances in Asian Capitalism: Diverse Outcomes of Korean and Japanese Practices
Group HungryDanes: Domestic Political Polarisation and Sustainable Agriculture
Group Turkish Oligarchs: Sanctions Backfire: How Western Pressure on Russia Empowers Authoritarian Regimes
Group Trilemma: The Limits of Exclusion in the U.S Economy

SECTION 2: Özlem Sefer / Katherine Halley Willcox Özsarı

Group 1: Siesta vs. Fika: Is the North-South Divide Still Relevant in European Labour Markets?
Group 2: Hallyu: Is There a Shift in the Global Cultural Influence?
Group 3: The North-South Divide in Italy: How Institutional Quality Shapes Regional Gender Inequality
Group 4: The Analysis of East and West Germany: Did the “Wall” Actually Fall?
Group 5: Austerity and Structural Compatibility in the Eurozone Crisis: Ireland vs. Greece

SECTION 3: M. Eray Yücel / Bengü Yurtseven

Group Bluetooth: An Analysis and Reconceptualization of Conservative Tendencies in Generation Z
Group Cuba: The Impacts of Turkish TV Series
Group Gora: Political Alignment, Decentralization, and Clientelism
Group Bananas: The Political Economy of Know-How Semiconductor Industry in Türkiye
Group Underpaid: Internal Climate Migration and its Effects on Regional Labor Markets and Governance
Group Psychopolitics: The Institutional Roots of Flatness

SECTION 4: Berrak Burçak Della Fave / Katherine Halley Willcox Özsarı

Group Madara: Diverging Paths in the Post-2020 Energy Crisis
Group Torchbearers: The Paralympic Games as a Disability Inclusion Tool
Group HayDay: Harvesting Inequality: Digitalization and Political Economy of Rural Mobilization in Europe
Group Vera: Supported or Still Constrained? Family Policy and Women’s Public Sector Employment in Comparative Perspective
Group Big5: Weaponized Trade: Weakened Industry
Group Zeitgeist: Divergent Paths Under Common Framework

SECTION 5: Çağla Demir / Bengü Yurtseven

Group Dionysox: Punishing Assembly: How Constitutional Frameworks Shape Mass Protest Outcomes?
Group Attendance: Kenya & Rwanda: The Impact of Government Centralization on Climate Change Fund Adaptation
Group Apex: Why No Sustained Civil War in Apartheid South Africa (1948-1994)?
Group Greenmoon: Socioeconomic Status, Culture, and Smoking: A Cross-national Analysis
Group Oracle: Remittances and Migrant Labour Rights in the Russia-Central Asia Corridor

SECTION 6: Mine Kara / Katherine Halley Willcox Özsarı

Group Jalapeno: The Weakening Protest Culture in Türkiye
Group Danubius: An Institutional Look at Structural Divergence and Imperial Hysteresis
Group Dual: Vietnamese Bamboo Diplomacy in Action
Group Hegemons: Cradles vs. Degrees: Rethinking Pro-natalist Policy in Türkiye’s Demographic Transition
Group Veritas: Boycotts Across Borders

GE 400 Transdisciplinary Senior Project 2025 – 2026 Spring Poster Presentations