Maritime Transportation and Maritime Policy

As an experienced Istanbul Technical University Maritime Faculty Professor, I am interested in taking part in joint research projects on Maritime Transportation and Maritime Policy. (You can reach my cv via: web.itu.edu.tr/~lkirval))

COMPLETED RESEARCH PROJECTS, OTHER RESEARCH FUNDING-ACTIVITIES, SPECIAL PROJECTS: 

9. Team Member – EU Commission FP-7 / Eurohorizon 2020 Research Project (IntraRegio - Towards an Intermodal Transport Network Through Innovative Research-driven clusters in Regions of Organised and Competitive Knowledge) (2012-2015)  

10. Research Project Leader - Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship / Post-Doctoral Research Project / EU Commission FP-6 Programme for Research and Technological Development. (For 24 Months of Post-Doctoral Research in Belgium) (2006-2008) (Project Number: 024860)  

11. Team Member – Jean Monnet Module Course on “The Protection of Geographical Indications and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed in the European Union Law”. European Union Erasmus + Programme, Jean Monnet Module awarded to Istanbul Technical University. (2016-2019)  

12. Research Project Leader - İTÜ BAP Research Project: European Union Maritime Policies and Maritime Legal Legislation Historically Developed in the EU, 2013.  

13. Team Member - Dutch Turkish Knowledge Exchange in the field of Logistics and Intermodal Transport Research Project, 2010-2012.  

14. Visiting Research Fellow – Remarque Institute, New York University, 2003. 

15. Fellow – “Session 401 - Euro: Implications for Europe, Implications for the World of Salzburg Seminar”, Salzburg-Austria, 7-14 August 2002.

2)  ‘Diploma in International Politics and Economic Studies’, International Institute for Political and Economic Studies, organized by The Fund for American Studies, Georgetown and Harvard Universities, Summer 1998. 

 1)  Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism-UNESCO, 500th Years of Piri Reis World Map Activities Supreme Board Member.  (2012-2014)

1)                Worked as an active member of the “Foreign Policy and International Relations Student Club”, at Middle East Technical University. (1994-1998) Organized conferences and panels with various politicians and bureaucrats.