Dr. Sezai Ozcelik's Page

What motivated you (or your organization) to become involved in peace and conflict resolution?

When I have an education on peace and conflict resolution, I become involved in PCR. My idol is Gandhi and Mustafa Abdulcemil Kirimoglu who is a NV activist and a leader of the Crimean Tatar nation. Also, I would like to end violence in Turkey and Crimea, Ukraine. My main motivation is to achieve negative, positive, inner, holistic, environmental peace.

Please feel free to provide a short bio about yourself or the work of your organization (no more than 3 paragraphs)

I have a Ph.D. on Conflict Analysis and Resolution from George Mason University and a M.A. at American University, Washington D.C. on International Peace and Conflict Resolution. I have also M.A. Ankara University Environmental and Urban Studies. My B.A. is at International Relations at Ankara University, Faculty of Political Science, Ankara, Turkey. I am a Crimean Tatar. I have been involving EU project management in Turkey.

Please list the countries and/or regions in which you (or your organization) have direct and significant expertise

Turkey, the United States, Ukraine(Crimea), the Middle East, the Balkans, the Caucasus.

What is your current country of residence (or location of your organization)?

Turkey

What is your current job (and organization) and/or where and what field are you studying?

Free lance project manager-EU projects

Which are your primary sectoral areas of expertise (or the primary sectoral areas of your organization) ?

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Peacebuilding, Conflict Mainstreaming, Development, Gender, Youth, Education, Civil Society, Psychosocial, Environment

Which are your primary skills areas(or the primary skill areas of your organization)?

Training, Evaluation, Program Design, Program Administration, Advocacy

What are some of your current areas of research (if any)?

Conflict Management, Diversity Management, Intercultural Dialogue, Inter-religious Dialogue, Training, Islamic Peace Reseach, Islamic Nonviolence, Crimean Tatars, Environmental Negotiations, Climate Change Negotiations, simulation, SPSS, Regime Theory, International Relations, Ozone Negotiations,

If appropriate feel free to list several of your (or your organization's) publications

-The Islamic/Middle Eastern Conflict Resolution for Interpersonal and Intergroup Conflicts: Wisata, Sulha and Third Party , Uluslararası İlişkiler Dergisi, No: 13, vol. 1, Spring 2007.
-The Theory and Practice of Preventive Diplomacy: The Case of Preventive Deployment in Macedonia, Uluslararası İlişkiler Dergisi, No: 12, vol. 4, Winter 2006. www.uidergisi.com/sayi11.html or www.uidergisi.com/sayi11_5.html
-Theories, Practices, and Research in Conflict Resolution and Low-Intensity Conflicts: The Kurdish Conflict in Turkey, Journal of Conflict Studies, vol. XXVI, No: 2, Winter 2006. www.lib.unb.ca/Texts/JCS/contents/winter06.html
-“Islamic Nonviolence and Nonviolence in Islam”, Nonviolent Change Journal, vol. 20, no. 2, Winter 2006, http://www.nonviolentchangejournal.org/nc12articles.html
-“From Terrorism to Nonviolence and Islamic Peace Paradigm: Jihad, Just War, Peace and Islamic Nonviolence”, Peace and Conflict Studies Journal, Fall 2005, vol. 12, no.2 http://shss.nova.edu/pcs/journalsPDF/V12N2_Abstracts.pdf
-“Neorealist and Neo-Gramscian Hegemony in International Relations and Conflict Resolution During the 1990s”, Abant Izzet Baysal Universitesi-Iktisadi ve Idari Bilimler Fakultesi Ekonomik ve Sosyal Arastirmalar Dergisi (Abant Izzet Baysal University, The Journal of Economical and Social Research), vol. 1, issue. 2, Autumn 2005, pp. 88-114. http://www.iibf.ibu.edu.tr/dergiguz2005/ickapak.pdf
http://www.iibf.ibu.edu.tr/dergiguz2005/makale4.pdf
-"The Nonviolent Action and the Islamic Peace Paradigm: The Concepts of Jihad, Peace, and Nonviolence in the Islamic World", Innovative Thoughts on Culture, Nonviolence, Ethnicity, and Peacebuilding, Navarette-Romero, J. et al., Fairfax, VA: Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, 2002.
-Islam and Peace: A Dialogue, Frontline, Nonviolence International, vol.7, no.1, Summer 1998, 3-4.