T. (Talita) Cetinoglu, PhD

2019 (September – currently) Lecturer at University of Groningen, Globalisation Studies and Humanitarian Action, EMJMD International Humanitarian Action (NOHA)

2019 (October – December) American University of Beirut, Consultant Social Policy Expert for Reproductive Health Working Group (RHWG)

2017 Visiting Researcher at Bogazici University, Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, Project Title: “Understanding the emerging welfare mix for Syrian refugees in Turkey from the perspective of humanitarian assistance workers”

2015-2017 Teaching Assistant at the University of Manchester, Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, teaching:

• Designing Relief Projects in Conflict and Disaster Settings (HCRI, 2016-17)
• Ethics, Human Rights and Health (HCRI, 2015, 2016)
• Global Health and Food Insecurity (HCRI, 2015)

2013 (November) – 2014 (June) The World Bank, Consultant / Sexual and Gender Based Violence Specialist – DR Congo, Rwanda, Burundi

2010 (February) – 2012 (September) International Rescue Committee (IRC) USA, Program Director / Chief of Party DR Congo: Women’s Protection & Empowerment (WPE)

2004-2009 Médecins Sans Frontières Switzerland,

• Head of Mission in Lebanon, Burundi and Sri Lanka,
• Deputy Coordinator Security Project Geneva-Switzerland,
• Country Office Director Turkey,
• Field Coordinator Ituri-DR Congo

1999-2004 Médecins Sans Frontières-Belgium,

• Research Project Coordinator Access to Health Care in Burundi
• Field Coordinator in Amman-Jordan, Gbadolite-DR Congo,
• Assessment Team Leader in Baghdad-Iraq, and in Silopi-Turkey
• Logistics, Administration and Supply Coordinator in Gisenyi-Rwanda, Goma-DR Congo, Kissidougou and Dalaba-Guinea, Kaynasli and Izmit-Turkey

2002 Médecins Sans Frontières-Holland, Administration and Logistic Team Leader North Kivu, DR Congo

Education:

2014-2018 PhD in Humanitarianism and Conflict Response, thesis titled ‘Humanitarian Programming: An examination of practice and the politics of action’ University of Manchester, Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, Manchester, UK

2006-2007 Post Graduate Diploma on Forced Migration and Refugee Studies (FMRS), American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt

1994-1998 M.A. in Sociology, thesis titled ‘Izmir 1923: A Sociological Inquiry into Nationalism and the Economy Congress’ Bogazici University Library, Istanbul, Turkey

1989-1994 B.A. in Sociology, Bogazici University, Istanbul