Congratulations on Successfully Completing Your Dissertation, Merve Kılıçkan

On August 13, 2026, Merve Kılıçkan successfully defended her dissertation, entitled “(Dis-)Enabling Knowledge Production: Empirical Studies of the Turkish University System.” In recognition of her outstanding achievement, she was awarded a magna cum laude both for the thesis and for the defense.

The committee members were: 

Prof. Dr. Guido Bünstorf (first supervisor); Prof. Dr. Ivo Bischoff, Prof. Dr. Michael Goller, Prof. Dr. Anne Otto,.