Osman Bahadir Dinçer

Osman Bahadir Dinçer (Ph.D.) (Bluesky – LinkedIn – X) is a Senior Researcher at the Bonn International Centre for Conflict Studies (BICC) in Germany. He is leading a BMZ (German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development) funded project called RE-MIG: Return and Belonging after Conflict-induced Displacement. As a comparative political scientist, he has focused his research on Middle Eastern politics with particular reference to state, violent and non-violent non-state actors, social and political movements, democratization, migration, and Turkish foreign policy.

He has authored/co-authored numerous articles, reports, and policy papers for various research institutions He has
authored/co-authored numerous reports, and policy papers for various research institutions, including the Brookings Institution, the Valdai Discussion Club, GMF, Institute for Strategic Dialogue, and USAK. His academic work has appeared in various scholarly journals like the Third World Quarterly, and the Cambridge Review of International Affairs, among others. Dinçer holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Bilkent University, Ankara (2016) and a master’s degree from the School of International Service at the American University, Washington DC (2008).