Onur Bakiner, PhD

Onur Bakiner (PhD, Yale University, 2011; MSc, Seattle University, 2021) is associate professor of political science and director of the Technology Ethics Initiative. His research and teaching interests include technology & society, human rights, and judicial politics. His current research addresses AI governance models. His book Truth Commissions: Memory, Power, and Legitimacy (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015) has been awarded the Best Book Award by the Human Rights Section of the American Political Science Association in 2017. His articles have been published in Big Data & Society, Law, Innovation and Technology, AI & Ethics, The Journal of Comparative Politics, Annual Review of Law & Social Science, Negotiation Journal, Civil Wars, Journal of Law and Courts, International Journal of Transitional Justice, Memory Studies, and Turkish Studies.