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Notes from the Field: Steph Pedron
Steph Pedron is a Mershon affiliate and a Political Science Ph.D. Candidate concentrating in American Politics, Political Methodology, and Political…
Ayaydin to represent Mershon Center at Arctic Encounter Summit
Mershon Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow Eda Ayaydin will represent the Mershon Center for International Security Studies at the 2025 Arctic Encounter Summit (AES) in Anchorage, Alaska July 30 -…
Mershon Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow Eda Ayaydin publishes article in The Arctic Institute
Eda Ayaydin's article for The Arctic Institute critically examines the symbolic and discursive dichotomies embedded in the Arctic Council’s process for assessing non-Arctic states’ observer…
Ayaydin publishes article on outsider geopolitics in E-International Relations
Mershon Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow Eda Ayaydin; and co-author Andreas Raspotnik, Director of the High North Center for Business and Governance at Nord University; published an article in E-…
Mershon Associate Director Teri Murphy hosts workshop on armed conflict and criminality in Bogotá, Colombia
This July, Teri Murphy, Associate Director for Peacebuilding Research at the Mershon Center for International Security Studies, travels to Bogotá, Colombia to host a workshop with co-hosts Roddy…
Ohio State experts join the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme Val de Loire in France for a webinar exploring academic freedom
On April 28, the Mershon Center partnered with the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme Val de Loire (MSH) to present a webinar entitled “Franco-American Crossed Perspectives on Academic Freedom.”…
Eda Ayadin, Mershon postdoctoral visiting fellow, discusses Arctic policy in Washington, D.C.
On June 11, Mershon postdoctoral visiting fellow Eda Ayaydin, Ph.D. was invited to participate in a workshop on Restoring Arctic Exceptionalism, followed by a high-level conference on June 12 in…
McSweeney and Coleman Publish Article Exploring the Challenge of Just Federal Sentencing for “Boat Defendants”
In the latest issue of the Federal Sentencing Reporter, Ohio State Geography Professors Kendra McSweeney and Mat Coleman illuminate a profound justice policy story surrounding ‘boat defendants’.…
Mershon Visiting Fellow Eda Ayaydin
Dr. Eda Ayaydin is a postdoctoral visiting fellow who is joining us at the Mershon Center this summer.
Dr. Ayaydin is a political scientist specializing in Arctic geopolitics, with a…