Volkan Tibet Gur

V. Tibet Gur is a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. He holds BA and MA degrees in International Relations from Bilkent University, Turkey.

 

His research interests include international political economy with a special emphasis on oil and gas-related territorial disputes, the role of multinational corporations (MNCs) in climate change, and quantitative methodology with an emphasis on computational methods.

 

His dissertation work examines the link between natural resources and maritime territorial disputes, and his other work explores the impact of MNCs' climate strategies on public attitudes towards climate regulation and investment restrictions. His work employs quantitative text analysis, statistical modeling, and survey experiments.