Dr. Seda Özalkan

Research Fellow

Email

sozalkan@hbku.edu.qa

Office location

C.002.048

Dr. Seda Özalkan

Research Fellow

Educational Qualifications

PhD in Philosophy

MA in Middle Eastern Political History and International Relations

Entity

College of Islamic Studies

Division

Comparative Education

Biography

Dr. Seda Özalkan is a Research Fellow at the College for Islamic Studies (CIS), Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU). She holds a PhD in Philosophy in Civilization Studies from Ibn Haldun University, with a dissertation on Ibn Khaldun’s political and educational theory and its philosophical foundations. She is trained in the philosophy of politics and education as well as in Islamic studies and continues her research at the intersection of these fields.

PhD in Philosophy

Ibn Haldun University, Turkiye

2023

MA in Middle Eastern Political History and International Relations

Marmara University, Turkiye

2017

BA in Political Science and International Relations

Marmara University, Turkiye

2014

  • Educational theory
  • Politics and education
  • Philosophy of social science
  • Social ontology
  • Islamic studies

Research Fellow

College for Islamic Studies, Hamad Bin Khalifa University

2023 - Present

Program Coordinator

Usul Academy, United States

2021 - Present

TOK Teacher

Highschool, Nun Schools, Turkiye

2022 - 2023

Teaching Assistant

Civilization Studies, Ibn Haldun University, Turkiye

2017 - 2022

Lecturer

Social Sciences, Center for Excellence in Education, Turkiye

2017 - 2022

Alkouatli, C., Chown, D., Özalkan, S., Memon, N., & Al Qassim, A. (forthcoming). Expanding research paradigms: Posing structural questions to guide research design in sites of Islamic education.

Özalkan, S. (2024). Ibn Khaldūn and John Searle: Constructing the social world between reason and language. Beytulhikme: An International Journal of Philosophy, 14(1), 93–112.

Özalkan, S. (2024). Zionism. In Z. Kurşun (Ed.), Ortadoğuyu kuran ideolojiler [Ideologies that founded the Middle East]. Istanbul, Turkiye: Kutadgu.

Senturk, R., Açıkgenç, A., Küçükural, Ö., Özalkan, S., et al. (2020). Comparative theories and methods: Between uniplexity and multiplexity. Ibn Haldun University.

Özalkan, S. (2018). Siyonizm karşıtı Yahudiler [Jews against Zionism]. İz Yayıncılık.

Complete Publication Listing(s): Google Scholar

  • Ibn Khaldun on Education: Insights for Contemporary Theories and Practices. CIS Research Clusters Grant 7th Cycle. Awarded in 2025 by CIS, HBKU.
  • Advancing Qatar's AI Landscape: Developing an Arabic-Centric and Ethically-Aligned Large Language Model. Signature Research Grants-02. Awarded in 2024 by HBKU OVPR.
  • Islamic Thought and Its Implications for Current Sociological Inquiry: A Multiplex Approach. Awarded in 2020 by John Templeton Foundation.
  • Comparative Theories and Methods Textbook. Scientific Research Project (BAP). Awarded in 2020 by Ibn Haldun University.