Ziya Önis (born May 12, 1957 in Istanbul) is a Turkish political economist, and Professor of International Relations and the Director of the Center for Research on Globalization and Democratic Governance (GLODEM) at Koç University in Istanbul, Turkey.
He received his BA and MA degrees from London School of Economics, Department of Economics. He received his PhD. from University of Manchester on Development Economics. He worked with Professor Colin Kirkpatrick and Professor Frederick Nixson at Manchester. Önis took active part in different OECD and World Bank projects as consultant and prepared reports and working papers. He is one of the most cited social scientists in Turkey and a world-wide known Turkish political economist. Önis has been cited in the Social Science Citation Index about 500 times as of September 2010. Prof. Onis is a member of The Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA). Due to his significant contributions to Turkish political economy, Turkish foreign policy and Turkish politics fields in a comparative perspective, he received TUBITAK Science Award in Social Sciences in July 2012, which is known as the most prestigious scientific award in Turkey.
His recent articles (selected ones) include “Power, Interests and Coalitions: The Political Economy of Mass Privatization in Turkey”. Third World Quarterly, Vol. 32, No.4 (2011); “Contesting for Turkey’s Political ‘Center’: Domestic Politics, Identity Conflicts and the Controversy over EU Membership”. Journal of Contemporary European Studies. Vol. 18, No. 3 (2010); (with C. Bakır) “The Regulatory State and Turkish Banking Reforms in the Age of Post-Washington Consensus”. Development and Change, Vol. 41, No.1 (2010).
He has published and edited many books on Turkish political economy including (edited with F. Şenses) Turkey and the Global Economy: Neo-liberal Restructuring and Integration in the Post-Crisis Era. London: Routledge (2009);(with F. Keyman), Turkish Politics in a Changing World: Global Dynamics and Domestic Transformations. Istanbul: Istanbul Bilgi University Press (2007). Reprinted (2010);(edited with B. Rubin) The Turkish Economy in Crisis.London: Frank Cass/Routledge (2003).