Ayse Kaya is currently Associate Professor of Political Science at Swarthmore College (in Swarthmore, PA, USA). She researches and teaches on globalization and international political economy, particularly multilateral economic institutions with a focus on the International Monetary Fund & the World Bank, the impact of the large emerging economies (BRICS) on the multilateral system, global inequality & poverty, and the international political ramifications of the 2008 global financial crisis. Her book on global economic institutions, Power and Global Economic Institutions, was published by Cambridge University Press (2015).
Prior to Swarthmore, she was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Committee on Global Thought (CGT), Columbia University, where she was also a Visiting Fellow in 2012-2013. In addition to Columbia, she taught at the LSE and The Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania (Fall 2016).
She has a B.A. from Wellesley College (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa), and a M.Sc in Comparative Politics and a PhD in Government from the London School of Economics (LSE).
She was born and raised in Istanbul, Turkey.
Prior to Swarthmore, she was a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Committee on Global Thought (CGT), Columbia University, where she was also a Visiting Fellow in 2012-2013. In addition to Columbia, she taught at the LSE and The Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania (Fall 2016).
She has a B.A. from Wellesley College (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa), and a M.Sc in Comparative Politics and a PhD in Government from the London School of Economics (LSE).
She was born and raised in Istanbul, Turkey.