Anıl Öztürk

Curriculum vitae.

Employment, education, fellowships and grants, academic service, certifications, languages.

Employment

2025-08 to present
Postdoctoral Researcher
Faculty of Law, Lund University, Sweden
  • Teaching:
    • JAEN72 Technology, Energy and Climate Justice
    • JUFN24 Maritime and Transportation Law
  • Research: legal governance of CO2 transport and sub-seabed storage
    • PI: Olena Bokareva (Lund University)
    • Co-I: Gabriela Argüello (University of Gothenburg)
    • Funded by the Marcus and Marianne Wallenberg Foundation
2025-02 to 2025-06
Part-Time Lecturer
Faculty of Law and Faculty of Commercial Sciences, Başkent University, Ankara
  • Courses taught — Faculty of Law:
    • HUKY317 / LAWG317 Artificial Intelligence and Law
  • Courses taught — Faculty of Commercial Sciences:
    • TBY216 / TBS416 Information Technology Law and Ethics
    • BUST302 Corporate Law
    • İŞLE303 Commercial Law
2024-09 to 2025-02
Legal Consultant
Gedikbaş Law Office, Ankara
  • Practice areas:
    • Arbitration
    • Contract Law
    • Information Technology Law
  • Notable engagement: party counsel in ICC arbitration proceedings
2023-10 to 2024-08
Assistant Lecturer
Department of Law, Maynooth University
  • Courses convened:
    • LW685 Information Technology Law
    • LW360 Media Law
  • Courses co-taught: LW251X / LW291X EU Law II — with Charles O’Sullivan
  • Master’s thesis supervision:
    • Nayeja R · State Conduct in Cyberspace: Analysing the Legitimacy of Unilateral Cyber Sanctions in Light of Attribution Challenges
    • Birch KA · The Evolution of AI Regulation: Analysing the AI Act in the Context of Preceding Legal Frameworks
2023-02 to 2023-06
Assistant Lecturer
Department of Law, Maynooth University
  • Courses convened:
    • LW685 Information Technology Law
    • LW360 Media Law
2022-02 to 2022-06
Part-Time Lecturer
Department of Law, Maynooth University
  • Courses taught:
    • LW358 Jurisprudence II
    • LW162 Law of Torts II
2017-09 to 2022-09
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Department of Law, Maynooth University
  • Subjects tutored:
    • Constitutional Law
    • Contract Law
    • EU Law I and II
    • Jurisprudence I and II
    • Law of Property
    • Law of Torts I and II

Education

2017-09 to 2023-06
Ph.D. in Law
Maynooth University, Ireland
  • Thesis: The Almost People — A Framework Proposal for the Balancing of Legal Interests in the Age of Social Robots
  • Supervisor: Brian Flanagan
2016-09 to 2017-08
LL.M. in International and Comparative Law
Trinity College Dublin
  • Thesis: The Conceptual Analysis of ‘Culpa in Contrahendo’ — A Critical Study in European Private International Law
  • Supervisor: Nazli Heimann
2011-09 to 2016-06
B.A. in Law
Bilkent University, Ankara
  • Exchange: University of Dundee, School of Law (2013) — Erasmus mobility

Fellowships and Grants

2026-01 to 2029-12
GNTS Mobility Fellow
Governance Frameworks for the Nordic Energy Transition at Sea — Nordic Energy Research, coordinated by the University of Bergen
Three-year mobility fellowship; funded research stays at Nordic partner institutions.
2017-09 to 2022-09
Doctoral Scholarship in Law
Maynooth University
Full doctoral funding — fees, stipend, and research allowance across five years.
2019-07
Summer School Scholarship
Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa
The Regulation of Robotics & AI in Europe: Legal, Ethical and Economic Implications (1–6 July 2019; 40 hours, 2 ECTS). Tuition covered.
2013
Erasmus Mobility Grant
Turkish National Agency
Funded a one-semester exchange at the University of Dundee, School of Law.
2011-09 to 2016-06
Comprehensive Scholarship
Bilkent University, Ankara
Bilkent’s top merit award — full tuition, monthly stipend, and accommodation across the entire B.A. in Law.

Academic Service

2025-09 to present
Course Coordinator · JAEN72 Technology, Energy and Climate Justice
Faculty of Law, Lund University
Syllabus, reading list, examiner liaison, and NUGA quality-assurance processes.
2025-09 to present
Work-in-Progress Seminar Group Lead
Faculty of Law, Lund University
WIP seminar group for thesis-track Master’s students.
2020-09 to 2021-09
Ph.D. Student Representative
Department of Law, Maynooth University
2020-09 to 2021-09
Member · Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
Department of Law, Maynooth University
2018-09 to 2020-06
Member · Athena SWAN Self-Assessment Committee
Department of Law, Maynooth University
Self-assessment committee preparing the Department’s submission for Athena SWAN accreditation.
2018-09 to 2020-06
Member · Postgraduate Feedback Council
Department of Law, Maynooth University

Certifications and Professional Training

2024
Training on Party Representation in Arbitration
Istanbul Arbitration Centre (ISTAC)
2020
Specialist Certifications in Research Integrity
Epigeum, Oxford University Press
Three modules: Conflict of Interest; Human Subjects Protections; Intellectual Property.
2019
Professional Certificate in Teaching and Learning for Tutors and Demonstrators
Maynooth University

Languages

Turkish
Native.
English
Fluent — working language across employment, the LL.M., and the Ph.D.
French
Intermediate — reading and conversational.
Swedish
Beginner — A1, SFU1 in progress.

References

References available on request via the contact form. The CV PDF carries contact details for three referees from Maynooth University and the World Maritime University.