Executive Board

Héloïse Aelbrecht is a first-year student of King's College London, in the Bachelor of European Studies with a year abroad at Sciences Po Paris. Through this course, she is learning in-depth about politics, political economy,...

Melissa Blink is a master's student, currently working towards an M.A. in Applied Ethics at Utrecht University. She holds a B.A. in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Melissa's research interests include...

Gadea Méndez Grueso is studying a Master's in Gender Studies at Utrecht University. Previously, she did a Master's in Public Policy and Cultural Management at Sciences Po Paris and obtained her undergraduate in Political and...

Selcuk Gultasli is the chairperson of ECPS's executive board. Mr. Gultasli is responsible for the operations of both the ECPS’s academic group and administrative staff. Mr. Gultasli was previously the Brussels Bureau Chief of Zaman...

Mariam Lortkipanidze is a lawyer. Currently, she is a candidate for Master of Public Policy at Hertie School of Governance in Berlin. Previously she has obtained a master's degree in Comparative Constitutional Law from Central European University,...

Metin Pehlivan is a banking professional. He graduated with a B.S. in Political Science from Ankara University in 1991. He worked as a bank professional from 1992 to 2015. Pehlivan is experienced in development financing, equity...

Tom Robinson is currently studying for a Masters degree in International Security at the University of Warwick. Previously, he completed a Bachelor's degree in American Studies at the University of Sussex and attended an exchange...

Imke Schütz is a master's student of European Governance, a double degree taught jointly by the University of Konstanz, Germany, and Universiteit Utrecht, the Netherlands. She gained her B.A. in Politics and Public Administration at...

Jülide Sezer is a gender studies research master's student at Utrecht University. Her interdisciplinary research training encompasses post/decolonial studies, feminist theories, and critical race theories. Nowadays, she expands her horizon by focusing on human centrism,...