Selver Buldanlıoğlu Şahin is an assistant professor of international relations at Bilkent University, Ankara, Türkiye. Her research is focused on the forms and consequences of international development interventions in conflict-affected countries. Her research has been published as a sole-authored book along with articles in Third World Quarterly, Democratization, Development Policy Review, International Peacekeeping, Contemporary Politics, Asian Studies Review, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Australian Journal of International Affairs, and the Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies. Currently, she is the principal investigator of a research project addressing the foreign policy dynamics of higher education scholarship programmes offered by the governments of G-20 countries.