We’re excited to announce an additional keynote speaker has been confirmed for IFLA WLIC 2025: Dr. Bertil Emrah Oder.
Dr. Bertil Emrah Oder
Bertil Emrah Oder is a Professor of Constitutional Law and UNESCO Chairholder at Koç University. She received her PhD from the University of Cologne. Her research focuses on constitutionalism, human rights, and gender equality. She is a full member of the Science Academy of Turkey and the All European Academies of Sciences and Humanities (ALLEA), the Science and Ethics WG. She was selected as Henry Morris Lecturer of International and Comparative Law (Chicago-Kent School of Law), Distinguished Research Fellow in Constitutional Studies (University of Texas at Austin), and Fernand Braudel Senior Fellow (EUI). She holds the award of the Defender of Constitutional Democracy (Global Summit on Constitutionalism, 2020). She has served as a consultant for the UNWomen and the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU).
Her recent publications include: Diversity and Plurality in Constitutional Context, in: Plurality and Diversity in Law: The Human Rights Paradigm, Laurence Burgorgue-Larsen (Ed.), Intersentia (2023); The feminist struggle and the 1924 Constitution: feminists as constitutionalists, 61/4 DPCE Online, 2024.
The title of Dr. Bertil Emrah Oder’s keynote is Gender equality, civic engagement, and sustainable development: knowledge, action, and resilience. She speaks at the Astana/Congress Center on Tuesday, August 19 from 10:45 AM – 11:45 AM.