Huri Türsan is assistant professor at Vesalius College, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (V.U.B) and at the Council for International Educational Exchange, University Libre de Bruxelles(U.L.B.) She received her Ph.D. from the European University Institute, Florence, Italy. Her specialization and publications include democracy, political change, European integration,and its impact on democratization. She is currently teaching courses on politics of European integration and the European constitutional and legal order.