Bülent Temel is a political economist who teaches and conducts research at Atilim University and Southern New Hampshire University. He has worked as a financier in corporate America for eight years before joining academia, and received several recognitions including the 2007 Edward Jones Outstanding Performance Award. Author or coauthor of 18 publications in the fields of political economics, international relations and cooperatism, Temel is an editorial board member at the International Journal of Human Rights and Constitutional Studies based in Zurich, Switzerland.