IKV Secretary General Assoc. Prof. Çiğdem Nas attended the IV. National Political Science Congress of the Turkish Political Science Association (STİD) held in İzmir on 20-21 September 2025. As part of the congress, a panel was organized in partnership with the İstanbul Policy Center, TEPAV, and IKV. Prof. Atila Eralp moderated the panel on “The Future of the EU and Türkiye-EU Relations.” The speakers were IKV Secretary General Assoc. Prof. Çiğdem Nas, IPM Director Prof. Senem Aydın Düzgit, Prof. Atila Eralp, and TEPAV EU Studies Director Nilgün Arısan Eralp. The panel discussed topics such as the EU agenda, the EU's new priorities and challenges, the enlargement process, defence and security policy, relations with the US, the Ukraine War, China's rise, and the search for competitiveness. The direction in which all these developments would affect Türkiye-EU relations was discussed.

IKV Secretary General Assoc. Prof. Çiğdem Nas organized another panel within the scope of the Congress, titled “Crises and Responses in Europe: Opportunities for Türkiye-EU Cooperation”. During the panel, Dr. Betül Ayanoğlu from Yıldız Technical University gave a presentation titled “Türkiye-EU Cooperation with Artificial Intelligence: Digital Partnership Turning Crises into Opportunities,” and Assoc. Prof. Gökçen Yavaş from Kocaeli University gave a presentation titled “Türkiye-Italy Cultural Diplomacy and EU Integration: Instrumentality and Representation”, and Assoc. Prof. Çiğdem Nas presented on “Opportunities and Challenges in the EU's Green Transition and Türkiye-EU Relations.”