Ethem Ilbiz

University of South Wales · Faculty of Life Sciences and Education

This paper offers a fresh perspective on the sharing economy by adopting the theoretical lens of transaction cost economics (TCE) with the aim of expanding the discussion on online platforms beyond a commercial context to examine their potential for social good. Focusing on the user experience, this study investigates under what conditions online p...

This article examines the overlap between European Union migration controls and internal counter-terror measures in the Kurdish populated region at the Turkey-Iran border. It highlights the development of an ‘externalisation creep’ in the context of this overlap. We discuss how the EU’s external measures aimed at people classed as ‘irregular migran...

This article examines how opposition parties with diverse ideologies can form alliances in competitive authoritarian regimes despite the securitization strategy used by authoritarian incumbents. Using Turkey as a case study, the article demonstrates that an authoritarian leader may associate terrorism with opposition parties and may disseminate thi...

This article examines how Europol's 'Stop Child Abuse-Trace an Object' (SCATO) platform uses crowd-sourcing to collect tips from the public in order to tackle online child sexual exploitation. The article evaluates the plat-form's effectiveness based on three key factors: how easy it is for the public to access the platform, the transaction costs i...

This chapter examines the effectiveness of the Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptocurrencies as a P3 initiative with a sharing economy model. The analysis is based on the claims presented in Europol documents and public statements of Europol executives that this initiative serves as a platform for knowledge exchange and building profe...

This chapter examines the crowdsourcing model of Europol’s ‘Stop Child Abuse—Trace an Object’ (SCATO) platform on collecting tips provided by the public to tackle online child sexual exploitation. The chapter investigates the effectiveness of the platform with the most prominent sharing economy/crowdsourcing variables; low barrier accessibility, tr...

This chapter examines the role of the ‘No More Ransom' platform on scarce resource sharing between the public and private sectors to mitigate ransomware victimisation. The chapter investigates the effectiveness of the platform with the most prominent sharing economy variables; low barrier accessibility, transaction cost, and trust-building. The cha...

As global cybercrime continues to grow, technical and financial obstacles the LEAs are facing necessitate efficient resource sharing with the private sector to tackle cybercrime.

This chapter aims to outline some of the key terms and factors why public-private partnerships (P3) are necessary to tackle cybercrime, and, when and how Europol engaged with different P3 in this context. The chapter starts with the definition of cybercrime and P3. It continues by explaining the main factors of why P3 is needed and what the barrier...

Since the rapid transformation in information technologies (IT) and the internet, socio-economic interaction between individuals has significantly transformed. People increasingly depend on digital technologies for socialisation, communication, and exchanging goods and services. The technological advantages in cyberspace, while facilitating connect...

This chapter examines the theoretical framework of the sharing economy and how it may work as a new P3 model while tackling cybercrime. The sharing economy concepts defined in this chapter will be utilised in the following empirical chapters to examine the effectiveness of Europol's different sharing economy platforms. This chapter starts by explai...

This video covers a research output of the @TUECS project, recently published in the #sustainability journal. The article examines the compatibility of the Global Conference on Criminal Finances and cryptocurrencies with a sharing economy model organised by EUROPOL, INTERPOL and @Basel Institute on Governance. TUECS is a European Commission-funded...

This article examines the compatibility of the Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptocurrencies with a sharing economy model. The analysis is based on the claims presented in Europol documents and public statements of Europol executives that this initiative serves as a platform for knowledge exchange and building professional networks be...

This article examines the resource sharing functionality of the decryption platform of Europol. The platform supports European law enforcement agencies (LEAs) that are having difficulties accessing legally obtained encrypted evidence due to the lack of human and technical resources. The article investigates Europol’s resource transmission role with...

This article examines the electoral cost of the EU promoted norms over a candidate country where political risks associated with countering terrorism have an impact on the popularity ratings of an incumbent government. It analyses Turkey as an exceptional case that is the only candidate country and developing economy having a systematic terrorism p...

This perceptive analysis examines the effect of the EU on Turkish counter-terrorism polices towards the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and the Islamic State (ISIS), and aims to investigate the extent to which the EU has developed the capacity to play a role in Turkish counter-terrorism policy through promoting democratisation. The book analyses the...

This article examines the challenges of opposition parties to counter the securitisation strategy of an authoritarian regime to compete in elections. It investigates Turkey as a laboratory case where the political pressure posed by President Erdogan led government hinders low entry accessibility to voters who have a different socio-economic backgro...

This chapter aims to examine blockchain technology, which is a disruptive innovation of recent years, in the context of knowledge risk management (KRM). It discusses how tacit knowledge of blockchain can be retained in organizations and integrated to production or service process. The chapter examines the KRM process in three knowledge retention st...

This article examines an Uberization model of governance that can enable the existing United Nations (UN) regime for preventing the financing of terrorism to overcome the problems caused by the obfuscation techniques employed by virtual currencies (VCs). This new global governance model envisions a multi-sided platform where public and private acto...

This article aims to provide a conceptual framework for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to evaluate the appropriation of blockchain technology for their business needs and challenges. This conceptual framework aims to respond to the problem of increasing speculations surrounding the blockchain that is considered to be an absolute and inno...

This article investigates empirically the impact of power asymmetry and interest formation in the European Union’s (EU) external relations with third countries in the context of the Europol data exchange and counterterrorism agreements. It focuses on three countries, namely the United States, Turkey, and Morocco, which each have a different level o...

This article seeks to conceptualize global counterterror actor types by examining the designated terrorist organizations lists of six countries; the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Russia, and China. It is argued that these countries should be placed into one of three distinct categories: Trendsetters, Trend Followers, and Ind...

This study seeks to examine the impact of the EU on Turkish counter-terrorism policies towards the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). It analyses what impact it has had within three distinct periods: the pre-Helsinki European Council (1984-1999) period, the post-Helsinki European Council (1999-2004) period, and the post-Brussels European Council (2004-...