The project in which Emre Erdem, a Faculty Member at the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences (FENS) of Sabancı University, works as a researcher was found eligible for support under the Polar Call within the scope of the TÜBİTAK 1001 Program.
“POLAR 1001” is a support program started by the Directorate of Research Support Programs (ARDEB) within the framework of conditions established by the Institute of Polar Research (KARE) of TÜBİTAK-MAM.
The project titled “Investigation of Mineral Content and Physicochemical Formation Conditions of The First Turkish Antarctic Meteorites” where FENS Faculty Member Emre Erdem works as a researcher is being carried out under the supervision of Mehmet Yeşiltaş from Kırklareli university. The design and presentation of the project were made in partnership with Yusuf Kağan Kadıoğlu from Ankara University, Merve Kaya from the Institute of Accelerator Technologies, and Namık Aysal from Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University.
The structural, electronic, and chemical properties of natural meteorites will be investigated in Sabancı University laboratories in this project. The two-year project also aims to develop material-oriented models for solving energy problems in space.
The NANOSIS platform, led by Sabancı University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center (SUNUM), received TRY 64.6 Million support from TÜBİTAK.The Pre-competitive Research Platform, established within the scope of the TÜBİTAK 1004 program, consists of 6 research programs.
NANOSIS, a Pre-competitive Research Platform led by Sabancı University’s Nanotechnology Center SUNUM, was supported by TÜBİTAK with TRY 64.6 Million for nanotechnological components, products, and systems for health monitoring and diagnosis. The platform created within the scope of the TÜBİTAK 1004 program includes 6 research programs managed by SUNUM, Sabancı University, Yeditepe University, and Eskişehir Technical University, and KORDSA A.Ş. and Arçelik A.Ş.
Prof. Dr. Fazilet Vardar, the Director of SUNUM, said, “Although the theme of the NANOSIS platform was established in the pre-COVID-19 period, it was based on the idea that infectious diseases will become the top priority health threat today with an important foresight.As SUNUM, we are pleased to lead a Pre-competitive Strategic Cooperation Platform that can be an example for our country with 6 research programs managed by institutions with different competencies.”
The theme of the NANOSIS Platform was created in the pre-COVID-19 period. Based on the view that infectious diseases will become a primary health threat today with the foresight of the future, the project focused on “developing fast, economical, and original nanotechnological components, products, and systems for medical follow-up and diagnosis”. In this way, the Platform became even more important by covering projects and prototypes that will meet the need for early diagnosis and preventive approaches for high-quality, widespread, and affordable health services.
The NANOSIS Platform aims to produce 23 prototypes at the TRL 6 level over 4 years. Accordingly, 15 technical project will be implemented with the ultimate goal of developing sensors which are based on nano-materials, miniaturizable, easy to use, robust, suitable for industrial processes, low-cost and have different sensitivity levels. The social and socio-economic impact of the Research Platform will be measured by a separate project. Projects are expected to begin on 01 February 2021.
The outcomes of the projects include preventive medicine studies such as diagnostic kits, biosensors, and home health concepts, and applications such as molecular detection of the type of contamination. The priority application areas of the project outcomes include point of care (POC) sensors, diagnostic kits and biochips, the environment and public health sensors, product development in the pharmaceutical and chemical industry, product component analysis and quality control, food safety, and prevention of biological/chemical attacks.
About The NANOSIS Platform and The TÜBİTAK 1004 Program:
The NANOSIS platform is a Pre-competitive Strategic Cooperation Platform that can be an example for our country, with 24 member institutions and organizations who were able to agree on a common IPR and governance agreement.The TÜBİTAK 1004 Program aims to enable research infrastructures to specialize and become centers of excellence by collaborating with R&D / Design centers and public R&D units. It has nationally traceable targets in alignment with national targets and policies. Its goal is to support research programs with high commercialization potential.
Rana Kelleci, graduate program 2020 alumni of the Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design Program of Sabancı University, took her place in the 38th Contemporary Artists Prize Exhibition organized by the Painting and Architecture Museums Association and Akbank Sanat Akbank to support new developments in contemporary art and young artists.
Rana Kelleci managed to become one of 16 artists whose works were dispayed in Akbank Sanat’s 38th Contemporary Artists Prize Exhibition among approximately one thousand applications. You can read our interview with Rana Kelleci below.
Hello, and first of all, congratulations.Could you tell us a little bit about yourself?What are you doing right now?
R.K: In terms of arts, I work with different disciplines such as photography, drawing, and performance. Recently, my interest is the question of how information and images are produced. Additionally, I have a writing practice. I write and translate for various publications, mainly in the field of art.
How did you decide to study in the Master's Program at the Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design at Sabancı University?
R.K: My master’s process was quite liberating, giving me the opportunity to experiment as I wish. I chose this program because it has a structure that is not divided into disciplines such as painting and photography and allows you to move between different media, thinking that it would provide the flexibility I needed. Especially since I come from a department other than art in my undergraduate studies, such a space of freedom and support was very valuable in the journey of finding my own voice.
How did you participate in Akbank Sanat 38th Contemporary Artists Competition?Which work of yours did you submit for the competition?Could you also share your work and evaluation criteria?
R.K: This year’s theme was “on everyday life”. A jury consisting of Ayşe Erkmen, Dejan Kaludjerović, T. Melih Görgün, Gönül Nuhoğlu, and Derya Bigalı evaluated more than one thousand applications submitted this year.
I applied for the competition with a video recording of my performance called Repost.
In this performance, I was copying images uploaded on Instagram with the hashtag #refugees.
Social media both reflects and simultaneously shapes what we think and feel about immigration as a society. I think we have a certain power and therefore a responsibility due to social media over images of immigration, which is a situation that we are not experiencing first-hand. The performance aims to open that responsibility to discussion. I am thinking about a tiny gesture, such as reposting a post, asking if we continue violence in our digital actions, or if we have a chance to turn existing violence, stereotyping, and marginalization into empathy.
What do you suggest to students who are studying or want to study Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design?
R.K: I think I would suggest that they make the most of the opportunities that the school provides and always observe :)
The projects of Sabancı University faculty members were found eligible for support under the Bilateral Cooperation Program of TÜBİTAK and the National Research Foundation of South Korea (NRF).
One of the projects is a study in which Cem Güneri, Deputy Rector in Charge of Education and a Faculty Member at the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences (FENS), is a researcher, and another is a study in which Erhan Budak, a Faculty Member at FENS, is the coordinator.
Within the scope of the project titled "Research on Coding Theory and Applications", in which Cem Güneri is a researcher, coding as one of the basic mathematical concepts of communication will be studied. In addition to the codes whose intersection with their dual is maximal (co-dual) and minimal (integrative dual), the code types that are in between will be the main study topics. The project also aims to achieve results on the applications of such structures in areas such as quantum error correction codes, classical cryptography, and code-based cryptography.
The team of the two-year project includes Ferruh Özbudak from Middle East Technical University as the coordinator and Cem Güneri from Sabancı University as a researcher from Turkey and Jon-Lark Kim from Sogang University in South Korea as the coordinator, and Whan-Hyuk Choi from the same institution as a researcher.
The project titled “An Integrated Approach for The Best Design of High-speed Milling spindles” where Erhan Budak is the coordinator aims to develop the best design methods for high-speed spindles based on modeling, analysis, and experimental studies. Spindles rotating at high speeds are used in applications ranging from energy systems to medical devices, from aircraft engines to manufacturing machines. The aim of this project is to develop methods for the best design of spindles for high-speed machining centers commonly used in the manufacturing industry. Due to very high rotational speeds, dynamic performance and thermal deformations are critical factors for these systems. The dynamic rigidity is required in spindles for high-speed manufacturing, and thermal stability is required for high precision. In cases where sufficient dynamic rigidity is not provided, problems caused by vibrations reduce production quality, and also damage the spindle itself and the machine. Thermal deformations due to excessive heat caused by high-speed rotation lead to dimensional quality problems. Therefore, both thermal and dynamic aspects of high-speed spindles will be investigated in the project by analytical and numerical methods, considering the impacts of bearings, cooling system, rotor geometry, etc. These methods, which will be used in the optimal design of the spindle, will be experimentally verified. For this purpose, a high-speed spindle based on the best design will be produced and its advanced features will be shown in different aspects.
In addition to the academic output from the project, it is also aimed to build knowledge and infrastructure on the design, production, and use of high-speed spindles of strategic importance for sectors such as aerospace, energy, medical, etc. Emre Özlü will participate as a researcher in the project to be carried out in coordination with Prof. S. W. Hong and his team from Kumoh National Technology Institute. In addition, postgraduate and doctoral students will also work in the project in different work packages.
Sabancı University Sakıp Sabancı Museum (SSM) Youth Board Members for the 2020-2021 period who come together to produce ideas and projects on different topics on the past, present, and opportunities of art representation have been elected.
What is SSM Youth Board?
The board selected from Sabancı University students aged 18-25 will produce ideas and projects on the past, present, and opportunities of art representation under the guidance of the SSM team. Throughout the academic year, the Board members will meet with mentors on various topics, develop common ideas and projects with learning about museum and exhibition practices around the world. Additionally, in the light of their departmental and academic concentration, the board members will have the opportunity to think about creative, sensitive to the evolving needs of society, and viable processes by doing research on worldwide exhibition practices and digital initiatives.
Top row from left; Ceyda Güzelsevdi, Doruk Soypaçacı, Eylül Bektur, Gönül Zeynep Perek.Bottom row from left; Hande Pamuksuz, İrem Karacan, Sabanur Mete, Yiğit Karataş.
SSM Youth Board’s works will continue in the coming academic years with the election and participation of new members.
Ceyda Güzelsevdi
“I'm Ceyda, a sophomore psychology student. Art has always had a special place for me, it has part of every project or work I have produced and contributed to. For this reason, being a part of the SSM Youth Board is invaluable to me. I hope that we can add value to SSM's original work by implementing special projects with valuable team members of the SSM Youth Board.”
Doruk Soypaçacı
"Hi, I'm Doruk Soypaçacı. I was born in Erzurum, and I’m 21 years old. I completed my primary education in various schools in Erzurum, Düzce, and İzmir. I graduated from İzmir Science High School. Currently, I’m a junior student at the Computer Engineering Department of Sabancı University. Sports, art, and history are the areas I'm most interested in. Additionally, computer games and software have taken up a significant part of my life. Although I’m not talented in painting, contributing to the creation something graphically and visually pleasing is one of the things I enjoy the most. Therefore, I enjoy following developments in art.”
Eylül Bektur
“I’m a junior student at the Computer Sciences Department of Sabancı University. I want to work in the film industry on computer-generated visuals. I’m a graduate of Izmir American College. I like to do research on places to visit, activities to attend, and dishes to eat, explore as much as possible, plan and learn something from people in the process. In this semester, I love sailing, painting, and taking analogue photographs the most.”
Gönül Zeynep Perek
"Hello, I’m Gönül Zeynep Perek. I’m a sophomore student at the Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences and I’m in my second semester. I’ve participated in various clubs and projects during my undergraduate studies, and I‘ve been a supervisor in Civic Involvement Projects (CIP) for 3 semesters. I'm so happy to find the chance to be involved in this community, I'm excited to get to know beautiful people.”
Hande Pamuksuz
“Hello! I'm Hande Pamuksuz. I’m a freshman student at Sabancı University. I’m from Ankara and graduated from ODTÜ Kolej in 2020. I like to spend my time when I'm not busy with my classes and club activities looking after my cacti, reading books, researching things deep down on the internet, trying to learn languages, and watching TV series and movie analysis videos. I feel very lucky to have been given the opportunity to become a member of the SSM Youth Board; I am very excited to both learn about the presentation of art that I’m interested in to society and to gain practical experience throughout the year.”
İrem Karacan
"I’m Irem Karacan, a junior student at the Industrial Engineering Department. Since I started Sabancı University, I have been working to develop myself in my areas of interest and gain experience in different areas. I enjoy traveling and learning about different cultures, drawing, visiting exhibitions and museums. Although I’m an engineering student, I’ve always had an interest in art, and I keep developing my wealth of knowledge on this subject by conducting research, taking courses. As a young member of the 2020-2021 SSM Youth Board, I look forward to learning new things about museology and listening to different perspectives on art and exchanging ideas.”
Sabanur Mete
"I'm a junior student at the Materials Science and Nano-engineering Department. Additionally, I’m doing a minor in art theory and criticism because I’m interested in art history and philosophy. I want to stay in R&D once I graduate. I also work on a research project because I enjoy working in the laboratory. Since high school, I’ve worked as a volunteer in and implemented social responsibility projects. My hobbies include diving and yoga. It's also one of my hobbies to do research and talk about STEM subjects. I intend to continue the dance lessons I started when I went to Erasmus a year ago and to get myself informed about film work.”
Yiğit Karataş
“Hello, I’m Yiğit, I have discovered my interest in art through my transfer to Vefa High School, which has trained many masters in the art ecosystem throughout history. I started working in the fields of photography and ceramics, and I was also involved in my first exhibition work during this period. Then, at Sabancı University, where I study at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, I tried to create an online auction platform with my entrepreneurial spirit and interest in antiques. Today, I still actively pursue readings and current collections to specialize in classical period works while trying to deepen my knowledge in film and photography. By not separating art and aesthetics from his life, I joined the Sakıp Sabancı Museum Youth Board to contribute to the museology approach of the 21st century. In this journey, I take Bedri Rahmi's interdisciplinary productivity as a role model."
Sabancı University Gender and Women's Studies Center of Excellence (SU Gender) hosted the 11th Dicle Koğacıoğlu Article Awards Conference and Award Ceremony.This year, articles by Biray Anıl Birer, Şeyma Gümüş, and Burcu Hatipoğlu won the award.
The “Dicle Koğacıoğlu Article Awards” presented by Sabancı University Gender and Women's Studies Center of Excellence (SU Gender) in memory of Dicle Koğacıoğlu, an academic and activist who passed away in 2009, was announced at an online conference on December 26. This year, articles by Biray Anıl Birer, Şeyma Gümüş, and Burcu Hatipoğlu won the award.
Working to raise awareness regarding gender in Turkey for 10 years with programs such as the Purple Certificate, Curious Steps, Transformative Activism, and Gender Equality, SU Gender has been giving the Dicle Koğacıoğlu Article Awards since 2010 with the support of Sabancı University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. The awards aim to support gender-focused research on Turkish society and culture and to encourage young researchers.
Hülya Adak, the Director of SU Gender, spoke at the opening of the conference: “Dicle Koğacıoğlu Article Award and Conference brought us together for the 11th this year. Dicle joined the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences of Sabancı University as a faculty member in 2005 and made significant contributions to the development of cultural studies undergraduate and graduate programs and gender studies. She also conducted studies that drew attention to the inequalities and injustices experienced in all areas of life, including universities. She contributed to the development of the sociology of law in Turkey and the awareness regarding the importance of gender in this field through numerous publications and studies. As SU Gender, we are happy to support young researchers working on gender while commemorating a very valuable friend with the Dicle Koğacıoğlu Article Award. I congratulate the researchers who received awards this year for their studies on gender and intersectionality in anthropology, literature, and history. I would also like to thank the members of the Dicle Koğacıoğlu Award Selection Committee; Evren Savcı, Etienne Charriere, Seda Kalem, Demek Lüküslü, and Aslı İkizoğlu for their support in the selection of the winning articles.
Dicle Koğacıoğlu Award Ceremony inspired us to develop two separate award ceremonies. Since 2017, we have also been organizing the Şirin Tekeli Research Award and Conference to support doctoral and postdoctoral research projects. As of next year, we are starting the third award program with the support of the Sabancı Foundation. Starting from 2021, we will award high school teachers who completed their training and received a Purple Certificate with Good Examples Award for their precedent work on gender equality in their own schools and provinces.”
Noting that Dicle Koğacıoğlu introduced innovations especially to the law-related parts of sociology classes and opened the Law and Society classes, Meltem Müftüler Baç, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences of Sabancı University, who attended the opening of the meeting, said, “The articles written by Dicle on violence against women still remain our biggest reference point, and we still feel her absence.”
Nevzat Süer Sezgin, mother of Dicle Koğacıoğlu and the special guest of the opening ceremony, said: “It feels very good to see that Sabancı University has achieved its goal with the award given in memory of Dicle. It is impossible not to adopt the principles of SU Gender. With programs such as Curious Steps, Purple Certification, awards, international conferences, forums, training programs, and transformative activism programs, which we wish to see in all universities, but unfortunately cannot, SU Gender and Sabancı University continue to make a difference.”
Following the opening ceremony with the speeches of Dicle Koğacıoğlu's former students, a panel facilitated by Aslı İkizoğlu was held.The winners of this year’s awards were announced in the panel: Biray Anıl Bir, “Fragments from Women's Modernization Experiences: Değirmisaz, A Mining City”; Burcu Hatipoğlu, “Rural Distress and Loving the Rural: The Case of Somalian Refugee Women in Kütahya”; Begum Üstün “How Murders of Women Were Reflected in Istanbul Newspapers in The Early Republic Period (1923-1945)”; and Şeyma Gümüş, “Rapist Others, Marginalized Women: Sexual Violence and The Female Body in Ömer Seyfettin's Stories”.
ARTICLE AWARDS:
First Place:
Biray Anıl Bir, “Fragments from Women's Modernization Experiences: Değirmisaz, A Mining City”
Second Place:
Şeyma Gümüş, “Rapist Others, Marginalized Women: Sexual Violence and The Female Body in Ömer Seyfettin's Stories”
Third Place:
Burcu Hatipoğlu, “Rural Distress and Loving the Rural: The Case of Somalian Refugee Women in Kütahya”
Presentation (Acknowledgment)
Begum Üstün “How Murders of Women Were Reflected in Istanbul Newspapers in The Early Republic Period (1923-1945)”
The film prepared by SU Gender for Dicle Koğacıoğlu and the book prepared last year can be found at the links below.
Dicle Koğacıoğlu was born in 1972 in Izmir. After graduating from the Boğaziçi University Sociology Department, she continued her doctoral studies at the State University of New York at Stony Brook in the fields of sociology and women’s studies. From 1997-1998, she worked as a research assistant for the international project titled “Constitutional Law and The Modernization of Political Institutions in the Islamic Middle East.” In the same year she took part in the Human Right Watch project “Freedom of Expression in Turkey” as a consultant and translator. In 1999, she returned to Boğaziçi University and worked as an instructor in the Sociology department. She was then a coordinator at the İzmit Doğukışla Rehabilitation Center for a project by Women for Women’s Human Rights that was organized for children who were traumatized after the 1999 Marmara earthquake. In the same period, she acted as an editorial assistant for the book Women and Sexuality in the Muslim World. She continued her graduate research from 2002-2004 at Columbia University and Brown University’s Pembroke Women’s Studies Center. After beginning to work as an instructor for the Sabanci University Arts and Social Sciences faculty, Dicle Koğacıoğlu made important contributions to the development of the undergraduate and graduate Cultural Studies programs and gender-based projects. At the same time, she led projects that were attentive to the deaths in the Tuzla shipyards, to the problems of the subcontractor system found in every domain of life, including the university, and to inequalities and injustices experienced in every area.
Koğacıoğlu was an Amargi and Birbirimize Sahip Çıkıyoruz (We Are Looking After Each Other) activist, and was a steadfast volunteer for projects focused on caring for street animals.Dicle Koğacıoğlu’s doctoral thesis was a major contribution to the advancement of the sociology of law in Turkey and to the recognition of gender within that field. Titled “Law in Context: Citizenship and Reproductıon of Inequalıty in an Istanbul Courthouse,” it was the recipient of the Middle East Competition Award by the Lebanese Center for Policy Studies and the Middle East Awards (MEAwards) by the Population Council. Her articles that underscore the decisive role of law and the state in honor killings continue to be widely used in both international academic studies and within Turkey. Dicle Koğacıoğlu, when she left us in the year 2009, was creating a space for research about access processes to justice, and at the same time she was investigating how the September 12, 1980 coup was perceived and understood by lawyers.
Attend MAJOR FEST WEEKS (19 April – 06 May 2021) to explore all major programs and win prizes from our lottery!
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We realize that in these challenging times, you still have to make your MAJOR choice and we are here to help you explore all major programs offered at SU.
This academic year Major Fest will be held virtuallyin the period from 19 April 2020 to 06 May 2021. Join Major Fest to:
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Endowed in the will of Sakıp Sabancı, the Honorary Chairperson of Sabancı University, the Sakıp Sabancı International Research Awards continue to reward scientists in the field of social sciences. Held for the 16th time this year, the Sakıp Sabancı International Research Awards had the theme “The Post-Corona World and Turkey: Social, Psychological and Political Impacts of the Pandemics”. Professor Susan Michie, Director of the Centre for Behavior Change at University College London, who has made remarkable contributions to the field on a global scale, was found deserving of the Special Jury Prize.
During the speech she delivered at the on-line award ceremony, Güler Sabancı, the Founding Chair of the Board of Trustees of Sabancı University, reminded that the world expected promising news from scientists, and continued, “the Sakıp Sabancı International Research Awards are proof of Sakıp Bey’s confidence in scientists regarding the future. The Awards are very valuable for both our University and our country since they are the first research award program in Turkey delivered on an international scale in the field of social sciences. In these extraordinary days, the whole world is watching scientists eagerly; we are expecting news from them that will be very promising for every human being on the planet. Once again, we come to understand that science is one of the milestones of human existence, and fully grasp the importance of the will of Sakıp Sabancı. Our University, of which Sakıp Bey laid the foundations with this in mind, is generating science for the world and raising scientists for the future.”
“ALTUNİZADE DIGITAL CAMPUS IS LIVE”
Emphasizing that this year’s theme for the Sakıp Sabancı International Research Awards was “The Post-Corona World and Turkey: Social, Psychological and Political Impacts of the Pandemics”, Güler Sabancı said, “There is no doubt that we feel the impacts of the ongoing pandemic not only in the field of health but also in every corner of social life. Enormous changes have taken place in our lives during the pandemic. We are well aware that when this pandemic is over, the world will never be the same again. The Sakıp Sabancı International Research Awards have always monitored the global agenda closely. Due to the fact that the social sciences are important to understand not only the present day but also the future of the world, this year’s theme is undoubtedly very significant for each of us. Addressing the impacts of the pandemic with their social, psychological and political dimensions is very important to be able to grasp the dynamics of the social transformation.”
Mentioning that Sabancı University continued its investments unceasingly, Güler Sabancı continued, “We have established the Sabancı University Altunizade Digital Campus, which we position as a technology development base. Furthermore, we have inaugurated our new Visual Arts Workshop building. Our faculties, research units, forums and centers continue to make contributions to society and science through their work. I believe the late Sakıp Bey, who laid the foundations of our university with the vision of making it a world university, would be extremely proud of our achievements, and of the fact that we are a university that is doing the best under the current circumstances without postponing anything.”
SUSAN MICHIE: WE CAN ONLY PROTECT OURSELVES BY PROTECTING EACH OTHER
Winner of the Special Jury Prize, Professor Susan Michie, behavioral health scientist, also known as a political activist in the field of public health, delivered an address at the award ceremony. Saying that she was extremely honored to have been awarded the prize, Professor Michie continued, “I would like to share with you how psychology helps to fight Covid-19. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, governments all over the world have asked people to change their behaviors. We have acquired new habits such as keeping social distance, wearing facemasks, self-isolating. However, observance of the rules depends on capability, opportunity and motivation. These 3 elements directly impact behaviors. Psychologists have played a key role in understanding and changing behavior to tackle Covid-19.”
Pointing out that, “if we want to change the behaviors of citizens, we may want to achieve this by changing the behaviors of others; health professionals, employers, policy-makers and politicians,” Susan Michie added, “First of all, we should ensure that policy-makers change their behaviors. The first step to ensuring change is to make recommendations for behavior change. Our research group has identified 93 behavior change techniques. Which techniques we use will depend on what will be appropriate for different populations, different settings, and different behaviors. So, if our task was to increase self-isolation, we would not use techniques to increase motivation such as threatening people with large fines, but instead use techniques aimed at increasing opportunity, providing social, financial, and practical resources to support self-isolation. In this context, trusted leadership is important. Communication must be honest, open, clear and transparent. And telling people not only what to do but explaining why people need to adopt certain behaviors; giving them a rationale. It is necessary to know and listen to the communities, and include them in decision-making. Governments don’t always do what we advise but we always try to ensure the best advice. I hope that the government in Turkey is also benefitting from the advice of psychologists and other behavioral scientists in tackling Covid-19. No person, and no government, can protect itself on its own. Humans are all interconnected, and solutions must be global. We can only protect ourselves by protecting each other.”
THEME OF THE NEXT YEAR HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED
The Sakıp Sabancı International Research Awards are administered under the leadership of Sabancı University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Istanbul Policy Centre. Essays are assessed by independent and international jury members. Having, so far, rewarded studies in various subject areas, ranging from Turkey’s economy and foreign policy to its history and social dynamics, the program has received a record number of applications from 5 continents of the world this year.
The three award-winning essays of this year are listed below:
“Socio-psychological dynamics in the fight against Covid-19 in societies with underlying conditions” by Associate Professor Ayşenur Dal and Associate Professor Efe Tokdemir, both from Bilkent University
“Cognitive and behavioural consequences of the Covid-19 threat around the world and in Turkey” by Onurcan Yılmaz From Kadir Has University and Ozan İşler from Queensland University of Technology (Australia)
“Believing Covid-19 conspiracy theories: Not a bug, but a feature of human nature” by Sinan Alper from Yaşar University
Professor Nebi Sümer, Faculty Member of Sabancı University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, was the chair of the jury, and the other members of the jury were Professor Fuat Keyman, Sabancı University Vice President and Director of the Istanbul Policy Center, Professor Meltem Müftüler-Baç, Dean of Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Sabancı University, Professor Adil Sarıbay, Faculty Member at Kadir Has University, Professor Ayşe Üskül of the University of Kent, Kevin N. Ochsner, Chair of Psychology at Columbia University, and Jay Van Bavel, Associate Professor at New York University.
During the ceremony, the theme of the Sakıp Sabancı International Research Awards 2022 was announced as “The future of globalization in the light of Turkey and comparative examples: Is the state coming back?”
As Horizon Europe, the most ambitious Research and Innovation framework programme so far, issues its first calls, FENS and RGP Office have joined their efforts to launch a new workshop series designed for our faculty members and researchers. This workshop series aim to provide essential information on the new instruments of Horizon Europe as well as valuable guidance for building & joining consortia and writing successful proposals to achieve excellence in European research landscape.
The first workshop of this series “Horizon Europe In A Nutshell” on collaborative projects will take place on 17th of April 2021. A day long workshop will provide theoretical information on the structure of Horizon Europe programmes also practical information on identifying the calls relevant to our researchers’ interests, on partner search and budget preparation.
