The journal article entitled “On the Effect of the Respiratory Droplet Generation Condition on COVID-19 Transmission” by Ali Hosseinpour Shafaghi, PhD student in mechatronics engineering program of Sabancı University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences (FENS), was published in the Fluids journal, one of the significant journals in the field of fluid mechanics. Attracting a lot of attention, the article was selected as an Editor’s Choice due to the citations it received within a short period of time.
Co-authored by Morteza Ghorbani, researcher atSabancı University Center of Excellence for Functional Surfaces and Interfaces (EFSUN) and Sabancı University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center (SUNUM), Ali Koşar, FENS faculty member, SUNUM Distinguished Researcher and EFSUN Co-Director, and Farzad Rokhsar Talabazar, FENS Mechatronics Engineering PhD student, the article can be accessed from this link. The study covered by the article is a nice example of the cross-disciplinary work carried out at EFSUN.
CDP, the world’s biggest environmental reporting platform, of which Sabancı University Corporate Governance Forum has been the partner in Turkey since 2010, will hold the 12th Climate Change Virtual Conference and Award Ceremony on Tuesday, April 19.
Garanti BBVA is the main sponsor of the conference during which CDP Turkey’s work in the past year will be presented. The conference will start with the opening speeches of Ebru Dildar Edin, Executive Vice President of Garanti BBVA, and Paul Dickinson, Co-Founder and Executive Chair of CDP.
Gonzalo Muñoz, High Level Climate Action Champion for the 25th Conference of the Parties (COP25) will be the main speaker of the event. Following the presentations about CDP Turkey’s 2021 results, a panel entitled “The End of Uncertainty in Public Policies and the New Business Normal” will be held. The conference will end after CDP Award Ceremony and closing speeches.
Works by David Hockney, considered one of the most influential and creative artists of our time, will be coming to Turkey for the first time as part of the exhibition titled The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020.
The Sakıp Sabancı Museum, in collaboration with Akbank, will host The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020 by David Hockney, who is one of the most inspiring artists of the 20th and 21st centuries. The Sakıp Sabancı Museum in Istanbul will be the third museum venue for the exhibition, which was previously shown at the Royal Academy in London and Bozar in Brussels.
Hockney, who has been experimenting with new technologies and different methods of making art throughout his career, began to draw on an iPhone and iPad in the early 2000s. This exhibition, a culmination of this particular technological quest, includes 116 of the artist's iPad paintings, the subject of which heralds the arrival of spring. These were all executed in Normandy in 2020, during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In these ‘paintings’, Hockney depicts a landscape filled with fruit trees, bushes, flower beds, ponds and rivers, fields, and distant hills, capturing the annual cycle of spring from bare trees to buds, flowers, and abundant green foliage. The exhibition celebrates the season from beginning to end, reminding us of the miracles of the natural world and its constant renewal.
Sabancı University International Relations Office (IRO) visited several leading high schools in Baku, Azerbaijan in the period 30 March-04 April 2022 and attended the Turkish Universities Education Fair, held on 3rd of April 2022 in Hilton Baku.
Our alumnus Musa Baghirov (BA in Management, 2022) cooperated with IRO team by joining this education fair and helped answer prospective students’ questions about studying at Sabancı University and living in Turkey.
Other SU alumni, Vusala Aghayeva (BA in Management, 2021) and Ali Ismayilov (BA in Management, 2017) also cooperated with IRO team during their Azerbaijan visit by giving interviews about their educational experience as SU undergraduate students. The alumni also got together in House Café Baku.
Major Fest will be held virtually in the period 18 – 27 April 2022 to help SU undergraduate students in their major program exploration journey.
The event is held during the fall and spring terms and encompasses various activities such as program presentations, alumni panels and workshops. At Major Fest students have the opportunity to meet with faculty members and alumni from all undergraduate programs.
Program sessions will be held in English, workshops will be held in English and in Turkish.
Due to the Russia-Ukraine war, you may find information about the transfer and special student application procedures of students studying in universities in Ukraine from the links below:
A Nano Open Seminar entitled "SMEs and Digital Transformation" will be held at 11:00 on Tuesday, April 13 2022 by Sabancı University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center. Tuğçe Sağdur Akdik, R&D and Technology Department Manager at Istanbul Chamber of Industry, will be the speaker at the seminar.
Akdik will provide information about the activities and projects carried out by Istanbul Chamber of Industry in order to support the digital transformation of SMEs (small and medium sized enterprises). Akdik will also share information about MIND4MACHINES, an EU project coordinated by Istanbul Chamber of Industry and supported in the framework of Horizon2020 program. MIND4MACHINES aims to provide financial support for efforts of SMEs and start-ups generating smart digital solutions for the manufacturing sector in the field of industry 4.0, and create a multiplier effect through accelerator program and other project activities.
About Tugce Sagdur Akdik
Tugce Sagdur Akdik received her bachelor’s degree from Food Engineering at Istanbul Technical University. She is a Registered Technology Transfer Professional (RTTP) which refers to a professional credential for Technology Transfer or Knowledge Exchange professionals to designate individuals with advanced knowledge and experience. She has 15 years of experience in the field of knowledge and technology transfer. She worked as EU Projects Responsible at Kalite Sistem Group - Mérieux Nutrisciences and focused on grant development and management as well as business development activities for 6 years. She was involved in many successful EU Projects in terms of project coordination and proposal development.
She started to work at Ozyegin University (OzU) Technology Transfer Office (TTO), one of the most successful and leading TTOs in Turkey, just after its establishment. She worked at OzU TTO for 8,5 years and mainly focused on university-industry collaboration, grant development, IPR management, commercialization and entrepreneurship activities. She took role as the TTO Manager. She gave mentorship in the establishment of other TTOs in different regions of Turkey and gave different trainings, especially on proposal writing and university-industry collaboration.
Tugce Sagdur Akdik has been working as the manager of R&D and Technology Department of Istanbul Chamber Industry since July 2021.
Organized by the Turkish University Sports Federation, and hosted by Hatay Mustafa Kemal University, the Turkey Inter-University Taekwondo Championship was held on March 25-28, 2022.
Mehmet Kani Polat, student of Sabancı University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, became the Turkish Inter-University Taekwondo Champion by winning all the matches by a landslide.
Following this achievement, Mehmet Kani Polat will represent our country and Sabancı University at the "World University Games" to be held in Chengdu, China from June 26 to July 7, 2022, and at the "European Universities Games" to be held in Lodz, Poland on July 26-31, 2022.
We congratulate our student and wish him success at the "World University Games" and the "European Universities Games".
Being the first international award program in Turkey in the field of social sciences, the Sakıp Sabancı International Research Awards were given for the 17th time this year.
Endowed in the will of the late Sakıp Sabancı, the Honorary Chairperson of Sabancı University, the Sakıp Sabancı International Research Awards continue to reward scientists in the field of social sciences. The 2022 theme of the Sakıp Sabancı International Research Awards was “The Future of Globalization: Return of the State?”. Professor Pippa Norris, who has taught at Harvard for three decades as the Paul F. McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics, has been found deserving of the Jury Prize. The author of 50 books about government systems, electoral integrity, and democracy, and the scientist with the second highest number of citations in the field of social sciences according to Google Scholar, Professor Norris is also the Founding Director of the Electoral Integrity Project implemented by Harvard University and the University of Sydney.
During her speech in the online award ceremony, Güler Sabancı, the Founding Chair of Sabancı University Board of Trustees, said, “Organized with the valuable contributions of the Sakıp Sabancı Family and hosted by Sabancı University, the Sakıp Sabancı International Research Awards are highly valuable for us in that they are the first and only international award program in Turkey in the field of social sciences”. Güler Sabancı continued as follows: “Around this time last year, we were talking about coping with the pandemic, the common problem of humanity, all together. Today, an international conflict has been added to the ongoing global problem. The war taking place a little beyond our borders is worrying for us all. In this period when peace is under threat in the whole world, we need the guidance of social sciences more than ever.”
Highlighting that, empowered by social sciences, the Sakıp Sabancı International Research Awards achieves an important mission by helping to understand today and shed light on tomorrow, covering a different theme every year, Güler Sabancı said the number of applicants’ countries increased every year, covering a large geographical zone from the US to India, proving the strong international characteristic of the award program. Güler Sabancı: “This year we have received applications from various countries such as Jamaica, Mexico, North Macedonia and Hungary, which demonstrates the inclusivity of our award program. There is no doubt that the theme of this year, which is “The Future of Globalization: Return of the State?”, is very important for us all, considering the circumstances we are in.”
THEME OF NEXT YEAR’S AWARD: “THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY: REPUBLICANISM IN THEORY AND PRACTICE”
Pointing out that Sabancı University would continue to support science and researchers not only in the field of social sciences but also in management sciences, engineering and natural sciences, Güler Sabancı added,“We will continue to break ground like our Altunizade Digital Campus that we established last year. Our University’s education structure that eliminates the walls between disciplines makes considerable contributions to our country raising successful entrepreneurs. We are glad that we can reflect our philosophy of creating and developing together not only in science but also in many other fields including education, economics, and technology”.
Noting that the Sakıp Sabancı International Research Awards tried to shed light on tomorrow by making sense of today, Güler Sabancı said the following:
“As you know, we will celebrate the 100th anniversary of our Republic, which we established and developed together under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. With this in mind, our Award Committee, which leads the process, set the theme of next year as “The 100th Anniversary of the Republic of Turkey: Republicanism in Theory and Practice”. I am confident that we will reward stimulating research next year as well”.
PIPPA NORRIS: “GLOBALIZATION SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED SIMPLY WITH OTHER CONCEPTS”
During the speech she delivered at the online award ceremony, Professor Pippa Norris, winner of the Jury Prize at the 2022 International Research Awards, said, “I am truly honored and delighted to be able to participate in this year’s Sakıp Sabancı International Research Awards, one of the foremost world prizes in terms of recognizing and encouraging excellence in the social sciences.”.
In her speech, Norris, referring to the theme of the 2022 awards, said, “Globalization is a global phenomenon and it is complex. It should not be confused simply with Westernization, nor with Americanization, an older concept, as the word is sometimes called. Many of those who are leading global countries are in fact those in Europe, like the Netherlands, like Belgium, like Singapore in Asia, highly-integrated with world economies, as the United States is as well. Turkey currently ranks about 58th out of 208 independent states in the 2021 KOF globalization index. And many values are changing in countries around the world.”
“WE MAY BE AT A TIPPING POINT BETWEEN NATIONAL ISOLATIONISM AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION”
Stating that there are no simple answers to the question about whether signs suggest that the early twenty-first century has experienced a retreat back towards the older forces of nationalism, Pippa Norris continued as follows:
“Developments are clearly moving into a world, which is even more interdependent than it has been in the past. Enduring ties between countries exist and can be strengthened. Let me just give you three events which illustrate these broad changes. Firstly, clearly the Covid pandemic. Countries have seen how this particular problem spreads from one to another around the world at different phases. And It is no respecter of artificial borders or lines drawn on map. Secondly, we can see the revival of international conflict. There are many reasons why we all hoped and often assumed, that never again would there be a major war on the European continent. But Russia’s invasion, a major nuclear power invading its neighboring state with tanks and missiles at the whim of its leader, the images we have all seen, flattened civilian homes and major casualties, hospitals in the rubble, train stations being bombed, the worst European conflict arguably in terms of the numbers of deaths and certainly destructions since 1945, highlights that Europe was complacent. Finally, what else is challenging the idea that globalization has departed, clearly, the challenges of global warming and climate change. The Paris agreement took the world one step further towards some united response. No country, not even the richest states in the world, can avoid or has been immune from the consequences, whether it is floods in Germany, whether it is hurricanes and typhoons in the United States, whether it is bush wildfires and floods in Australia. Cooperation and collaboration is even more essential in the 21st century than it has been in the past. In my heart, I hope that cooperation is victorious in this battle. I hope we continue to understand the issues of globalization and the researches which is being sponsored and supported in this award program really advances our understanding.”
APPLICATIONS EVALUATED BY AN INTERNATIONAL AND INDEPENDENT JURY
The award program is carried out by Sabancı University, under the leadership of Sabancı University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the Istanbul Policy Center, and essays submitted are evaluated by an independent and international jury. In the context of the award program, a different theme is determined every year from across all the disciplines of social sciences ranging from economics to politics, history, and psychology. This year, the international award program has received applications from 12 countries ranging from the US, to India, Jamaica, and Macedonia.
The three award-winning essays of this year are listed below:
Ufuk Akçiğit (USA - Chicago University) & Sina Ateş (USA - Federal Reserve Board - The views in this paper are solely the responsibility of the authors and should not be interpreted as reflecting the views of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or of any other person associated with the Federal Reserve System-)
Economic Policy and the Role of Government in a Globalized World
Mert Moral (Turkey - Sabancı University) & Evgeny A. Sedashov (Russia - National Research University Higher School of Economics)
The Reversal of Electoral Fortunes: Anti-Elitist Attitudes in the Age of Populism and Globalization
Paula D. Ganga (USA - Columbia University)
Bringing the State Back In: Populism, Economic Nationalism and the Instrumentalization of Globalization in Europe
Dr. Oya Yeğen, 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 Prof. Dr. Fuat Keyman, Sabancı University Vice President and Director of the Istanbul Policy Center, Prof. Dr. Meltem Müftüler-Baç, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Sabancı University, Prof. Dr. Houchang Chehabi, Professor of International Relations at Boston University, Prof. Dr. Sheri Berman, Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, Dr. Mustafa Kutlay, senior lecturer in the Department of International Politics at City, University of London, and Dr. Kerim Can Kavaklı, assistant professor of political science at Bocconi University.
