Education:

a) PhD., Boğaziçi University, Department of Political Sciences and International Relations, (1997-2001)

b) MA., Boğaziçi University, Department of Political Sciences and International Relations, (1995-1997)

c) BA., Boğaziçi University, Department of Political Sciences and International Relations, (1990-1995)

d) Galatasaray Lisesi (1982-1990)

Work Experience:

 

a) Founder, Infakto Research Workshop, (2003)

 

b) Business Processes Leader, STRATEJİ|MORI, Research and Planning Ltd., (2000-2003)

• · Responsible of development and implication of new business processes

• · Responsible of launching web-surveys and online panels

• · Responsible of establishment of CAPI and CATI systems

• · Prepared action plan for transferring of business processes of the company to the Web.

b) Project Manager, SAM, (1997-2000)

• · Responsible of designing and launching surveys

• · Responsible of preparing sample plans for surveys

• · Developed multivariate models for analysis

• · Responsible of public opinion polls launched for a major political party during 1998-1999 election campaign

c) Research Assistant, Boğaziçi University, Department of Political Sciences and International Relations, (1996-1999)

• · Research assistant for Social Statistics and Social Research courses

• · Instructor for laboratory sessions for Social Research courses

• · Teaching assistant to Prof. Yılmaz Esmer, Ass. Prof. Ali Çarkoğlu and Mike Dillon of Binghampton University

• · Research assistant and coordinator for several surveys conducted by Esmer and Çarkoğlu

Publications:

a) "Fairness in the Apportionment of Seats in Turkish Legislature: Is There Room for Improvement", with Ali Çarkoğlu, New Perspectives on Turkey (Fall, 1998)

b) "Türk Gençliği ve Siyasal Katılım: Bir Endeks Denemesi"; in Katıl ve Geleceğini Yarat, IRI Publications, (2001)

c) Between Exit and Loyalty: Dealignment and Realignment in the Turkish party system, unpublished PhD. Dissertation, 200

d) “Proje Yönetimi ve Etik: Siyasal Araştırmalar Örneği”, paper submitted to Project Management Congress’02 , 2002 (with Selim Oktar)

e)   “Integrating Decision Making and Business Intelligence: A Roadmap to the Boardroom”, Proceedings of ESOMAR Technovate Congress , 2003 (with Selim Oktar)

f) "Türk Gençliği ve Siyasal Katılım: 1999-2003", Katıl ve Geleceğini Yarat II, 2003, Toplumsal Katılım ve Gelişim Vakfı Yay.

g) “Türk Gençliğinin İnsan Hakları Konusundaki Tutumlarının Belirleyicileri: Bir Çok Değişkenli Analiz Denemesi”, in İnsan Hakları Gençlik Araştırması, Social Participation and Development Foundation Publications (2003)

h) “Creating a New Corporate Culture for Sustainable Growth and High Performance for the 21st Century: A Case Study” Proceedings of ESOMAR Annual Congress, 2003 (with Selim Oktar and Tahsin Saltık)

i) “Integrating Decision Making and Business Intelligence: A Roadmap to the Boardroom”, Excellence in Research, ESOMAR, (2004) (with Selim Oktar)

j) “The Missing Element: Turkish Public Opinion towards the US”, Turkish Perspectives Quarterly, Spring 2005

k) “A Fourth Alternative for Turkey: A Democratic Middle East”, Turkish Perspectives Quarterly, Summer 2005

l) “Sosyal Sermaye, Güven ve Türk Gençliği” (Social Capital, Trust and Turkish Youth), in Genclik, Toplum Liderligi ve Sosyal Sermaye, Toplumsal Katılım ve Gelişim Vakfı Yayınları, (2005)

 

Conferences :

a) 2003, ESOMAR (World Association of Research Professionals), Technovate, Cannes

b) 2001, ESOMAR (World Association of Research Professionals), NetEffects 4, Barcelona

c) 2000, ESOMAR (World Association of Research Professionals), Annual Meeting, Vienna

d) 1997, ISA (International Statistiscians Association)Workshop on Sampling in Developing Countries, İstanbul

1. French, very good

2. English, very good

Prizes:

Turkish Society for Social Sciences, The Competition of Young Social Scientist, Second Prize with the paper "The Uneasy Task: Consolidating Democracies in the Globalization Era", 1999

ESOMAR, John and Mary Goodyear Prize for the Best International Paper, Technovate Congress Nominations with  “Integrating Decision Making and Business Intelligence: A Roadmap to the Boardroom”

1. MS Office Components

2. Statistical tools: SPSS, Eviews, STATA, AMOS, Answertree

3. Data Collection tools: Confirmit, Sensus Trade-off and Sensus Q&A, ACA, SSI Web