Executive Board

Prof. Dr. Burak Doğu (Director)
IUE New Media and Communication 

Burak Doğu is a Professor of Communication and Director of the EKOKENT Research and Application Center at Izmir University of Economics. He formerly served as Head of the Department of New Media and Communication and Vice Dean of the Faculty of Communication. During 2016-17, he was a research fellow at New York University’s Department of Sociology. He earned his Ph.D. from Ege University, during which he completed an academic year at University of Turin and University of Eastern Piedmont. His published academic papers have appeared in journals such as Environmental Communication, Journalism, International Journal of Communication, and Democratization. Doğu teaches courses on communication and digital media theories and supervises senior projects. His research interests include environmental communication, framing, social movements, and networking.

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Asst. Prof. Dr. Ali Burak Özkaya
IUE Basic Medical Sciences

I have completed my master's and PhD education in biochemistry with a focus on cancer biology and more spesifically metabolism of cancer cells. I have worked as a reseracher and a teaching assistant in several labs in Turkey, Germany and USA. I also have industry experience having been worked in R&D for drug, medical device and IVD assay development. My primary responsibilities in the faculty are the execution of the medical biochemistry education and management of the electronic learning platform. I am instructing theoretical and practical learning activities, and coordinating e-learning activities of the faculty. I am also a member of the Medical Education Commission of the faculty, which oversee, evaluate and augment the curriculum. Due to my research background, I am actively working in research activities of the faculty and instructing scientific/critical thinking to both undergraduate and graduate students of my university.

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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Altuğ Akın
IUE New Media and Communication

Altug Akin is an associate professor doctor at Izmir University of Economics, Turkey. His research focus is mainly about the relationship between communication and social/behaviour change: How do we better understand and use communication for a better social and personal life? Altug Akin completed his doctoral studies in audio-visual communication at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Spain; and masters’ studies in journalism studies at the Stockholm University, Sweden. Mr. Akin was a visiting scholar at Annenberg School for Communication of UPENN, between 2015 and 2016. Parallel to his academic career, Altug Akin has been contributing to several media outlets, including the BBC World Service Turkish Section, where he worked as a journalist. Most recently, he established and lead the unit of Communication for Development and Social Change at UNICEF Turkey. He currently chairs the Department of New Media and Communication at Izmir University of Economic and support WHO Euro as a Risk Communication and Community Engagement expert. Dr. Akin has literature translations from Spanish and English to Turkish.

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Asst. Prof. Dr. Derya Özkan
IUE Cinema and Digital Media

Received her Ph.D. in 2008 from the Visual and Cultural Studies Program at the University of Rochester in the USA. Was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Munich in Germany from 2008 to 2011. From 2011 to 2016, she was the director of the research project "Changing Imaginations of Istanbul. From Oriental to the Cool City" funded by the Emmy Noether Program of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation). Has been working as an Assistant Professor in the Cinema and Digital Media department at IEU since 2016. She chaired the Cinema and Digital Media department from 2017 to 2020.

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Prof. Dr. Ebru Uzunoğlu
IUE Public Relations and Advertising

Ebru Uzunoglu is Professor of Public Relations and Advertising Department at Izmir University of Economics (IUE). She worked as the head of the department for 8 years and as the Acting Dean of the Communication Faculty for 2,5 years. She worked as a visiting scholar at Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications - Northwestern University between 2016-2017. She has published several academic papers in the leading journals including Public Relations Review, Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of Marketing Communications, International Journal of Information Management, and Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. She is the co-editor of Integrated Communication in Post-Modern Era with Prof. Dr. Philip J. Kitchen. She also has published many chapters in different international books. She teaches courses on Principles of Public Relations, Marketing Communications, Communication Campaign Design, Senior Project, and Brand Management. Her research interests include integrated marketing communications, brand communications, corporate communication, and social media implementations. Before her academic career, she worked at several national and international companies as a marketing communication specialist and product manager for 12 years. She is the member of the Izmir Public Relations Association and was the Board Member for three terms.

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Prof. Dr. Hayriye Özen
IUE Sociology

Dr Özen received her PhD in Sociology from the Middle East Technical University in 2007. She specializes in political sociology with specific interest in social and political movements, populism and informal politics. Her articles have appeared in Current Sociology, South European Society and Politics, World Development, Organization, Organization and Environment, Geoforum, Environmental Communication, Environmental Politics, Amme İdaresi Dergisi, SBF and Mülkiye Dergisi. Dr Özen also authored chapters in edited books published by John Benjamins, Lexington and Routledge publishing.

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Assoc. Prof. Dr. Onur Mengi
IEU Industrial Design

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Onur Mengi is an interdisciplinary academic with experience in teaching industrial design and design management since 2010, and an interdisciplinary designer with experience working on various scale projects ranging from product design to urban design in Turkey since 2006. He has skills across education, business, and research, and uses an evidence-based and end-user driven design methodology both in his teaching practice and his research. His research and education background in the creative industries and knowledge ecosystem give him ability to pioneer new ideas in the industrial design area using multi-level perspectives and systems thinking to generate innovative design strategies that deliver value, engagement, and impact. He is a research collaborator to QUT Design Lab in Creative Industries Faculty at Queensland University of Technology, Australia.