Projects

Research, capacity-building, and community projects I lead, advise on, teach within, or contribute to.

1. EDAR — Empowering Disaster-Affected Scholars through Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration and Capacity Building

   Ongoing since March 2025 · British Council, UK · Principal investigator

   An international partnership for interdisciplinary research collaboration and capacity building with scholars affected by disasters.

2. Empowering Student Voices: New SVSJ Directions

   Ongoing since 2026 · TÜBİTAK 2232 · Researcher

3. Ecotherapy for Psychosocial Empowerment

   Ongoing since December 2025 · TÜBİTAK 4008 Inclusive Community Practices Support Programme · Advisor

4. Training Support for Special Education Teachers and Other Professionals Working with Children with Special Needs in the Earthquake Region

   Completed · Center for Disaster Philanthropy, USA · Project director · 2024–2025

   This international project combined training support with the renovation of four special education classrooms.

5. Libraries, Special Education Classrooms, Mind and Intelligence Games Rooms, and Sports Areas for Earthquake-Affected Schools

   Completed · Project director · 2024–2025

6. Assessing Undergraduate Students' Neurodiversity and Special Needs Awareness

   TÜBİTAK 2209 (Undergraduate Research Support Programme) · Advisor · 2025–2026

7. Evaluating High School English-Teaching Activity Books for Neurodivergent and Special-Needs Students, through the Lens of Universal Design

   Ongoing · TÜBİTAK 2209 (Undergraduate Research Support Programme) · Advisor · since 2025

8. Examining Game-Based English Teaching Materials for Students with ADHD

   TÜBİTAK 2209 (Undergraduate Research Support Programme) · Advisor · 2025–2026

9. Supporting Children in Sudden Life Events

   TÜBİTAK 2237 · Instructor · 2024

10. Developmental Report Preparation Training for Undergraduate Students

    Ongoing · TÜBİTAK 2237 · Instructor · since 2026

11. Emotional Regulation Support Project for Refugee Families and Their Children

    Completed · university-funded scientific research project · Project director · 2021–2022