RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
1986-1988
Research Assistant, Bogazici University:
Turkish
Early Enrichment Project
1988-1993 Research Assistant, Center for International Health
and
Development Communication, Annenberg School for
Communication. Developing education intervention programs on Child
Survival and AIDS in developing countries (Jordan, Indonesia,
Philippines, Zaire, Lesotho, Ghana, Guatemala, Ecuador,Dominican
Republic) and evaluation of these programs for USAID and Academy
for Education and Development.
1992-1995 Communication advisor to World Health Organization
1993-1994
Principal Investigator, World Health Organization, and The Institute of
Child Health, Istanbul University. Dissertation research “The role of
social support and social influence in maternal infant feeding behavior
in Istanbul, Turkey: Examination of social support as a multifaceted
concept in filtering the effects of media messages”
1995-1996 Co-investigator, TUSES, “ Political Islam: Changing
political and religious identities”
1995-1996
Co-investigator, TUSES, “ Political Islam: Changing political and
religious
identities”
1996-1997 Co-investigator, International Union of Psychological
Science, “ Human dimensions of global environmental change”
1997-
Co-investigator, World Population Council, MEAwards, “ Evaluation of
the effects of two empowerment programs for low-income low-education
women in Istanbul”
1997-
Co-investigator and consultant, World Population Council, MEAwards,
“Multi-faceted aspects of environmental problems in Istanbul
and willingness to pay for environmental improvement”
1999-2000 Principal Investigator, World Bank “Poverty as Social
Exclusion: Implications for Long-Term Design of Development Practices”
2001-2002
Principle Investigator, European Science Foundation “Environmental
courses and Perceptions in Northern and Southern Europe” |