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Conducted Projects

Leadership styles in rural social innovation: implications for followership and local impact
2025
Research Project

Output: Karahasan, M., Bosworth, G. and A. Ahu Gülümser (2025) Leadership styles in rural social innovation: implications for followership and local impact. Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research, 1–19.

https://doi.org/10.1080/13511610.2025.2591085

Graduated Guidance Meets Augmented Reality: Comparative Outcomes for Teaching Hand-Washing in Children with Intellectual Disabilities
2026
IEEE Research Project

Output: N. Tuğbagül Altan Gülgün, Meral Kuyucu, F. Nur Akçin and Gökhan İnce (2026) Graduated Guidance Meets Augmented Reality: Comparative Outcomes for Teaching Hand-Washing in Children with Intellectual Disabilities. IEEE Access, forthcoming.

Building Peaceful Futures Consortium Program (Save the Children) Social Impact Assessment and Analysis
17.01.2022 - 17.02.2023
Republic of Turkey Ministry of Industry and Technology R&D Project Code 77795, ITUNOVA Teknoloji A.Ş. and Idema International Consulting, Development Management, Research, Project and Organization Inc.

Output: Yıldırım, N. and Köroğlu, F. (2024) Revisiting the Impact Evaluation of Women’s Empowerment: A MCDM-Based Evaluation Indicator Selection Framework Proposal. Social Indicators Research 172, 121–145.

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-023-03302-7 (Scopus Q1, WoS SSCI)

Digital Culture Pandemic Recovery Program Needs Analysis and Beneficiary Profiling
01.03.2021 - 14.06.2021
Republic of Turkey Ministry of Industry and Technology R&D Project Code 70687, ITUNOVA Teknoloji A.Ş., Google.org and Inogar Limited Liability Cooperative for Social Development, Solidarity, Innovation, and Project Management

Output: Ay, H.U., Yıldırım, N. and Kaymak, Y. (2022), To be or not to be digital: Digitalization Needs and Clustering-based Profile Analysis of Theatre Artists for Scene 2.0 Pandemic Recovery Programme.

Proceedings, IEEExplore Proceeding, WoS, Scopus, TEMSCON Societal Challenges: Technology, Transitions And Resilience Virtual Conference, April 25 – 29, Izmir, Turkey. pp. 106-111.

Impact Analysis Project of Local Trainings for the EU-Supported Needs Map Social Cooperative Development Program
23.03.2020 - 30.12.2020
Republic of Turkey Ministry of Industry and Technology R&D Project Code 63857, ITUNOVA Teknoloji A.Ş. and Needs Map Limited Liability Cooperative for Solidarity, Intellectual Property Rights, and Project Consulting

Output: Gultekin, D., Yıldırım, N. and Ozturk-Kilic, S. (2024), "Empowering Refugee and Local Women Through Social Cooperatives: An Unfinished Success Story in Southern Türkiye", Social Enterprise Journal, Vol. 20 No. 5, pp. 857-887.

https://doi.org/10.1108/SEJ-03-2024-0035 (Scopus Q1, ESCI)

Preparation of the Training Module for the Center of Excellence for Social Cooperatives Project
01.09.2021 - 31.12.2021
Republic of Turkey Ministry of Industry and Technology R&D Project Code 73801, ITUNOVA Teknoloji A.Ş. and Needs Map Limited Liability Cooperative for Solidarity, Intellectual Property Rights, and Project Consulting

Output: Trainings are available at https://sosyalkooperatif.org/.

Unfunded Project Applications

  • 2022: KA220 HED Erasmus + KA2 KA220-HED - Cooperation Partnerships in Higher Education “EELISA Social Impact Analysis” joint project proposal with UPM (Technical University of Madrid) and UPB (National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest).
  • 2021: World Bank “Labor Market and Skills Assessment Survey in Turkey”
  • 2021: Turkish Philanthropy Funds “Providing equal opportunities to advance human potential/achievement among vulnerable groups in Turkey”
  • 2021: UN WOMEN “Research on the Status, Needs and Priorities of Rural Women in Turkey from a Rights-Based Approach”

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