Project Experience

Date from – to	Day	Location	Company & reference person	Position	Description
Nov 2024 to June 2025	236	Sharjah, UAE	Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA)	Principal Investigator (PI)	Lead the AUS research team, overseeing all aspects of the project. Conduct interviews and oversee both qualitative and quantitative data collection, including surveys and focus groups. Lead the analysis of qualitative and quantitative data using tools such as maxQDA and STATA. Contribute to formulating findings and policy recommendations for the report. Meet with Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) stakeholders to ensure smooth collaboration throughout the project. Manage the ethical approval processes and ensure adherence to research standards. Manage research assistants and oversees the overall project timeline and deliverables.
Jan 2020 to Dec 2021	7	Ankara Van Çanakkale Diyarbakır İzmir Samsun Mersin	Ministry of National Education (MoNE) Meltem Gülnar, Project Coordinator meltemgulnarr@gmail.com	Project Expert	Gave training lectures on “Sociological Aspects of Adult Learning” for “European Adult Education Agenda 5” project funded by EU
Mar 2019 to July 2021	45	Ankara Adana Bursa Konya Samsun Gaziantep Van	Cambridge Education – funded by UNICEF Sevilay Bicici, Coordinator Sevilay.Bicici@camb-ed.com	Senior Supervisor	Studied on International Institutional Consultancy on Turkey Country Report on Out-of-school Children (OOSC) sponsored by UNICEF Data collectors training and pre-test of tools in schools; Supervising the data collection in 6 provinces including primary survey, key informant interviews (KIIs) and focus group discussions (FGDs)*; Conducting FGDs and KIIs as relevant; Transcriptions and quality control of data; Cleaning and analysis of the qualitative data; Presentation of findings, lessons learned and recommendations.
July 2020 to Dec 2020	40	Ankara	Ministry of Interior – Republic of Turkey Directorate General for. Relations with Civil Society Sercan Yavuz – Expert Sercan.yavuz2@icisleri.gov.tr	Senior Non-key Expert	Worked in the project titled “Ministry of Interior General Directorate of Civil Society Relations Legal Framework and Capacity Building Project” as a Senior Non-Key Expert. Prepared the conceptual framework and question sets for questionnaires and face-to-face interviews Conducted one-on-one meetings Analyzed the results of questionnaires and one-on-one interviews and reported after the approval of the Administration Presented the findings in the workshops, provided moderation support in the relevant sessions, presented opinions to the workshop report
Mar 2020 to Oct 2020	60	Ankara	Ministry of Interior – Republic of Turkey Department of Internal Security Strategies Tumerkan Terzi – Expert tumerkan.terzi@icisleri.gov.tr	Project Manager	Coordinated a project titled “Vefa Social Support Group Activities Satisfaction and Perception Study” Prepared an online survey and analyzed the results Conducted 45 in-dept interviews online Wrote a final report
Mar 2020 to Jul 2020	30	Ankara	Ministry of Interior – Republic of Turkey Department of Internal Security Strategies Tumerkan Terzi – Expert tumerkan.terzi@icisleri.gov.tr	Project Manager	Coordinated a project titled “Social Impact Assessment Study of The Ministry Services” Prepared a survey Coordinated 12 provinces and data collectors Analyzed the results Wrote a final report
Mar 2018 to Mar 2019	30	Ankara Bursa Eskişehir Hatay Malatya Manisa Mardin Ordu	Ministry of National Education (MoNE) Meltem Gülnar, Project Coordinator meltemgulnarr@gmail.com	Project Expert	Worked for “European Adult Education Agenda 4” project Conducted a field research on ex-convicts, probationers and employers Developed a survey to describe the employment status of ex-convicts and probationers The employer survey consisted of four questions and was carried out by the Turkish Employment Agency with 8,243 employers active across 81 provinces of Turkey. The survey carried out with ex-convicts and probationers consisted of 29 questions and was carried out by 138 probation directorates via Ministry of Justice General Directorate of Prisons and Detention Houses with 1,915 ex-convicts and probationers. Analyzed data using SPSS and wrote final report.
Mar 2017 to Mar 2018	45	Ankara Adana Zonguldak Batman Diyarbakır Denizli	Funda Dağdelen, Project Coordinator fnddagdelen@gmail.com	Field Researcher	Worked for for “Engendering An Equal Future” Project funded by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Netherlands through the agency of the Embassy of the Netherlands & Turkish Education Association (TED) Conducted a field research on teachers in 5 TED Schools in 5 different provinces. Developed a survey to measure gender equality perceptions of primary and elementary school teachers Analyzed data using SPSS and wrote final report.
Feb 2016 to Sep 2016	25	Ankara İzmir Samsun Trabzon Erzurum Sivas Malatya Batman Mardin Şanlıurfa Karaman	British Council Fatma Uluc (Team Leader) fatmauluc@gmail.com	Senior Gender Expert (Non-Key)	Senior Gender Expert for “Promoting Gender Equality in Education Project” funded by EU Commission & MoNE Revised gender part and modules of Gender Sensitive School Standards (GEATS) training materials in order to be used in Gender Equality Certificate Programme trainings according to the needs of different target groups. Prepared gender part of Gender Equality Certificate Program Trainer’s Handbook and other training materials and finalised them after the trainings with necessary revision. Delivered gender trainings in Gender Equality Certificate Program Training of Trainers.
Jun 2015 to Sep 2016	100	Ankara İzmir Samsun Trabzon Erzurum Sivas Malatya Batman Mardin Şanlıurfa Karaman	British Council Fatma Uluc (Team Leader) fatmauluc@gmail.com	Junior Education and Gender Expert (Non-Key)	Junior Education and Gender Expert for “Promoting Gender Equality in Education Project” Assisted senior education and gender expert to define working methodology and working schedule for GEATs and to make other preparations Set agenda for meetings, organized them and prepared their reports Reviewed good practices similar to GEATs and Primary School Institutional Standards (İKS) Drafted methodology for designing GEATS submitted to MoNE for their review Assist senior education and gender expert to prepare GEATS Participated into Baseline Assessment and Need Analysis workshop Assisted senior education and gender expert to develop GEATS User Guide and Trainer Handbook Supervised 1 day GEATS trainings in 16 pilot schools in 4 provinces
Jun 2015 to Sep 2016	60	Ankara Sivas Malatya	British Council Fatma Uluc (Team Leader) fatmauluc@gmail.com	Regional Coordinator	Regional Coordinator for Sivas and Malatya provinces for “Promoting Gender Equality in Education Project” Supported Provincial Coordination Committees Communicated and dialogued with possible participants of provincial coordination committees Participated into the meetings of provincial coordination committees effectively Worked with the contact person of Provincial Directorate for National Education in order to provide effectiveness of provincial coordination committees Supported provincial capacity building in order to promote sustainability and increase the effectiveness of project activities Made a study on existing resources, ongoing programmes, outcomes, human resources and persons, institutions, and organizations in provinces that could be cooperated. Supported provincial capacity by providing expertise, document, information that province needs on gender equality in education Worked closely with pilot schools in order to support and give information on project Monitored and supported carrying out project activities in provinces Planed, carried out and monitored project activities in the provinces under their responsibility Supported project communication activities in pilot provinces Supported the organization of all activities in the provincial level and participated and coordinated related project activities in provinces Reported and collected good examples from correlated provinces Provided timely data related to activities in provinces Under the guidance of finance coordinator, kept the records of expenses that related to activities in provinces Monitored and coordinated the distribution of project publications and training materials