Lately, listed as featured expert by UNU SDG Explorer:                          https://unu.edu/explore/sustainable-development-goal-12

Lately, member of the Advisory Board of UNDP SDG AI Lab, joint initiative of UNDP Nature, Climate, and Energy Cluster; UNDP Finance Sector Hub; UNDP Istanbul International Center for Private Sector in Development (IICPSD), and UNV-IICPSD DigitalTransformation Partnership https://t.co/Kc6UgQfcxz

RESEARCH:

Dr. Serdar Türkeli conducts policy research and development at the United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) Maastricht University. He applies quantitative and/or qualitative methods to critical political economy and policy issues related to multi-scalar governance of science, technology and innovation (STI), STI policies and their governance.

• Domain Expertise:
  • Governance of Innovation | Complexity of Innovation | Emerging Technologies | Digital Transformation and Economy
  • Innovation for Sustainability | Sustainable Development | Circular Economy | Sustainable Development Goals
  • Social Economy | The Social Entrepreneurship, Advocacy and Public Policy Nexus | Education  
  • Applied Political Economy | Alternative Economies | Societal Transformation

• Data Science and Research Methods: He uses several research methods, mixed method and multi-method analysis to provide critical policy options, recommendations and ideas: 1) Econometrics (e.g. Celbis and Türkeli, 2015) | 2) Structural Equation Modelling Partial Least Squares Path Modelling (e.g. Blohmke, Kemp and Türkeli, 2016) | 3) Artificial Neural Network Analysis (e.g. Türkeli, 2020) | 4) Life Cycle Assessment Decoupling Analysis (e.g. Huang et al., 2018) | 5) Fuzzy-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (e.g. Türkeli, 2012; Bilman and Türkeli, 2013) | 6) Scientometrics Bibliometrics (e.g. Türkeli and Kemp, 2018; Türkeli et al., 2018) | 7) Network analysis (e.g. Türkeli et al., 2018) | 8) Cluster analysis (e.g. Türkeli et al., 2020) | 9) Text Content Analysis (e.g. McDowall et al. 2017; Türkeli et al., 2018) | 10) Q-Methodology (e.g. Türkeli, 2013) | 11) Discourse Analysis (e.g. Türkeli, 2013) | 12) Qualitative Metasynthesis (e.g. Türkeli and Schophuizen, 2019) | 13) Survey research and analysis (e.g. Türkeli et al., 2018; Türkeli et al., 2019 ) | 14) Qualitative research (e.g. Kemp, Barteková, Türkeli, 2017) | 15) Interpretive Structural Modelling and MICMAC (e.g. Türkeli, 2020)

His work has appeared in Journal of Technological Forecasting and Social Change; Journal of Cleaner Production; Journal of Industrial Ecology; Energies; Journal of Sustainability Research; International Economics and Economic Policy; International Economics Letters; Journal Global Policy and Governance; Social Sciences, and as book chapters in Springer, Elsevier and Oxford University Press, and as policy research reports for Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, Turkish Public Enterprises Association, and several European Commission Directorates-General, European Commission Executive Agencies, UN Inter-Agency Task Force on Social and Solidarity Economy and UNESCO.  

TEACHING:

Dr. Türkeli is the co-coordinator and academic advisor of "Social Entrepreneurship and Public Policy" specialisation track of the Master of Science Programme Public Policy and Human Development at the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance | UNU-MERIT. He holds University Teacher Qualification Certificate (BKO) and Advanced University Teacher Training (TATT) certificates.

• Bachelor's Level: Being active at every level of teaching (Bachelor's, Master's and PhD), he developed the bachelor course "Innovation Systems, Policy, and Sustainability Transitions" (UCM SSC 3056) in 2018/2019, supervises UCM MaRBLE projects, e.g.  "SDGs and Universities", "iQuestion", "Homa Reto", as well as UM EDLAB Honours+ projects on the relation between "Eco-innovation and Quality of Life". He also provides supervision for bachelor thesis, and provides guest lectures (e.g. Erasmus University College, Rottterdam).

• Master's Level: Dr. Türkeli was the coordinator and academic advisor of "Innovation, Institutions and Development" (IID) specialisation track of the Master of Science Programme Public Policy and Human Development at the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance/UNU-MERIT and lectured in ''Science, Technology and Innovation Policy’’, the final course of this IID specialisation track since 2012/2013 (Evaluation: 8.5/10 (7-year average). He co-coordinates " Innovation for Sustainability" and "The Social Entrepeneruship Public Polic Nexus" courses and the elective course "Governance and Institutions in Emerging Markets" in Master's in Economics and Strategy in Emerging Markets. He provides guest lectures (e.g. Health Food Innovation Management Master’s Programme, University College Venlo, UM, Venlo; Sustainable Finance, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Sustainable Cities, IHS Rotterdam). He supervises Master's theses (completed supervisions > 50).

• Ph.D. Level: He developed the PhD courses “Economics of Innovation”, "Fuzzy-Sets-Qualitative Comparative Analysis" and "Tensions, Turns and Policy" (GPAC²)  and "Applied Political Economy of Innovation, Governance and Policy Analysis" for full time PhDs. He supervises and attends Degree Committees for PhD theses and provides international guest Ph.D. lectures (e.g. Kozminski University, Warsaw, Poland).

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER & OUTREACH:

Dr. Türkeli is the co-founder of Science, Innovation, Technology, Entrepreneurial Engagement for Societal Welfare (SITE4Society) initiative, physical spaces for learning. He is Member of the Steering Board of Innovation for Sustainable Development Network: Global Network of Networks (networked spaces for learning), and initiator of Climate Innovation Hub, a city level societal multi-actor governance mechanism design and action methdology for policymakers, bureacrats, researchers, entrepreneurs, activists, and students.

He engages several levels of knowledge transfer and outreach activities:  

• Local Outreach: (e.g. Make the SDGs Yours!, OSCE Maastricht, Maastricht University Opening Ceremony Symposium 2018/2019, Act4Global Goals Maastricht...) 
• National Outreach: (e.g. VU Amsterdam Climate Reality Event, ...) , 
• International Outreach: (e.g. Climathon Brussels; Sustainability Transitions and Innovation Review (STIR) Turkey, EU Student Forum Maastricht, Brussels, NASPAA Simulation Competition Budapest 2020; Classroom Talks, Vrije Universiteit Brussel 2020) as guest lecturer, panelist, jury, mentor, expert, and entrepreneurial academic.

He performs reviews for journals, publishers and key conferences (e.g. Science and Public Policy,  GLOBELICS, APPAM).

TECHNOLOGY-ENHANCED RTO INFRASTRUCTURE:

In 2017, he established the Lab at UNU-MERIT/UM.

• Open Online Educational Resources: Digital space for learning consists of research outputs, thematic readers for workgroups on "Social Innovation" and "Migration and Innovation" , guest lecture materials, SMART Tools toolkits such as Litoscope Accelerator Li-A v1.9 – An accelerator for structured entry to a “literature of interest”, outputs of educational innovation projects, such as UM EDLAB Honours+ , UCM MaRBLe, SBE Emerging Markets projects, Master's Thesis Research Booklets...

Background:                                                                                           

Serdar obtained his doctor's degree from Maastricht University, United Nations University; research master of science degree in international studies in computer engineering from University of Duisburg-Essen Germany with an A-level research master’s thesis on international engineering, technology management, and enterprise modelling, and a bachelor's degree in computer engineering from Baskent University (Turkey). Before joining the United Nations University-MERIT and Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, he worked at Middle East Technical University Science and Technology Policies Research Center (METU-TEKPOL) in several international STI policy research and development initiatives (e.g. EC DG INFSO/Information Communication Technologies; EU COST STRIKE/Higher Education, Foreign Direct Investments; EU FP7/European Research Neighbourhood (ERN); TUBITAK/Machinery and Furniture Clusters; TKIB/Strategy for State-owned Enterprises). He completed PhD-level STI policy studies coursework with an assessment of 91/100.

Selected Publications:

Journal Articles (#11); Chapters (> #6); Policy Reports (>#10); Conference Proceedings/Papers (>#5); International Engineering, Technology Management and Entreprise Models (Other conference publications (>#5))

Since 2016, Received citations: 400 ; h-index 7; i10-index: 6 (as of March, 2021)

For selected publications, please see below: 

Selected publications by Serdar Turkeli