Academic Staff

Prof. Dr. Metehan Feridun Sorkun is a faculty member in the Department of Business Administration at İzmir University of Economics and conducts research in the areas of operations management, reverse logistics, and supply chain management. His work has been published in leading academic journals in his field, including International Journal of Operations & Production Management, Journal of Business Logistics, Industrial Marketing Management, and Waste Management.

In the 2009–2010 academic year, Prof. Dr. Sorkun graduated from the Department of Logistics Management at İzmir University of Economics as the top-ranked student of the university and simultaneously completed a double major program in International Trade and Finance.

In 2011, he was admitted to the joint PhD Program in Management offered by Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, the University of Padova, and the University of Verona in Italy. During his doctoral studies, he spent six months as a visiting researcher at the University of Greenwich. He received his PhD in 2016 and, since 2017, has been working as a faculty member in the Department of Business Administration at İzmir University of Economics.

Prof. Dr. Sorkun is currently a visiting professor at Copenhagen Business School, where he continues his academic research.

Beyza Gürel graduated from the Department of Business Administration at İzmir University of Economics in 2016 with a "High Honor" degree on a full scholarship. During her undergraduate studies, she gained professional experience through internships at international firms and took part in entrepreneurship-driven projects as one of the inaugural fellows of the Turkish Entrepreneurship Foundation.
She went on to complete her Integrated Doctoral Program in Business Administration at İzmir University of Economics as a TÜBİTAK doctoral fellow, specializing in accounting. She has also served as a tender evaluator for the Ministry of Industry and Technology.
She currently holds the position of Assistant Professor in the Department of Business Administration at İzmir University of Economics. Her research centers on corporate governance, sustainability reporting, and ESG performance, with publications in internationally recognized journals. She continues to explore the interplay between corporate strategy and environmental sustainability.

Coming from a dual background in engineering and management. Assoc.Prof. in management & organizations field. After studying engineering in Bilkent University, Tampere Institute of Technology (Finland), and Eastern Mediterranean University (Cyprus), I have worked as a software engineer in the industry developing ERP and industrial automation systems. After working in the U.S. during the dotcom boom, I have returned to the academia. I have received my PhD in Management and organizations field in 2009, and became an associate professor in the same field in 2014. I have assumed administrative posts in addition to teaching. Currently I am working on innovation management and strategy, structural and discourse analysis of business organizations, and business analytics fields. In addition to funded research, I work with industry firms and entrepreneurial organizations to keep my research in close touch with the field.

Semra Tunalı graduated from Ege University, Faculty of Engineering, Industrial Engineering Department in 1978. She received her MSc degree in Applied Statistics from Ege University, Institute of Electronic Computing in 1980. Upon her graduation, for a short duration she worked as a Production Control Engineer at ASMAS- Heavy Industrial Machinery Co. Inc. in Izmir, Turkey. She started her academic career as a Research Assistant at Ege University, Faculty of Administrative Sciences in 1980. She received her MBA degree from University of Missouri in St. Louis, U.S.A. in 1985. She continued her academic career in Dokuz Eylul University, Faculty of Engineering, Industrial Engineering Department. After receiving her Ph.D degree from Ege University, Department of Computer Sciences, she has been promoted to Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor in 1992, 1998 and 2004, respectively. Since 2010 she has been working as a Professor at Izmir University of Economics, Faculy of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Business Administration. During her academic career, she has been as a Visiting Fellow at GINTIC Institute of Manufacturing Technology in Singapore (1992-1994), Northwestern University in Chicago, USA, and Loyola University in Chicago, USA (200-2001).

Tuğba Örten Tuğrul graduted from Yeditepe University, Department of Business Administration as a valedictorian, where she had received a full undergarduate scholarship. She started her academic career as a Research Assistant at Izmir University of Economics, Faculty of Administrative Sciences in 2005. She was as a Visiting Fellow at University of Texas Pan-American, in Business College to conduct her dissertation studies in 2008. After receiving her Ph.D degree from Izmir University of Economics, Department of Business Administration, she has been promoted to Assistant Professor and Associate Professor in 2011 and 2016, respectively.

Nilgün Gürkaynak was born in Izmir in 1967. She is a graduate of Izmir American Collegiate Institute (’85). She holds a BBA degree from Boğaziçi University (’89), and an MBA from Dalhousie University (’91) and a PhD in marketing from Yeditepe Unviversity. She was a faculty member of marketing in Yeditepe University between 2000 and 2009; before that she worked for the Coca-Cola Company, GfK, Henkel-Turyağ and Izmir Pamuk Mensucatı. She also provided consultancy and training services for various firms from FMCG, banking, construction materials, real estate and communication sectors.She joined IUE in 2009 and since 2010 she is the Director of School of Applied Managerial Sciences. Her research interests include place marketing, marketing for SMEs, social media and local brands.

Şükrü Özen received his bachelor degree in business administration (BA), master degree in BA, master degree in public administration, and PhD degree in BA from Erciyes University, Middle East Technical University, Erasmus University, and Gazi University, respectively. He was a visiting scholar in Business School at University of Illinois in 2008, 2011 and 2012. Özen has worked for various universities and institutions throughout his career such as Erciyes University, Public Administration Institute for Turkey and the Middle East (TODAIE), Başkent University, and Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University. His main research interests are organization theories, new institutional theory, cross-national diffusion of management knowledge, national business systems, inter-organizational relationships, corporate social responsibility and environmental conflicts between MNCs and local communities. He published in various international journals such as Organization Studies, Organization, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Business Ethics, Organization & Environment, European Management Review, and World Development. He also authored several chapters in edited books published by Routledge and Palgrave publishing. He also published in national journals such as Amme İdaresi Dergisi, Yönetim Araştırmaları Dergisi, Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi Dergisi, Akdeniz Üniversitesi İİBF Dergisi, and Yönetim ve Organizasyon Araştırmaları Dergisi.

Burcu Güneri Çangarlı completed her high school education in Afyon Science High School in 1999. She studied in the Department of Business Administration at Ege University where she received her bachelor's degree in 2004. In the same year, she applied to the Ph.D. program in business administration with a management major at the Izmir University of Economics. In the 2008-2009 academic year, she received a research scholarship from TUBİTAK and studied at Hanken University in Helsinki as a visiting Ph.D. student. In 2009, she received her Ph.D. degree with her thesis named “Mobbing, Power, and Politics in Organizations” and assigned as Asst. Prof. Dr. in the Department of Business Administration. In 2014 she was appointed as associate professor and in 2019 full professor. Prof. Dr. Burcu GUNERI CANGARLI published articles in reputable national and international journals and wrote books and book chapters published by national and international publishers. Her research area of interest includes health care management, workplace bullying, counterproductive work behaviors, leadership, ethics, and culture. She involved in many national and international projects and gave executive education about leadership, ethics, strategy, and motivation. She is looking for ways for education, projects, and academic studies that are more productive and effective and for a working life where the individuals can realize their potential. Burcu GÜNERİ ÇANGARLI, who was the Head of Business Administration between 2017-2020, has been the Dean of the Faculty of Business Administration of Izmir University of Economics since 2020. Burcu Guneri CANGARLI is married and is the mother of twins.