Research

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
  • Aging Design: Older adults’ Interaction with the Environment
  • The Influence of Indoor Air Quality on Cognitive Behaviours
  • Virtual Reality Applications in Architectural Design Process
GRANTS

Proposal Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Fellowship Application –  HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, Development of an assessment framework for identifying feasible circular buildings models: “Circular-TR”, as Bilkent University Project Coordinator along Cihan Kayaçetin as the main proposer, submitted in September 2023.

Proposal Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Fellowship Application –  HORIZON-MSCA-2023-PF-01, “DEMANS: DEMentia in Ankara and the Nature of Surroundings: Homes, outdoor green spaces, and neighbourhoods as urban landscapes of well-being and care:  DEMANS24-26”, as Bilkent University Project Coordinator along Meghan Ward as the main proposer, submitted in September 2023.

“Ofis binalarında enerji ile ilgili kullanıcı davranışlarının araştırılması: Bina fiziği ve sosyal psikoloji bağlamında disiplinler arası bir çalışma”, TUBITAK 1002 Short Term Support Module Application, adviser, along with principal investigator İrem Yumuşak (my PhD Student). 04/2023-04/2024, Budget: 60.000 TL.

“Neural variation of scene perception in indoors depending on scene categories and behavioral goals”, TUBITAK 1002 Short Term Support Module, principal investigator, along with adviser Asst. Prof. Ayşe Burcu Ürgen. 10/2022-10/2023, Budget: 60.000 TL.

“Human thermal comfort thresholds within indoor and outdoor environments – Facing rising heat levels in an era of climate change, the case of Ankara, Turkey”. TÜBİTAK 2236 – Co-Funded Brain Circulation Scheme (European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska -Curie grant agreement Nº 801509) Project Coordinator – Asst. Prof. Dr. Andre Santos Nouri; Host Institutions (x2): Y. Afacan, Bilkent University – Prof. Dr. Andreas Matzarakis University of Freiburg) International Project Collaborators (x4): Prof. Dr. Sorin Cheval (University of Bucharest), Prof. Dr. Tzu-Ping Lin (National Cheng Kung University), Prof. Dr. Andreas Christen (University of Freiburg), Prof. Dr. Onur Çalışkan (Ankara University) €143.520

“Citylab: Nurturing Knowledge And Learning for Sustainable and Inclusive Urban Development”, Swedish Institute (SI) Funding- Sweden-Turkey Cooperation- Assoc. Prof.Dr. Yasemin Afacan as Co-manager along with principal investigator Assoc. Prof. Dr. Johanna Alkan Olsson, Lund University. 01/03/2020-28/02/2021. Budget 47000 Euro.

“The Influence of Indoor Air Quality on Primary Students’ Performance”. Outstanding Young Scientist Award by Turkish Academy of Science (TÜBA-GEBIP 2018-2020). Budget: 60.000 TL

“The Importance of Accessible Housing Design for Older Women Adults”. Outstanding Young Scientist Award by the Science Academy of Turkey (BAGEP-2017-2019). Budget: 30.000 TL

“Education for Sustainability”, TUBITAK 4005 Science and Society Innovative Education Practices grant, Adviser (Danisman) along with principal investigator Asst. Prof Armagan Ateskan and her co-principal investigators Asst.  Prof. Jennie Lane and Vis. Assoc. Prof. Erdat Çataloğlu. Budget: 24.000 TL.

“Universally Designed Built Environments at the Urban Scale (UDBUS)”,               funded by Centre for Aging and Research and Development in Ireland    (CARDI) Ageing Research Grants Programme 2009, Queens University         Belfast, Completed.               01/06/2009-31/05/2010. Project Partner. Budget: €15,000

The Effects of Home Environments on Ageing in Place: Exploring the Potential of Universal Design” funded by The DAIWA Anglo-Japanese Foundation, Queens University Belfast, Completed. 01/08/2009-31/07/2010. Principal Investigator. £1,500.

MAJOR COLLABORATIONS 
  • Prof. Dr. Karim Hadjri, Inclusive Design, School of Architecture, Sheffield University, UK.
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Johanna Alkan Olsson, Centre for Environmental and Climate Science (CEC), Lund University, Sweden.
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. John Onyango, Sustainable Environmental Quality, School of Architecture/ University of Notre Dame/ USA.
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Özgür Arun, Healthy Aging, Department of Gerontology, Akdeniz University, Turkey.
  • Dr. Elif Sürer, Game Technologies, Informatics Institute, Middle East Technical University, Turkey.