Psychology Department Research Areas | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Assoc. Prof. Berke Kırıkkanat	Positive Psychology, Academic Success, Coping Strategies, Psychological Capital, Emotional Intelligence, Cognitive Flexibility, Resilience, Well-being
Assoc. Prof. Neslihan Zabcı	Psychopathology, Psychological Assessment, Psychotherapy
Assist. Prof. Barışhan Erdoğan	Psychopathology, Psychological Assessment, Projective Tests, Psychotherapy
Asst. Prof. Dr. Burak Emre Gürsoy	Close Relationships, Social Networking Sites, Attitude, Attitude Change
Assist. Prof. Burcu Ünlütabak	Language & Cognitive Development, Children's Questions, Learning, Theory of Mind, Family & Culture
Assist. Prof. İrem Öztürk	Work-life Balance, Psychological Capital, Employee Wellbeing
Assist. Prof. Mari İto Alptürer	Social/Cultural/Environmental Psychology, Place Attachment, Wellbeing, Therapeutic Environments, Compulsive Hoarding
Assist. Prof. Sara Saban	Neuropsychology, Learning, Attention, Consciousness, CBT
Assist. Prof. Serin Koroğlugil	Workplace Relationships, Leadership, Employee Psychology, Innovation
Assist. Prof. Eylem Yılmaz	Anxiety Disorders, Psychopathology, Psychotherapy
Assist. Prof. Seren Saltoğlu	Psychopathology, Personality, Psychotherapy
Assist. Prof. Pınar Kurdoğlu	Human Memory, Autobiographical Memories, Metamemory, Adaptive Cognition, Forgetting, Emotion–Cognition Interactions
Res. Asst. Özge Akgün	Dating Violence, Psychopathology, Psychotherapy
Res. Assist. Esra Susar	Parenting Behaviors, Sibling Relationships, Temperament
Res. Assist. Ezgi Özçep	Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Personality Theories, Therapeutic Alliance
Specialist Kamran Hakan Rizeli	Philosophy of Music, Being, Metaphysics, Transcendental Philosophy, Ancient Greek Philosophy, 17th Century Philosophy

LEAD Laboratory: Research is conducted in the field of Industrial and Organisational Psychology. The laboratory coordinator is Dr Serin İşiaçık Koloğlugil, Assistant Professor.
Curiosity and Learning Laboratory: Research is conducted in the field of Developmental Psychology. The laboratory coordinator is Dr Burcu Ünlütabak, Assistant Professor.
Cognitive Psychology Laboratory: Research is conducted in the field of Cognitive Psychology. The laboratory coordinator is Dr Sara Saban, Senior Lecturer.
Applied Psychology Laboratory: Research is conducted in the field of Applied Psychology. The laboratory coordinator is Associate Professor Dr Berke Kırıkkanat.

In the Spring Term of 2025, master's students in Clinical Psychology and Cognitive Sciences enrolled in the thesis-based master's programme in Clinical Psychology and the master's programme in Cognitive Sciences, respectively, will be enrolled in the course with the code PSY 589 and COGS 598. 01, respectively, in the Spring 2025 semester, a bulletin has been created by Dr. Serin İşiaçık Koloğlugil. You can access the relevant bulletin via the link in the attachment.

ATTACHMENT: Bulletin