Ali Kerem Saysel

Office: 
HKC-207
e-mail: 
ali.saysel@boun.edu.tr
web: 
web.boun.edu.tr/ali.saysel
Phone: 
+90 212 359 7252
Interest Areas: 

Systems thinking,

Dynamic Modelling, 

Simulation and gaming,

Participatory Methods, 

Resilience and sustainability
 

Education: 

Ph. D., Institute of Environmental Sciences, Boğaziçi University, TR, 1999

M.S., Institute of Environmental Sciences, Boğaziçi University, TR, 1993

B.S., Department of Industrial Engineering, Boğaziçi University, TR, 1990

Academic Career: 

Professor, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, 2014- Present

Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, 2006-2014

Assistant Professor, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Boğaziçi University,Istanbul, 2004-2006

Associate Professor, Department of Information Science - System Dynamics Group, University of Bergen, Bergen, 2001-2004

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Environmental Systems Analysis Group, College of Science and Technology, New University of Lisbon, 2000

Research Assistant, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, 1991-1999

CV: 
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Recent Projects: 
  1. “Innovative and Sustainable Groundwater Management in the Mediterranean (InTheMed)”, Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Med Area - 2020-23. (https://inthemedprima.com)
  2. “Systems Analysis MOOCs for Sustainability Transformation”, Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership for Higher Education KA203 - 2020-23. (https://www.uib.no/en/rg/dynamics/145044/strategic-partnership-mooc-deve...)
  3. “Green growth and win-win strategies for sustainable climate action (Green-Win)”, H2020 Environment and Resources - 2015-18. (https://www.green-win-project.eu)
  4. “Teaching Dynamic Environmental Problems to Seventh Graders with Systems Approach”, Boğaziçi University Research Fund - 2011-13.
  5. "Dynamics of Carbon Mitigation in Electric Power Industry." Boğaziçi University Research Fund - 2009-2010.
Selected Publications: 
  1. Ciobanu, N., Saysel, A. K. (2021). Using social ecological inventory and group model building for resilience assessment to climate change in a network governance setting. A case study from Ikel Watershed in Moldova. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 23(1), 1065-85.
  2. Yazar, M., Hestad, D., Mangalagiu,D., Saysel, A. K., Ma, Y., Thornton, T. (2020). From Urban Sustainability Transformations to Green Gentrification: Urban Renewal in Gaziosmanpaşa, Istanbul. Climatic Change. 160(4), 637-53.
  3. Doğança-Küçük Z., Saysel, A, K. (2018). Developing Seventh Graders’ Understanding of Complex Environmental Problems with Systems Tools and Representations, Research in Science Education. 48, 491-514.
  4. Saysel, A, K., Hekimoğlu, M. (2013). Exploring the Options for Carbon Dioxide Mitigation in Turkish Electric Power Industry, Energy Policy, 60, 675-686.
  5. Moxnes, E., Saysel, A, K. (2009). Misperceptions of Global Climate Change: Information Policies, Climatic Change, 93, 15-37.