Biography
Currently, I am a PhD candidate in the Educational Administration and Planning program, with a primary focus on the economics of education. That is a field that captivates me for its holistic approach to educational systems, integrating economic perspectives and methodologies with educational research.
To advance my work, I conducted research at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), at the Chair of Public Management and Public Finance, supported by TÜBİTAK, which funded approximately a year of my dissertation studies abroad.
At present, I work as a research assistant in the Department of Educational Sciences at Middle East Technical University. My research examines the economics of education, educational and science policy, higher education, organizational management, and internationalization, investigating how intersections between research and policy can generate meaningful societal impact.
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Education
2019 - Continues
2019 - ContinuesDoctorate
Middle East Technical University, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Turkey
2016 - 2019
2016 - 2019Postgraduate
Middle East Technical University, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Turkey
2011 - 2016
2011 - 2016Undergraduate
Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Education, Turkey
Dissertations
2019
2019Postgraduate
The unknown territory of STEM: The perceptions of high school administrators
Middle East Technical University, Graduate School Of Social Sciences
Certificates, Courses and Trainings
2024
2024Seasonal School 2024 - Transformative Learning in Sustainability: adopting a pluriversal approach
Environment and Sustainability
European Educational Research Association (ECER) & Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Research Areas
Social Sciences and Humanities
Educational Economics and Planning
Edıcational Administration and Planning
School Management and Education Supervision
Science and Technological Policy Studies
Academic Positions
2018 - Continues
2018 - ContinuesResearch Assistant
Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Education, Department of Educational Sciences
Articles
2023
20231. İtme ve Çekme Teorisinden Hareketle Üniversite Öğrencilerinin Yurt Dışında Eğitim Alma ile İlgili Görüşleri
Bulut Şahin B., Kulakoğlu B.
Trakya Eğitim Dergisi
, vol.13, no.3, pp.1752-1771, 2023 (TRDizin)
2023
20232. STEM Education as a Concept Borrowing Issue: Perspectives of School Administrators in Turkey
Kulakoğlu B., Kondakçi Y.
ECNU REVIEW OF EDUCATION
, vol.6, no.1, pp.84-104, 2023 (ESCI)
2023
20233. Higher Education for forcibly displaced migrants in Turkey
Kondakçi Y., Zayim Kurtay M., Kaya Kaşikci S., Şenay H. H., Kulakoğlu B.
Higher Education Research and Development
, vol.42, no.3, pp.619-632, 2023 (SSCI, Scopus)
2022
20224. Rankings and global knowledge governance: higher education, innovation and competitiveness
Kulakoğlu B.
EDUCATIONAL REVIEW
, vol.74, no.3, pp.741, 2022 (SSCI, Scopus)
2021
20215. 'Scaling' the academia: Perspectives of academics on the impact of their practices
Kondakçi Y., Zayim Kurtay M., Kaya Kaşikci S., Şenay H. H., Kulakoğlu B.
Research Evaluation
, vol.30, no.3, pp.370-381, 2021 (SSCI, Scopus)
Papers Presented at Peer-Reviewed Scientific Conferences
2025
20251. Science for science's sake or science for education policies? Reproducibility of educational research and open science practices in Türkiye
Kulakoğlu B.
8th International Higher Education Studies Conference (IHEC), Ankara, Turkey, 17 - 19 October 2025, pp.1, (Summary Text)
2025
20252. How do higher education program choices shift over time? Transient and structural influences in Türkiye (2015-2024)
Kulakoğlu B.
8th International Higher Education Studies Conference (IHEC), Ankara, Turkey, 17 - 19 October 2025, pp.1, (Summary Text)
2025
20253. Teachers as Knowledge Transfer Agents: Teachers' Postgraduate Study Experiences and Their Translation to Practice
Ersöz A., Kulakoğlu B.
European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) 2025, Belgrade, Serbia, 9 - 12 September 2025, pp.1, (Summary Text)
2025
20254. Conceptualization of the University Autonomy with Context-sensitive Factors in Turkish Higher Education
Emil S., Ersöz A., Kulakoğlu B., Bulut Şahin B.
European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) 2025, Belgrade, Serbia, 9 September - 12 October 2025, pp.1, (Summary Text)
2023
20235. The Prediction of Teacher Well-Being through Distributed Leadership: A Cross-Cultural Study
Kulakoğlu B., Ersöz A.
European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) 2023, Glasgow, England, 21 - 25 August 2023, (Summary Text)
2023
20236. University Students' Perceptions of Studying Abroad Based on the Push-Pull Theory
Kulakoğlu B., Bulut Şahin B.
European Conference on Educational Research (ECER) 2023, Glasgow, England, 21 - 25 August 2023, (Summary Text)
2023
20237. Erasmus Programı’na Katılan Öğrenciler için Hareketlilik Sermayesinin Önemi
KULAKOĞLU B., BULUT ŞAHİN B.
16.Uluslararası Eğitim Yönetimi Kongresi, Turkey, 30 April 2023, (Summary Text)
2021
20218. Academic leadership in the post-covid era for research and teaching practices
Kulakoğlu B., Emil S., Zayim Kurtay M.
5th International Higher Education Conference (IHEC) 2021, 14 - 16 October 2021, (Summary Text)
2019
20199. Yükseköğretimde Temel Bilim ve Mühendislik Alanlarında Kadın Öğrenci Deneyimleri
KULAKOĞLU B., EMİL S., KONDAKÇI Y.
14. Uluslararası Eğitim Yönetimi Kongresi, İzmir, Turkey, 2 - 04 May 2019, pp.62-63, (Summary Text)
2018
201810. STEM Uygulamaları ve Eğitim Yönetimi
Kondakçı Y., Kulakoğlu B.
XIII. Ulusal Eğitim Yönetimi Kongresi, Sivas, Turkey, 10 - 12 May 2018, pp.1069-1072, (Summary Text)
2019
201911. Perspective of Academics on the Impact of Academic Practice
KONDAKÇI Y., ZAYİM KURTAY M., ŞENAY H. H., KAYA KAŞIKCI S., KULAKOĞLU B.
The 4th International Higher Education Studies Conference, Turkey, 10 - 12 October 2019, (Summary Text)
Funded Projects
2024 - 2028
2024 - 2028Critical perspectives on career and career guidance (COCAG)
TÜBİTAK - AB COST Project
Bulut Şahin B., KULAKOĞLU B.
2023 - 2027
2023 - 2027Rising nationalisms, shifting geopolitics and the future of European higher education/research openness (OPEN) CA22121
TÜBİTAK - AB COST Project
(Project Abstract)
Emil S., Bulut Şahin B., Kulakoğlu B., Ersöz A.
2024 - 2024
2024 - 2024Kapsayıcı Bir Öğrenme Ortamının Teşvik Edilmesinde Resimli Hikaye Kitapları 2
TUBITAK Project , 2237 - Program for Supporting Project Training Activities
Özbek Ö. Y.(Executive), Taneri P. O., Barutçu Yıldırım K. F., Kulakoğlu B., Kamış Ö., Aşkaroğlu A., et al.
2023 - 2023
2023 - 2023Kapsayıcı Bir Öğrenme Ortamının Teşvik Edilmesinde Resimli Hikaye Kitapları Projesi
TUBITAK Project , 2237 - Program for Supporting Project Training Activities
Kulakoğlu B., Taneri P. O., Özbek Ö. Y., Barutçu Yıldırım K. F.
Roles in Event Organizations
Mayıs 2019
Mayıs 2019The 14th International Congress on Educational Administration
Scientific Congress
Kulakoğlu B., Kondakçı Y., Emil S.
İzmir, Turkey
Mobility Activity
2023 - 2024
2023 - 2024Research Scholarship Program
Guest Researcher
Universitad Karlsruhe, Germany
Scholarships
2023 - 2024
2023 - 2024