CV

Education

• Ph.D in Political Science, Sabancı University, 2026 (expected)
• M.A. in Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Sabancı University, 2021
  • Thesis Title: Pre-election Polls in Turkey
• B.A. in Psychology, Kadir Has University, 2017
• B.A. in International Relations, Kadir Has University, 2017

Professional Experience

• 09.2019–09.2020: Data Analyst, Toplumsal Etki Araştırmaları Merkezi
  • Main responsibilities included designing surveys, survey script writing, survey sampling, quantitative analysis of survey data, and social media analysis

Teaching Experience

• 09.2021–Present: Teaching Assistant in Law and Ethics (SPS303), Sabancı University
  • Topics include democracy, hybrid regimes, and authoritarian regimes
• 01.2019–06.2019: Teaching Assistant in Psychology of the Self (PSY443), Sabancı University
  • Topics include self-esteem, self-compassion, and self-regulation from the perspectives of social, personality, and developmental psychology
• 09.2018–06.2019: Teaching Assistant in Testing and Measurement (PSY380), Sabancı University
  • Topics include reliability and validity analysis, factor analysis, test/scale development
• 09.2018–01.2019: Teaching Assistant in Selected Topics in Applied Psychology (PSY464), Sabancı University
  • Topics include application of social psychology theories in road users’ attitudes and behaviors
• 02.2018–06.2018: Teaching Assistant in Cognitive Development (PSY421), Sabancı University
  • Topics include theory of mind, social cognition, joint attention, language
• 09.2017–01.2018: Teaching Assistant in Memory (PSY315), Sabancı University
  • Topics include different memory types, forgetting, learning

Publications

Türkiye’de Seçim Anketlerinin Toplam Anket Hatası Perspektifinden Bir İncelemesi [An Examination of Election Polls in Turkey from the Total Survey Error Paradigm Perspective]

Aydaş, İrem, Mert Moral, and Yasemin Tosun. 2022. "Türkiye’de Seçim Anketlerinin Toplam Anket Hatası Perspektifinden Bir İncelemesi [An Examination of Election Polls in Turkey from the Total Survey Error Paradigm Perspective]." Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 51(1): 87-110.

Skills

• Software: Stata, R, Python, SPSS, Latex, LimeSurvey, Qualtrics
• Methodology
  • Sabancı University: Research Methods (CONF512), Methods and Scope of Political Analysis (POLS529), Quantitative Research Methods (POLS530), Formal Modeling and Policy Analysis I (POLS534), Advance Research Methods and Data Analysis in Political Science (POLS537), Qualitative Methods (POLS531).
  • SICSS-Istanbul 2019: Text analysis, website scraping, digital field experiments, machine learning.
  • Kadir Has University: Research Methods (PS238), Research Methods for Psychology (PSY201)
• Languages: Turkish (Native), English (Advanced)

Honors & Awards

• 09.2021–Present: Full Scholarship, Sabancı University
• 09.2017–06.2019: Full Scholarship, Sabancı University
• 24.01.2017: Excellence Award, One Asia Foundation
• 09.2012–01.2017: Full Scholarship, Kadir Has University

Extra-Curricular Activities

• 25.09.2022: Advanced Open Water, PADI: Professional Association of Diving Instructors
• 03.05.2022: Open Water, PADI: Professional Association of Diving Instructors
• 09.2015–09.2016: President of Psychology Club, Kadir Has University
  • Coordinated society activities and organized group meetings