Established in 2007 by the Hüsnü M. Özyeğin Foundation, Özyeğin University is an entrepreneurial research university focused on global impact, student development, and academic excellence. It offers 25 bachelors, 36 masters, and 10 doctoral programs across 7 faculties and 3 graduate schools.
Özyeğin University is committed to advancing its research capabilities, with a rapidly growing research output driven by its ambitious graduate programs and a dynamic academic community that fosters innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration. Recognized internationally, the university ranks second globally among foundation and private universities newly established within the last 20 years in the “THE Young Universities Rankings.” It has also led Türkiye’s foundation universities in the “THE Impact Rankings” for 6 consecutive years.
As an entrepreneurial research university focused on student transformation and excellence in education and university experience, we aim to cultivate graduates who are leaders in their fields and create global scientific, social, and economic impact by generating, sharing, and applying high-value, solution-oriented knowledge. To be a learner-centered entrepreneurial research university with a strong global impact, setting examples through its actions and being preferred for its offerings.
I am a social scientist who specialized in urban studies with finance focus. I am currently working as a Professor of Real Estate Finance at Ozyegin University, Istanbul. I received my PhD& MPhil degrees from Land Economy Department at University of Cambridge, UK.
My research interests are housing finance, ESG and circular economy investments of corporations, housing economics (migration and house prices, housing affordability, housing wealth inequality); rural development and gentrification; circular urban business models (smart urban farming, vertical farms).
I worked as Associate Professor of Real Estate Finance & Investment at Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK and as Associate Professor in Property Economics at QUT, Australia.
I led and collaborated in several research projects funded by the World Bank Group, European Union, and Marburg University on financing urban transformation projects, housing affordability crisis, smart home adoption. I have widely published in academic journals including Journal of Housing Economics, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, Urban Geography, Journal of Housing and Built Environment, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research.