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The project titled “From Self-Sacrificing Mother to Lonely Elder? A Cultural History of Old Age and Care in Modern Türkiye (1950–2000)” has been awarded support under the KÜME Researcher Support Program. The project is led by Assist. Prof. Rahime Arzu Ünal, a faculty member of the Department of Sociology in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, and coordinated by Dr. Güldeniz Kıbrıs Atabay of the Department of History.

Assist. Prof. Serdal TÜMKAYA, a faculty member of our University's Department of Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence, is participating in a working group of the COST Action “CA23106 – An Evolutionary View to Understanding Affective States across Species (AFFECT-EVO),” supported by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Programme.

Our University's Vice Rector, Prof. Dr. Yeliz BOZKURT GÜMRÜKÇÜOĞLU, has been accepted into a working group of the COST Action “CA25153 – Human-centered Approaches to Responsible Privacy for and with AI (HARPA).”

Five academics from Ibn Haldun University’s Faculty of Law are participating as researchers in the project entitled “Structural Problems of the Court of Jurisdictional Disputes and the Development of Digital Solutions to Address Them.” The project aims to contribute to the improvement of judicial services by bringing together legal knowledge and experience with artificial intelligence and digital technologies.

Gülnihal Ahter Yakacak, a faculty member at Ibn Haldun University's Faculty of Law, has been accepted into a working group under the COST Action “CA25153 – Human-centered Approaches to Responsible Privacy for and with AI (HARPA).”

The Working Group application of our Vice Rector and School of Law faculty member Prof. Dr. Yeliz BOZKURT GÜMRÜKÇÜOĞLU, submitted under the COST Action “CA25133 – European Legal Design Action (ELDA)”, has been accepted by the Action’s Management Committee.

The Working Group application of Dr. Serdal TÜMKAYA, faculty member at the Department of Philosophy and Artificial Intelligence, School of the Humanities and Social Sciences, submitted under the COST Action “CA24121 – Knowledge Graphs in the Era of Large Language Models (KGELL)”, has been accepted by the Action’s Management Committee.

Dr. Rahime Arzu ÜNAL, a faculty member in the Department of Sociology at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, has been awarded funding under the TÜBİTAK 3005 – Innovative Solutions Research Projects Support Programme in Social Sciences and Humanities for her project titled “Digital Vulnerability: A Social Media Safety and Family-Based Awareness Guide for Women in Rapidly Digitalizing Provinces.”

The Erasmus+ KA220-YOU project titled “Peer Mediation for Dispute Resolution and Social Cohesion in Multicultural Societies (PeerMed4Youth)”, led by Prof. Dr. Yeliz Bozkurt Gümrükçüoğlu, a faculty member of the Faculty of Law, has been awarded funding by the Turkish National Agency.

The Erasmus+ KA220 project titled “Artificial Intelligence for Professional Development (AI4PD),” in which Prof. Dr. Nihal Yapıcı, a faculty member of the Faculty of Educational Sciences, serves as a member of the project team, has been awarded funding by the Malta National Agency.

The “Strategic Expansion into European Research Networks through COST” training program was held in person on July 29, 2026, at our university’s Teoman Duralı Conference Hall, under the coordination of the Project Support Office and led by Prof. Dr. Mehmet KOKOÇ, a faculty member at Trabzon University.

The closing ceremony of the Artificial Intelligence-Supported Social Science Research Project (YADESA), implemented by Ibn Haldun University with the support of the Istanbul Development Agency, was held on 10 July 2026 at the Başakşehir Campus of Ibn Haldun University. The program featured an overview of the project's implementation process, completed activities, and its contributions to the use of artificial intelligence in social science research.

The "Academic Project Partnership Workshop," organized through the collaboration of the Ibn Haldun University (IHU) Project Support Office and the Bursa Technical University (BTU) Project Support Office, was held on June 17, 2026, at the Media and Event Center Event Hall.

The project titled “COST Action 25134 EDGE: Edges of Democracy, Geography & Environment,” in which Dr. Yasemin ÖZER, Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Sociology, serves as a secondary proposer, has been awarded funding.

The program titled “TÜBİTAK 1002 Project Grants: Training, Experience, and Application Strategies” was held in a hybrid format on June 4, 2026, under the coordination of the Project Support Office.

Sixteen projects from our university have been awarded support under the 2209-A University Students Research Projects Support Program, conducted by the TÜBİTAK Directorate of Science Fellowships and Grant Programmes.

As part of our university’s efforts to enhance its capacity for developing national and international projects, the Project Support Office, in collaboration with Bursa Technical University, organized an online matchmaking event on April 22, 2026.

As part of its efforts to enhance international project development and collaborations, the Project Support Office of Ibn Haldun University participated in the EU STEM Coalition General Assembly held in Istanbul on April 22–23, 2026.

The “League of Stars: Erasmus+ Centralised Projects Information Meeting,” organized through the collaboration of Ibn Haldun University’s Project Support Office and Directorate of International Relations, in partnership with the Turkish National Agency, was held at our university on April 15, 2026.

The training program titled “Using MAXQDA in the Data Analysis Process,” organized in collaboration between the Ibn Khaldun University Project Support Office and the Department of Religious Studies at the Faculty of Islamic Sciences, was held at our university on April 7, 2026.

The project titled “DijiKulüp: University Clubs Empowered by Digital Technologies and Artificial Intelligence,” coordinated by Sevanur CANER from our University’s Rectorate staff and supervised by Vice Rector Prof. Dr. Özcan E. AKGÜN, has been awarded a grant of €44,488.00 under the 2025/2 call of the Erasmus+ KA-154 Youth Participation Program of the Turkish National Agency.

Led by Büşra KULAKSIZ, a staff member of our university’s Career Center, and featuring Çiğdem HANECİ, Meryem Reyhan ASLAN, and İbrahim Ethem ERDOĞDU on the team, the project titled “Sustainability in Education Beyond Borders: Perspectives of International Students in Türkiye and International Students in Germany on Sustainability in Their Host Countries," led by Büşra KULAKSIZ from our university’s Career Center, with a team comprising Çiğdem HANECİ, Meryem Reyhan ASLAN, and İbrahim Ethem ERDOĞDU, has been awarded a grant of 25,872.00 euros under the 2025/2 call of the Turkish National Agency’s Erasmus+ Youth Exchanges Program (KA-152).

The “TÜBİTAK 1001 Experience Sharing” event, organized under the coordination of the Ibn Haldun University Project Support Office and in collaboration with Trabzon University, was held online on 5 February 2026.

The scientific event titled “The Future of Mediation III Symposium,” coordinated by Prof. Dr. Yeliz Bozkurt Gümrükçüoğlu, a faculty member of our University’s Faculty of Law, has been awarded support under the TÜBİTAK 2223-B Domestic Scientific Event Organization Support Program.