Prof. Tayfun Özçelik , chair of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics has been elected a member of Academia Europaea (The Academy of Europe). His election followed the Academy’s multi-stage membership process, including recommendation by the relevant section and approval at the class-committee level. Founded in 1988, Academia Europaea[Read More…]
Assoc. Prof. Elif Küzeci from the Faculty of Law has been elected as a board member of the European Law Faculties Association (ELFA). The election took place in Bilbao on April 17, 2026, during the ELFA 31st Annual General Meeting and Conference 2026, hosted by the University of Deusto (Faculty of Law). ELFA aims to[Read More…]
A study conducted at the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics (MBG) has been featured in formal undergraduate medical teaching at the University of Siena’s medical school in Italy. Founded in 1240, the University of Siena is among Europe’s oldest universities and has a long-standing tradition in medicine and biomedical[Read More…]
Assoc. Prof. Elif Küzeci of the Faculty of Law has been appointed as an Advisory Committee Member for the Principles for the Governance of Biometrics project of the European Law Institute, a joint initiative carried out in cooperation with the American Law Institute. The project aims to develop clear principles for the ethical[Read More…]
Six Bilkent faculty members have received the Distinguished Young Scientist (BAGEP) awards for 2026. The awards are given by the Science Academy Association (Bilim Akademisi), established in 2011 “to promote, practice and uphold the principles of scientific merit, freedom and integrity.” The objective of the BAGEP program is to recognize highly promising young scientists and assist them in furthering[Read More…]
Andreas Treske, chair of the Department of Communication and Design, is participating in the international exhibition “For Want of (Not) Measuring,” which opened on March 12 at Spazju Kreattiv in Malta and runs until May 3, 2026. The exhibition is curated by Prof. Vince Briffa (University of Malta), one of the invited artists of the Malta Pavilion at the[Read More…]
Prof. Refet S. Gürkaynak, Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, has been elected as a Fellow of the International Association for Applied Econometrics (IAAE) for 2025. The IAAE Fellowship recognizes distinguished contributions to applied econometrics. Fellows participate in the governance of the association, including the annual selection of new fellows. The distinction is awarded for[Read More…]
Assoc. Prof. Bülent Batuman, chair of the Department of Architecture, has published a new book, “Mekânın Politikası: Kriz, Kent ve Mimarlık” (The Politics of Space: Crisis, City, and Architecture). The book reads the relationship between the contemporary moment and the city and architecture through a spatial–political lens. In a time when neoliberal crises, wars, migration, post-truth populism and[Read More…]
Asst. Prof. Jonathan C. Williams from the Department of English Language and Literature has published a monograph with Bloomsbury Academic. The book, “Melancholic Life: Literary Expression and the Experience of History from Burton to Keats,” traces the long historical transformation of melancholia from a medical condition into a distinctly political[Read More…]
Bilkent University National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM) is taking part in the SENSOR-HUB project, which has been selected for funding under the European Commission’s call to establish European Digital Innovation Hubs (EDIHs) in Türkiye. As a consortium partner in the project, UNAM will directly contribute to companies’ R&D and digital transformation processes through its[Read More…]
