Prof. Dr. Elif AKAGÜN ERGİN (Department Head)

Elif Akagün Ergin started her higher education at Bilkent University Faculty of Business Administration in 1992 and graduated from the Business Administration-Economics double major honor program in 1996. She completed her master's degree in international marketing at Rutgers University in the USA in 1999. Then, she received her doctorate in production and marketing from Gazi University in 2007.

She started her academic career as a lecturer in the Department of Business Administration at Çankaya University in 1999. She received the title of Associate Professor on 17.03.2014. She has been working in the Department of Business Administration at Çankaya University for 23 years. At Rutgers University in 2008, Prof. Dr. She conducted postdoctoral research in the field of “Consumer Acculturation” with Carol Kaufman-Scarborough. She was a visiting professor at Rutgers University in 2013 and 2016 and gave the "Strategic Brand Management" course.

Elif Akagün Ergin, who left her duty at Çankaya University in September 2022, started to work as Professor Dr in the Marketing Department of OSTİM Technical University as of October 2022. She has 6 Turkish and 24 English articles, 4 of which are SSCI, published in international refereed journals in the professional field. She has presented papers in more than twenty international congresses and has received different awards from these congresses.

E Mail: elif.akagunergin@ostimteknik.edu.tr