The Centre for Policy, Innovation, Design, and Progress (PİTGEM) consists of academics, scientists, political party employees, bureaucrats working in central and local administrative structures, elected or appointed public officials working in local governments, experts, professionals working in private or public sector, local and foreign experts working in national and international organizations, undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students. In order to integrate theory and practice, and to involve everyone from individuals engaged in the official formulation and implementation of public policies to all social institutions, individuals and groups who wish to influence these policies, a particular priority has been given to the creation of a comprehensive founding staff and a structure to support them as guests.
The Centre for Policy, Innovation, Design, and Progress (PİTGEM)
MAIN STAFF
Ümit Sönmez
PresidentLondon School of Economics and Political Science (LSE),
United Kingdom
Diğdem Soyaltın Colella
Vice PresidentAssoc. Prof., University of Aberdeen,
Scotland
Başak Zeynep Alpan
Head of Foreign Affairs DepartmentAssoc. Prof., Middle East Technical University (METU),
Ankara
Umut Rıza Özkan
EditorAssoc. Prof., University of Montreal,
Canada
Zeynep Korkmaz
EditorDepartment of Political Science, Ankara University,
Ankara
Emre Dalgıç
Project ManagerMBP School of Coaches,
Spain
Canan Ermiş
Administrative AssistantFaculty of Literature, Istanbul University,
Istanbul
Hilal Erdoğan
Administrative AssistantFaculty of Engineering, Middle East Technical University (METU),
Ankara
Vedat Osman Korkut
Creative Director | Visual and Technical Infrastructure ManagerPİTGEM Corporate Note: The Centre for Policy, Innovation, Design, and Progress (PİTGEM) is completely independent and has no organic ties with any institution/organization/legal entity. There is no organic connection between the institutional duties of PİTGEM staff and their duties in other institutions they work in, and no association is possible. Due to this sensitivity, for some of the individuals working in PİTGEM, only their last graduated or current educational institutions are included as external information other than their status in PİTGEM.