Assoc. Prof. EMRAH AYHAN

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emrah AYHAN graduated from the Department of Political Science and Public Administration (Program taught in English) at Middle East Technical University in 2010, Ankara, Türkiye. He then completed his master’s degree in 2013 at the Berlin School of Economics and Law in Germany, in the program “Political Economy of European Integration” (Program taught in English). In 2016, he began his doctoral studies at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Department of Political Science and Public Administration (Program taught in English), where he also worked as a Research Assistant. He completed his PhD in 2019, after only three years, with his dissertation entitled “Factors Explaining the Size and Organizational Performance of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)”.

His research priorities include digital public administration (e-government, artificial intelligence, smart cities, big data), governance (civil society and political participation), comparative studies (political systems and governments), organizational theories, migration (refugee and migrant rights), and strategic management (organizational capacity, performance, and human resources). He has published numerous articles, book chapters, and research projects, and has presented papers at international conferences. Currently, he has been serving as an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Anadolu University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Eskişehir, Türkiye, since 2021. He teaches undergraduate as well as master’s (thesis and non-thesis), and PhD courses both in Turkish and English, not only at Anadolu University but also at international universities such as Sung Kyun Kwan University (Seoul, South Korea).

His academic work focuses on digital public administration, governance, comparative politics, organizational theory, migration, and strategic management. Within this scope, he has authored numerous national and international publications, carried out projects, and presented papers at scientific conferences. In 2025, his article, published in Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence (SCIE-Q1), made significant contributions to the sustainability and governance strategies of civil society organizations. Furthermore, his 2024 study, published in Facta Universitatis (SCIE-Q1), examined the selection of data conversion techniques in ranking small electric vans through the Probid method based on sensitivity-performance matching, offering interdisciplinary contributions to both public administration and engineering literature.

He has served as a consultant and evaluator in TÜBİTAK and ministry projects, and has also taken part in projects supported by the EU and UNDP. Due to his academic productivity, he has been consistently granted academic incentive awards every year since 2016.

Fluent in English and at a beginner level in German, Ayhan has studied, conducted research, and attended conferences in various countries. These multicultural experiences have provided him with a global perspective in his research.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emrah Ayhan continues to contribute significantly to the fields of public administration, civil society, and digital transformation both in Türkiye and internationally, through his academic research and applied projects.