Ali Kerem Saysel

Socio-ecological sustainability
Systems thinking, modelling and simulation
Policy at the water-food-energy nexus
Ph. D., Institute of Environmental Sciences, Boğaziçi University, TR, 1999
M.S., Institute of Environmental Sciences, Boğaziçi University, TR, 1993
B.S., Department of Industrial Engineering, Boğaziçi University, TR, 1990
Professor, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, 2014- Present
Associate Professor, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, 2006-2014
Assistant Professor, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Boğaziçi University,Istanbul, 2004-2006
Associate Professor, Department of Information Science - System Dynamics Group, University of Bergen, Bergen, 2001-2004
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Environmental Systems Analysis Group, College of Science and Technology, New University of Lisbon, 2000
Research Assistant, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, 1991-1999
- Boğaziçi University, Scientific Research Projects Fund (BAP): "Building Resilience to Climate Change Impacts in the Ichel Watershed in Moldova: A system Dynamics Approach", 2015-
- Boğaziçi University, Scientific Research Projects Fund (BAP): "Systems Approach and Simulation Modeling for Sustainable Management of Groundwater Commons", 2016-2017.
- Horizon2020, Environment and Resources: "Green growth and win-win strategies for sustainable climate action.", Local principle investigator, 2015-2018.
- Boğaziçi University, Scientific Research Projects Fund (BAP): “Misperceptions of soil nutrient dynamics and fertilizer overuse: An experimental evaluation”, 2012-2014.
- Boğaziçi University, Scientific Research Projects Fund (BAP): “Teaching dynamic environmental problems to seventh graders with systems approach”, 2011-2013 (Co P.I. Zerrin Doğança).
- Saysel, A. K. (forthcoming in 2017). Role of Information Feedback in Soil Nitrogen Management: Results form a Dynamic Simulation Game, Systems Research and Behavioral Science, special issue in System Dynamics. DOI: 10.1002/sres.2466
- Doğança Z., A. K. Saysel. (forthcoming in 2017). Developing Seventh Graders’ Understanding of Complex Environmental Problems with Systems Tools and Representations: A Quasi-Experimental Study, Research in Science Education. DOI: DOI 10.1007/s11165-017-9620-8
- Öztürk, M., N. Copty, A. K. Saysel. 2013. Modelling the Impact of Land Use Change on the Hydrology of a Rural Watershed, Journal of Hydrology, V. 497, pp. 97-109.
- Saysel, A. K., M. Hekimoğlu. 2013. Exploring the Options for Carbon Dioxide Mitigation in Turkish Electric Power Industry, Energy Policy, V. 60, pp. 675-686.
- Moxnes, E., Saysel A. K. 2009. Misperceptions of global climate change: Information policies, Climatic Change, 93: 15-37.