Prof. Burcu Balçık Delivered Keynote Speech at EURO HOpe Mini-Conference 2024

Prof. Burcu Balçık, a faculty member at the Industrial Engineering Department and the Academic Director of the Sustainability Platform at Özyeğin University, delivered a keynote speech at the 8th EURO HOpe Mini-Conference, held in Madrid, Spain, between October 3 and 4, 2024. Prof. Balçık was honored with the prestigious Professor Luk Van Wassenhove Career Award at the 7th EURO HOpe Conference 2023 in recognition of her outstanding research and valuable contributions to humanitarian operations and became the third academic receiving this award since its inauguration and the first from Türkiye. In her speech, Prof. Balçık emphasized the importance of collaborating with different stakeholders in research on humanitarian operations and shared her experiences in the field.

This distinguished accolade is presented to researchers who have drawn attention to practical challenges in humanitarian operations, employed rigorous research methods, disseminated their research results through peer-reviewed publications and case studies, contributed to practice with applicable recommendations, and completed their doctoral studies at least 7 years ago.

For more information on the conference, https://sdds.seio.es/euro-hope-mini-conference-2024/