Honorarprofessorin Selda Koydemir, Ph.D.

CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
EDUCATION
- 2017
- Honorary Professor
- Otto-Friedrich-University, Bamberg, Germany
- 2006
- Doctor of Philosophy in Psychological Counseling and Guidance
- Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
- 2000
- Bachelor of Arts in Psychological Counseling and Guidance
- Bosphorus University, Istanbul, Turkey
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- 2016 - present
- Founder
- Research Maze, London
- 2014 - 2016
- Associate Professor
- Middle East Technical University, Northern Cyprus Campus
- Guidance and Psychological Counseling Program
- 2012 - 2014
- Associate Professor
- Middle East Technical University, Northern Cyprus Campus
- Guidance and Psychological Counseling Program
- 2014 - present
- Freelance Consultant
- Humanayz Design and Development, Istanbul
- 2010 - 2012
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany
- Department of Psychology, Personality and Assessment
- 2009 - 2010
- Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher
- Roehampton University, London, UK
- Department of Psychology
- 2007 - 2013
- Founder and Director
- Korto Mental Health and Research Center
- Istanbul, Turkey
- 2007 - 2010
- Assistant Professor
- Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Guidance and Psychological Counseling Program
- 2004 - 2005
- Visiting Research Scholar
- Florida State University, Florida, USA
- Clinical Psychology
- 2002 - 2007
- Research Assistant
- Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
- Department of Educational Sciences
ADMINISTRATATIVE WORK
ADMINISTRATATIVE WORK
- 2014 -
- Program Coordinator
- Middle East Technical University Northern Cyprus Campus
- Guidance and Psychological Counseling Undergraduate Program
- 2014 -
- Member of Social Sciences Academic Board
- Middle East Technical University Northern Cyprus Campus
RESEARCH GRANTS
RESEARCH GRANTS
- Massive Online Open Course Tablet (April 2015 - present)
European Union Project funded by ITEA
Researcher - Well-being on campus: A web-based intervention program for promoting well-being among first year college students (February 2013-August 2014)
Funded by Middle East Technical University Northern Cyprus Campus
Principal investigator - Testing models of well-being and happiness in cultural and intercultural contexts (February 2010 – October 2011)
Postdoctoral research fellowship project funded by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Principal Investigator - Predictors of shyness and social anxiety: A cross-cultural study (2004-2006)
Funded by Middle East Technical University
Principal investigator - Understanding fear of negative evaluation in university students (2005 - 2006)
Funded by Middle East Technical University
Researcher - Help-seeking behaviors of university students (2003-2006)
Funded by Middle East Technical University
Researcher
RESEARCH INTERESTS
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Individual and cultural differences in happiness and wellbeing
- Wellbeing intervention programs
- Emotional intelligence and wellbeing
- Measurement of wellbeing
- Wellbeing across nations