Betül Hande Gürsoy Haksevenler

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Betül Hande Gürsoy Haksevenler received her bachelor's degree in Environmental Engineering from Istanbul University and completed her master's and PhD degrees in Environmental Sciences and Engineering at Istanbul Technical University. From 2009 to 2017, she worked at the Environment and Cleaner Production Institute of TÜBİTAK Marmara Research Center (MAM), where she most recently held the position of Senior Researcher.

Since 2017, she has been a faculty member in the Division of Urbanization and Environmental Problems, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Faculty of Political Sciences, Marmara University. She has also served as the Director of the Urban Problems and Local Governments Research and Application Center (KEYEM) at Marmara University since September 2019.

Her research focuses on urban sustainability, sustainable urban development policies, environmental impact assessment, waste management, climate change mitigation and adaptation, carbon-neutral cities, urban resilience, and disaster risk assessment. She also conducts research on the development and application of indices to assess urban environmental performance, sustainability, and vulnerability to natural hazards.