Rana Atabay Kuşçu

Prof. Dr. Rana Atabay Kuşçu is Professor of International Trade at Istanbul Medipol University and Director of the Sustainable Development and Twin Transformation Application and Research Center (SURKAM). Her academic work focuses on sustainable development, international trade policy, the European Green Deal, circular economy, and the green-digital transformation.

She coordinates the European Commission-supported Jean Monnet Module project “The Green Deal, Sustainable Trade and Türkiye’s Integration” and leads the “Sustainability and Twin Transformation Centre” project, supported by the Ministry of Industry and Technology through İSTKA.

She takes an active role in interdisciplinary projects developed between universities, industry and public institutions, and works on putting sustainability policies into practice and building institutional capacity. She also provides consultancy under the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TİM) ECOTİM Programme, helping exporting companies establish and develop corporate sustainability systems.

She contributes to UNCTAD, UNFCCC, UNCCD and World Trade Organization (WTO) meetings, and supports wider knowledge and awareness of sustainability through her academic publications and media programmes. She is a founding member of the Green Hydrogen Producers Association (H2DER) and Vice President of the Board of the Digital and Sustainable Future Association (DİSÜDER).

She is married and the mother of three daughters.