Ayse Burcin Baskurt

• Senior Lecturer, Applied Positive Psychology, University of East London

Dr Ayse Burcin Baskurt is a BPS Chartered Psychologist and a Higher Education Academy Fellow, working as a Senior Lecturer at the University of East London (UEL). Having a background in Sociology and Comparative Studies in History and Society in her undergraduate and graduate studies, she completed her PhD in Social and Organisational Psychology at Koc University, Turkey. She also earned an MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology (MAPPCP) at UEL.

She is currently a Senior Lecturer and Module Leader in the MAPP programme at UEL, teaching the Final Project-Research module. She is a member of the Mental Health and Social Change Research Group.

Dr Baskurt's research, teaching and practice mainly focus on the interrelations between work, family and education, using the lenses of gender, culture and positive psychology. She collaborated in various national and international research projects on career tracks of PhD graduates, gender differences in worries about leadership, positive development of early adolescents, and crossover effects in work-family interface.

She published journal articles, book chapters and policy reports on these topics. She also presented research papers at international conferences. Her most recent published research focuses on career calling, wellbeing, leadership and work-family interface. She is an academic advisor for the Sparks Leadership Programme in Turkey, currently delivering a psychoeducational support module on wellbeing for university students. She is a member of the Early Career Researcher Network of the British Academy, and a chartered member of the British Psychological Society.

• 2021–present Senior Lecturer and Module Leader, Applied Positive Psychology

• 2021 University of East London, MSc
• 2017 Koc University, PhD
• 2011 Koc University, MA
• 2009 Bogazici University, BA

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