Koç University Leadership Lab was established in 2017 to investigate the ways in which better leaders can emerge. According to the World Economic Forum “leadership is in crisis!”. Dark leaders at multiple levels are a threat to sustainability. We aim to understand how better candidates step up for leadership roles and current leaders support sustainably. We approach this problem from various lenses, including but not limited to leadership emotions, leader characteristics, contextual factors, implicit expectations, and followership perspectives.

We contribute to both science and practice by applying our research to real-world problems. If you would like to investigate leadership sustainability with us, there are several internship positions available in which you can contribute to research projects and develop interventions for organizations. We look forward to meeting you!

KOÇ-KAM is established as an interdisciplinary hub for gender research and gender studies in March 2010. KOÇ-KAM brings faculty and researchers from multiple disciplines such as sociology, social psychology, history, law, nursing, philosophy and political science together in order to share their research, conduct collaborative national and international projects and undertake various academic and training activities within and outside the university on issues pertaining to women and gender. As a hub for gender studies, KOC-KAM also holds a competitive funding program to support outstanding academic research projects on gender issues and runs the Gender Studies Certificate Program at Koç University.

KOÇ-KAM frequently organizes conferences, panels, and seminar series to inform a wider audience on gender-related research that intersects with various disciplines and fosters debate on gender issues between scholars, students, civil society actors, artists, and policy- makers.

Research at KOÇ-KAM is broadly concerned with patterns of cultural and social prejudice in gender-based inequalities.

Koç University Arçelik Research Center for Creative Industries (KUAR), founded jointly by Koç University and Arçelik A.Ş. in 2015, aims to add value, via research, that increases the efficiency and competitiveness of the creative industries, mainly in Turkey. A wide range of topics such as lifestyle, entertainment (game, performance, movies, drama, animation), cultural heritage (exhibitions, heritage, analysis), info- assistance, transportation, education, healthcare lie within the scope of research conducted at KUAR, where research and development on conceptual/experimental/visionary prototypes, working prototypes, re-design prototypes of products, design guidelines is undertaken.

KWORKS is the meeting point of entrepreneurs and investors. It organizes activities to guide enterprises and provide economic sustainability. It is the most accessible and correct address to bring your entrepreneurial ideas to life.