B. Başbuğ Email

B. Başbuğ Work

• Ex Officio @ CODATA (January 2026 - Present)
• Co-Chair (Interim) International Data Policy Committee @ CODATA (January 2026 - Present)
• Co-Chair of UNESCO-CODATA Data Policy in Times of Crisis Project @ CODATA (November 2023 - Present)
• Member of the Board of Trustees @ Atatürk Lisesi Eğitim Vakfı (January 2026 - Present)
• Member @ Chatham House (January 2025 - Present)
• Member @ Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (January 2025 - Present)
• Co-Chair @ ISC CODATA International Data Policy Committee (March 2024 - Present)
• Professor of Statistics and Disaster Risk @ Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University (September 2023 - Present)
• Beşiktaş JK Congress Member @ Beşiktaş JK (September 2023 - Present)
• Higher Consultation Board Member @ Ankara Kent Konseyi (September 2023 - Present)
• Deputy Chair @ Gelecek Partisi (May 2023 - Present)
• Founding Member @ Gelecek Partisi (December 2019 - Present)
• Board Member @ International Science Council (ISC) CODATA International Data Policy Committee (December 2022 - Present)
• Advisory Board Member @ Gazi University Deprem Mühendisliği Uygulama ve Araştırma Merkezi (DEMAR) (January 2022 - Present)
• Academic Partnerships Director @ Institute of Civil Protection & Emergency Management (ICPEM) (June 2021 - Present)
• Member of Institute for Civil Protection and Emergency Management @ Institute of Civil Protection & Emergency Management (ICPEM) (May 2019 - Present)
• Founding and Board Member @ Future Party/Gelecek Partisi (December 2019 - Present)
• Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) @ Freelance (September 2020 - Present)
• Editorial Board @ Disasters Journal Wiley (February 2020 - Present)
• Disaster Risk Management Working Group Lead @ Ankara City Council (December 2020 - December 2024)
• Short Term Consultant @ The World Bank (August 2023 - June 2024)
• Co-investigator Natural Hazards Center’s Quick Response Research Award @ University of Colorado Boulder and UC Berkeley (March 2023 - December 2023)
• Visiting Worker @ UK Health Security Agency (August 2022 - September 2023)
• Advisor to Prime Minister Prof. Ahmet Davutoğlu, Chairman of the Future Party @ Freelance (November 2020 - May 2023)
• Editorial Board @ Disaster Prevention and Resilience Journal (July 2021 - January 2023)
• STC @ The World Bank (March 2021 - June 2022)
• Co-Investigator @ UKRI GCRF Urban Disaster Hub Project: Istanbul (January 2021 - May 2021)
• Senior Higher Education Academy Fellow (SFHEA) @ Coventry University (October 2019 - August 2020)
• Lecturer @ Coventry University (January 2018 - August 2020)
• Research Associate @ Coventry University Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations (April 2019 - August 2020)
• Associate Professor @ Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University
• Director of METU Disaster Management Centre @ Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University (September 2008 - May 2018)
• Assistant Professor @ Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University
• Instructor @ Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University
• Research Assistant @ Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University
• Senior Consultant to National Science Foundation (NSF) project on Soma Mine Accident May 13, 2014 @ University of Pittsburgh (June 2014 - August 2015)
• Syrian Refugee Camps Evaluation Team Expert @ UNICEF (January 2014 - January 2015)
• Visiting Scholar @ GSPIA-Center for Disaster Management, University of Pittsburgh (March 2012 - May 2012)
• Research Centre for Urban Safety and Security @ Kobe University as JICA trainee (September 2009 - November 2009)
• JICA Alumni @ Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) (September 2009 - November 2009)
• Teaching Assistant @ The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (January 2003 - May 2005)