Saganga Kapaya | Financial Economics | Research Excellence Award

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Assoc Prof Dr. Saganga Kapaya | Financial Economics | Research Excellence Award

Open University of Tanzania | Tanzania

Saganga Kapaya is an Associate Professor with strong academic expertise in education and research at the Open University of Tanzania. He holds advanced degrees in education and has extensive experience in teaching, curriculum development, and academic leadership. His research focuses on educational management, teacher training, e-learning, and improving access to quality education in developing contexts. He has contributed to numerous scholarly publications and supervised postgraduate research. Recognized for his contributions to academic development and innovation in distance learning, he continues to promote inclusive and technology-driven education systems, strengthening higher education practices and research capacity in Tanzania and beyond.

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Dr. yeliz sürme | Nursing | Best Researcher Award

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Dr. yeliz sürme | Nursing | Best Researcher Award

Erciyes University | Turkey

Yeliz Sürme is an Associate Professor of Surgical Nursing whose academic journey spans a bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral education in nursing and health sciences, with advanced specialization in surgical nursing. Her professional career includes extensive experience as a research assistant and faculty member, contributing to both undergraduate and graduate nursing education. She supervises numerous master’s and doctoral theses on surgical care, postoperative recovery, pain management, patient education, and innovative nursing interventions. Her research primarily focuses on wound healing, surgical patient outcomes, artificial intelligence–based patient education, lymphedema care, sleep and delirium in intensive care, and evidence-based surgical nursing practices. She has actively participated in national scientific projects, including randomized controlled trials on diabetic foot care and wound infection management. Her scholarly work is published in respected international journals, addressing topics such as AI-supported educational materials, postoperative rehabilitation, sleep quality in surgical patients, and humanistic nursing competence. She has served in several academic and administrative roles, including departmental committees, accreditation boards, thesis juries, and major program coordination. Recognized for her academic contributions, she received a third-place oral presentation award. She continues to advance surgical nursing science through research, teaching, and mentorship.

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Sürme, Y. (2019). Stres, stresle ilişkili hastalıklar ve stres yönetimi. Journal of International Social Research, 12(64), 63.

Sürme, Y., Özmen, N., & Ertürk Arik, B. (2023). Fear of COVID-19 and related factors in emergency department patients. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 21(1), 28–36.

Sürme, Y., Kartın, P. T., & Çürük, G. N. (2018). Knowledge and practices of nurses regarding wound healing. Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 33(4), 471–478.

Sürme, Y., & Çimen, Ö. (2022). Preoperative surgical fear and related factors of patients undergoing brain tumor surgery. Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing, 37(6), 934–938.

Maraş, G., & Sürme, Y. (2023). Surgical site infections: Prevalence, economic burden, and new preventive recommendations. Exploratory Research and Hypothesis in Medicine, 8(4), 366–371.

Sürme, Y., & Maraş, G. (2022). Recycling, responsible consumption and nursing: A qualitative study of surgical nurses’ recycling and medical waste management. Journal of Nursing Management, 30(8), 4514–4522

Prof. Dr. Mustafa Öztürk | Educational Leadership | Best Researcher Award

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Prof. Dr. Mustafa Öztürk | Educational Leadership | Best Researcher Award

Boğaziçi University | Turkey

Prof. Dr. Mustafa Öztürk is a distinguished scholar in the field of educational sciences, currently serving as Professor at Boğaziçi University, Faculty of Education. He holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Middle East Technical University (2014), an M.Sc. in Educational Sciences from the same institution (2008), an M.Ed. in Learning, Learning Environments, and Educational Systems from the University of Turku, Finland (2007), and a B.A. in English Language Teaching from METU (2004). He also completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Columbia University, Teachers College in International and Comparative Education (2016) and earned a PGCert in Peace Studies from Chulalongkorn University, Thailand (2022). His academic career spans teaching and research roles at Hacettepe University, METU Development Foundation Schools, and the Turkish Land Forces before joining Boğaziçi University, where he became Associate Professor in 2023 and full Professor in 2025. With an h-index of 12, his scholarly contributions include 824 citations across documents indexed in Scopus and Web of Science. His research focuses on curriculum development, international and comparative education, teacher training, and peace education. Recipient of national and international research grants, Prof. Öztürk continues to advance global dialogue on education with a commitment to innovative pedagogies and cross-cultural understanding.

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Featured Publications

Çiğdem, H., & Öztürk, M. (2016). Factors affecting students’ behavioral intention to use LMS at a Turkish post-secondary vocational school. International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 17(3), 276–295.

Çiğdem, H., & Öztürk, M. (2016). Critical components of online learning readiness and their relationships with learner achievement. Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 17(2), 98–109.

Öztürk, M., & Yıldırım, A. (2013). Adaptation challenges of novice teachers. Hacettepe Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 28(28-1), 294–307.

Öztürk, M. (2008). Induction into teaching: Adaptation challenges of novice teachers [Master’s thesis, Middle East Technical University]. METU Graduate School of Social Sciences.

Öztürk, M. (2017). Sürdürülebilir gelişme odaklı eğitim: Kuramsal çerçeve, tarihsel gelişim ve uygulamaya dönük öneriler. İlköğretim Online, 16(4), 1–11.