Citizen-Centered Public Policy Making in Turkey

Dr. Volkan Göçoğlu is an Associate Professor in Afyon Kocatepe University. He received his Ph.D. from Hacettepe University, Department of Political Science and Public Administration. His main research interests are public policy, local governments, technology in the public sector, sustainable development, and administrative reforms. He has published articles with these focuses in master journals such as Journal of Asian Public Policy, Lex Localis, and Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration.

Prof. Naci Karkin, Ph.D.

Dr. Naci Karkin is a Senior Research Associate at United Nations University - The Operating Unit on Policy-Driven e-Governance (UNU-EGOV) based in Guimaraes, Portugal. Dr. Karkin also holds the full professor position at the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkiye. Dr. Karkin's core expertise includes e-participation, social media, public sector innovation, e-governance, and public policy analysis. For the last 22 years, Dr. Karkin has worked with the digital transformation of the public sector, including ICT-facilitated public service delivery, website analysis, e-participation, and public sector innovation through ICTs. In his work, Dr. Karkin regularly conducts systematic literature reviews, expert panels, stakeholder interviews, and consultations, but he also works with user engagement and electronic participation from various dimensions. Dr. Karkin has many publications in the ICTs and public administration field, book chapters of international publishing houses like Springer, Nova, IGI Global, and Edward Elgar, and has articles published in top information science journals like International Journal of Information Management, Government Information Quarterly, Information Technologies for Development, Information Polity, and Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Administration. Dr. Karkin has participated in many conferences as an author, reviewer, andmember of the organization committees such as ICEGOV, AMCIS, eGOV, and Dg.o.

Dr. Volkan Göçoğlu 是阿夫永科卡特佩大學的副教授。他在哈賽特佩大學政治學與公共行政系獲得博士學位。他的主要研究興趣包括公共政策、地方政府、公共部門的科技、可持續發展以及行政改革。他在《亞洲公共政策期刊》、《地方法學》和《亞太公共行政期刊》等主要期刊上發表了相關的文章。

Prof. Naci Karkin, Ph.D.

Dr. Naci Karkin 是位於葡萄牙吉馬良斯的聯合國大學政策驅動電子治理運營單位（UNU-EGOV）的高級研究員。Karkin 博士同時擔任土耳其德尼茲利的帕穆卡萊大學政治學與公共行政系的正教授。Karkin 博士的核心專業包括電子參與、社交媒體、公共部門創新、電子治理和公共政策分析。在過去的22年中，Karkin 博士致力於公共部門的數位轉型，包括資訊通信技術促進的公共服務交付、網站分析、電子參與以及通過資訊通信技術的公共部門創新。在他的工作中，Karkin 博士定期進行系統文獻回顧、專家小組、利益相關者訪談和諮詢，同時也從多個維度進行用戶參與和電子參與的研究。Karkin 博士在資訊通信技術和公共行政領域有許多出版物，包括與施普林格、諾瓦、IGI Global 和愛德華·艾爾加等國際出版社的書籍章節，以及在《國際資訊管理期刊》、《政府資訊季刊》、《發展資訊技術》、《資訊政治》和《亞太公共行政期刊》等頂尖資訊科學期刊上發表的文章。Karkin 博士作為作者、審稿人和組織委員會成員參加了許多會議，如 ICEGOV、AMCIS、eGOV 和 Dg.o。