Name R. Erkul | ||
3T: Tarih, Toplum ve Teknoloji | R. ERDEM ERKUL | TEDxYouth@VizyonKoleji
R. Erdem Erkul PhD is Director of Public Sector & External Affairs and Strategy at Samsung Electronics Turkey. He is Vice President at Council of European Professional Informatics Societies (CEPIS). He was also Vice President and Executive Board Member at Informatics Association of Turkey between 2011-2015. He is known for his work on e- government, New Public Administration, informatics, entrepreneurship and social media.
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R. Erdem Erkul received his PhD degree from Ankara University , Faculty of Political Sciences, Department of Political Science and Public Administration. He completed his education before his PhD in Hacettepe University Political Science and Public Administration Department and Massachusetts University olitical Science and Public Administration Department]. In 2008, he has conducted research at National Center for Digital Government which was established at Harvard University with Prof. Jane Fountain as a Doctoral Research Fellow. In June 2013, he was awarded with a certificate of completion for Innovation for Economic Development Executive Program Program in Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
In 2005, he established a web portal on e-government and informatics www.digital-government.net. He is also current editor of this portal. He has worked as the coordinator in the Total Quality and Strategic Planning activities of the Hacettepe University in 2005-2006. In 2008, he established a new international e-government portal digital-government.net. He was Chair of Organizing Committee of GovCamp Turkey in 2011.
Erkul has worked with several NGOs. He was elected as the Vice President of Council of European Professional Informatics Societies (CEPIS) in Brussels in November 2014. Since January 2010, he has been representing Informatics Association of Turkey in Council of European Professional Informatics Societies (CEPIS) in Brussels.
Music takes a great part of Dr. Erkul's life since his childhood. He is currently playing piano, qopuz, baglama, kanun and clarinet (traditional Turkish music instruments)