2016 –
Project Partner, Coordinator/Researcher, “ILTERG: International Language Teacher Research Group”, European Union and National Agency supported Erasmus + Project, Project Number: TR 2016-1-TR01-KA203-035295.
2016-2017
Researcher, ELF-awareness, ELT materials development and coursebook evaluation in a comparative perspective: the case of Turkey and Italy (in collaboration with Assist. Prof. Paola Vettorel, University of Verona, Italy), supported by Verona University and Boğaziçi University.
2014-2017
Project Coordinator, ELF-aware in-service/pre-service teacher education: Design, implementation, evaluation, impact (in collaboration with Dr. Nicos Sifakis from Hellenic Open University; Project website: http://teacherdevelopment.boun.edu.tr/), Boğaziçi University Scientific Projects Commission Supported Project (Project Code: 8000).
2015-2016
Researcher, ECRILECT: Digital Literacies of young people in Europe in collaboration with Prof. Foued Laroussi and his reseach team, , University of Rouen, France.
2014-2015
Project Co-Cordinator, an international project on “Social Media and Intercultural Communication: Use of ‘facebook’ for developing intercultural understanding between Turkish and Korean university students” (in collaboration with Dr. Olaf Fors from University).
2013-2014
Project Co-Cordinator, a self-initiated international project on “Social Media and Intercultural Communication: Use of ‘facebook’ for communication between Turkish and Korean university students” (in collaboration with Dr. Shannon Tanghe from Dankook University).
2011- 2014
Project Coordinator, Identity Construction in Foreign Language Learning. Boğaziçi University Scientific Projects Commission Supported Project (Project Code: 6120).
2010-2013
Project Coordinator, Boğaziçi University Scientific Projects Commission Supported Project: A Corpus-based Meta-Pragmatic Analysis of Academic Writing in an EFL Context. (Project Code: 5691).
2009 – 2012
Project Coordinator, European Union, Education and Youth Center, Lifelong Learning Programme, Leonardo da Vinci Transfer of Innovation Project: M-LARG: “M-Learning for the young people (students) at risk groups” (Project Number: 2009-TR1-LEO05-08674), http://www.adameurope.eu/adam/project/view.htm?prj=7310&page=1) (Project Website: http://mlarg.boun.edu.tr).
2008 – 2011
Researcher in Project Team, Boğaziçi University Scientific Projects Commission Funded Project: Pragmatic Analysis of Participation and Interaction in the Foreign Language Classrooms. (Project Code: 08D0601).
2005 -2009 Project Coordinator, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜB.TAK) Social and Human Sciences Project: The role and significance of the concept of ‘culture’ in English language teaching: A pedagogical approach (Project Kodu: 104K085).
2004 -2008
Project Coordinator, Boğaziçi University Scientific Projects Commission Funded Project: Non-native English Language Teachers’ Perspectives on the Role and Significance of Culture in EFL Classrooms (Project Code: 04HD601).
2004-2006
Researcher in Project Team, Boğaziçi University Scientific Projects Commission Funded Project: Pragmatic Transfer of Turkish-German and Turkish-English Bilinguals (Project Code: 04D0602).
2003
Project Coordinator, Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA) and the Netherlands Academy of Sciences (NWO) funded postgraduate research study: The effect of gender factor on the language use of the participants in multilingual societies and foreign language classrooms.
2002 -2005
Researcher in Project Team, Boğaziçi University Scientific Projects Commission Funded Project: Effectiveness of Content-Based Language Teaching on English Language Development of 4th graders (Project Code: 02HD601).
2000-2002
Researcher in Project Team Boğaziçi University Scientific Projects Commission Funded Multidisciplinary Project: Applications of New Media in Turkish Press (Project Code: 00K102).
1999 -2000
Project Coordinator, Boğaziçi University Research Fund Supported Project: The Influence of the Gender Factor on the Second Language Use of the Students in Foreign Language Classrooms: A Pragmatic/Discourse Analytic Approach (Project Code: 99HD 601).