12 May 2025; 13:00 – 14:00 GMT+1
Presenter: Irem Dikem
Biography
Professor Dikmen carries out research at the interface of engineering, management, and information sciences. Her research interests relate to construction project management, mainly risk management. She combines theories and methods from various disciplines to analyse complexity, risk and resilience in projects. She uses systems thinking to explore and model project systems and engineering project organizations. She conducts research to explore actuality of projects and develop decision-support systems/tools in collaboration with industrial partners and government institutions. Based on her professional experience within the industry as a consultant in several construction projects, her vision has been to carry out constructive research that demonstrates added value/benefits for the industry and communities.
Paper to be presented
Title: Towards a Climate Adaptation Roadmap for the Turkish Construction Industry – Finding from a Participatory Workshop with Industry Stakeholders
Authors: Irem Dikmen Toker, Stuart D. Green, Qamar Ayoubi, Güzide Atasoy Özcan, Emre Caner Akçay, Atefeh Aali, Güncel Vara
Link to paper: ClimateAdaptationReport-2025.pdf
Additional Link: ClimateAdapt-TR project – Climate Resilient Built Environment – CRESBE
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