Özlem Karsu

Education

• B.S., Industrial Engineering, Middle East Technical University, 2008.

• M.S.,  Industrial Engineering, Middle East Technical University, 2010.

• PhD, Operational Research, London School of Economics, 2014. 

Research interests

My research lies in the domains of inequity-averse optimization and multicriteria decision making. I aim to help decision makers to address equity (fairness) concerns through operational research tools. Methodologically, I conduct research mostly on multicriteria decision making, which involves multicriteria choice, sorting and optimization problems. I also work on exact solution algorithms for assignment problem variants.

Awards/Grants Received

• TÜBİTAK - European Cooperation in Science and Technology Program (2515-COST) - Principal Investigator (2016-2018).

• TÜBİTAK National Young Researchers Career Development Program (3501- CAREER) - Principal Investigator (2019-2021).

• TÜBİTAK Scientific and Technological Research Projects Funding Program (1001) - Principal Investigator (2022-2025).

• TÜBİTAK Scientific and Technological Research Projects Funding Program (1001) - Researcher (2020-2023).

• GGP Research Environment Links Program- Co-Investigator (2021).

• Bilkent University 2023 Distinguished Teaching Award.

• TÜBİTAK Scientific and Technological Research Projects Funding Program (1001) - Researcher (2024-2027).

• TÜBİTAK 2219 Program (2025-2026).

• BAGEP 2025 (Science Academy Young Scientists Award Program).

I was involved in the COST Action IS1304 (as the MC substitute for Turkey). I am also involved in COST Action CA22137 as Vice-Chair and MC member for Turkey.

You can see my CV here.