Dr Ayse Burcin Baskurt
Senior Lecturer
Module Leader, Final Project - Research
Department of Psychology & Human Development , School of Childhood and Social Care
Dr Ayse Burcin Baskurt is a BPS Chartered Psychologist and a Higher Education Academy Fellow, working as a Senior Lecturer at UEL. Having a background in Sociology and Comparative Studies in History and Society in her undergraduate and graduate studies, she completed her PhD in Social and Organisational Psychology at Koc University, Turkey. She also earned an MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology (MAPPCP) from UEL.
She is currently a Senior Lecturer and Module Leader in the MAPP programme at UEL, teaching the Final Project-Research module. She is a member of the Mental Health and Social Change Research Group.
Qualifications
- PhD Social and Organisational Psychology - Koc University, Turkey
- MSc Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology (MAPPCP) - UEL, UK
- MA Comparative Studies in History and Society - Koc University, Turkey
- BA Sociology - Bogazici University, Turkey
Areas Of Interest
- Career calling, employee wellbeing, social support, work-family interface, leadership, culture, quantitative methods
OVERVIEW
Dr Baskurt's research, teaching and practice mainly focus on the interrelations between work, family and education, using the lenses of gender, culture and positive psychology. She collaborated in various international research projects on career tracks of PhD graduates, success definitions of entrepreneurs, gender differences in worries about leadership, positive development of early adolescents, and work-family interface during COVID-19.
She published journal articles, book chapters and policy reports on these topics. She also presented research papers at international conferences. Her most recent published research focuses on career calling, wellbeing, leadership and work-family interface. She is a member of the Early Career Researcher Network of the British Academy and a chartered member of the British Psychological Society.
CURRENT RESEARCH
- Yemiscigil, A., Baskurt, A. B., Asici, A. A., Case, B., Cowden, R. G., Chen, Y., Lomas, T., Padgett, R. N., Johnson, B. R., & VanderWeele, T. J. (2026). Flourishing in Türkiye: A comprehensive country-specific analysis of wellbeing-related outcomes in the Global Flourishing Study. International Journal of Wellbeing, 15(3), Article 5933, 1-31. https://doi.org/10.5502/ijw.v15i3.5933
Research groups:
- A member of the Mental Health and Social Change Research Group
EXTERNAL ROLES
- Academic consultant for The Change Leaders Association (Degisim Liderleri Dernegi)
- Worktribe
- Associate Editor for Books, British Psychological Society
PUBLICATIONS
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Publications
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Full publications list
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- Enhancing Parental Wellbeing: The Effects of a Character Strengths Intervention on Parental Wellbeing, Self-Efficacy, Satisfaction and Stress European Journal of Applied Positive Psychology. 8 (5), pp. 1-13
- The relationship between gratitude and work engagement: examining the mediating role of employee resilience European Journal of Applied Positive Psychology. 7 (12), pp. 1-13
- How does social support shape the relationship between career calling and PERMA? European Journal of Applied Positive Psychology. 6 (4), pp. 1-15
- Worrying about leadership: Is it a liability or an advantage for leadership of women and men? Frontiers in Psychology. 13 (Art. 675522). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.675522
- Work–Family Interface and Crossover Effects: Exploring for the Effects of Gender in: Cheung, F. M. and Halpern, D. F. (ed.) The Cambridge Handbook of the International Psychology of Women. Cambridge University Press, pp.329-341
