2006-2011 Ankara Üniversitesi, Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi, Batı Dilleri ve Edebiyatları Bölümü, Fransız Dili ve Edebiyatı, Lisans

2011-2014 Ankara Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Fransız Dili ve Edebiyatı Anabilim Dalı, Yüksek Lisans

2014-2019 Pamukkale Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Fransız Dili ve Edebiyatı Anabilim Dalı, Doktora

2021-.. Doktor Öğretim Üyesi

Tolgahan Aydıner lisans derecesini (2011) ODTÜ Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü’nden aldı. “Yerel Siyasetin Yeniden Ölçeklenmesi: Denizli Örneği” başlıklı teziyle Pamukkale Üniversitesi Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü Anabilim Dalı Doktora Programından (2019) mezun oldu. Kentsel siyaset, yerel yönetimler, iş dünyası-yerel siyaset/yönetim ilişkileri, yerel katılımcılık, yerel yönetim reformları başlıca çalışma ve ilgi alanlarındandır. Yazar, Pamukkale Üniversitesi Siyaset Bilimi ve Kamu Yönetimi Bölümü’nde öğretim üyesidir.

Tolgahan Aydıner received his undergraduate degree (2011) from the department of Political Science and Public Administration at METU. He got his PhD degree from Political Science and Public Administration Doctorate Program at Pamukkale University (2019) with his thesis titled “Rescaling of Local Politics: The Case of Denizli”. Urban politics, local governments, business-local politics/government relations, local participation and local government reforms are his main study and interest areas. The author is currently a faculty member at Pamukkale University in the department of Political Science and Public Administration.

I've been working as a professor in the Department of Sociology at Pamukkale University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences since 2018.

Dr. Mehmet Ulaş Koyuncuoğlu is an assistant professor in the Department of Management Information Systems at Pamukkale University. He holds BSc, MSc, and PhD degrees in Industrial Engineering, and his research focuses on production line performance analysis, buffer allocation optimization, meta-heuristic algorithms, artificial intelligence–based production rate estimation, and modeling of microplastic pollution. He has served as both principal investigator and researcher in TÜBİTAK-funded and institutionally supported projects. His scholarly work has been published in leading international journals such as Expert Systems with Applications, Computers & Industrial Engineering, and Urban Water Journal. Dr. Koyuncuoğlu teaches courses on simulation, optimization, digital twins, and decision sciences, and conducts interdisciplinary research combining manufacturing systems, data-driven decision-making, and environmental analysis.