PAU Faculty Member Receives TUBİTAK Support for Postdoctoral Research Abroad
Prof. Dr. Hülya Yaldır, a faculty member of the Department of Philosophy at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of Pamukkale University (PAU), has been awarded support under the 2219 – Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program Abroad of TUBİTAK and has been appointed to conduct her postdoctoral research for a 12-month period as an “Academic Visitor” at the Faculty of Philosophy of University of Oxford.
In line with the decision taken at the meeting held on January 21 by the Research Grants and Supports Executive Board of the Scientist Support Programs Presidency of the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye, the application submitted by Prof. Dr. Hülya Yaldır within the scope of the 2219 – Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program Abroad was deemed worthy of support.
Within the scope of this fellowship, Prof. Dr. Hülya Yaldır aims to address the fundamental problems of the Philosophy of Mind within a framework of historical continuity, and to present the conceptual development extending from medieval Islamic and Latin intellectual traditions to contemporary debates in the Philosophy of Mind and Artificial Intelligence in the context of the international academic literature. Conducting her research at the University of Oxford—an institution with a long-established and highly respected academic tradition worldwide and ranked among the top three internationally in the field of philosophy—the PAU faculty member will carry out her studies with the support of Prof. Dr. Cecilia Trifogli, a faculty member of All Souls College, Oxford and a member of the British Academy.
Listed on the official website of the Oxford University Faculty of Philosophy under “Current Academic Visitors,” Prof. Dr. Hülya Yaldır will conduct her research activities at the Faculty of Philosophy with Academic Visitor status between January 18, 2026 and January 17, 2027. Being included in this list, which also features researchers from leading universities worldwide such as Harvard University, University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Tsinghua University, is of great importance for PAU’s international academic visibility.
Prof. Dr. Yaldır, who began her appointment at the Oxford University Faculty of Philosophy on January 19, is regarded as a concrete indicator of Pamukkale University’s commitment to international academic collaboration and to supporting the scholarly development of its faculty members. This achievement is also expected to contribute to strengthening PAU’s academic collaborations with globally prestigious institutions in the field of the humanities.