Erdal EKE

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Erdal EKE serves as Associate Professor at Suleyman Demirel University's Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Health Management since 2020. His academic career spans over 16 years at the same institution, progressing from Lecturer (2008-2014) to Doctor Lecturer (2014-2016), Assistant Professor (2016-2020), and current Associate Professor position. He simultaneously holds administrative roles including Department Head (2016-present), Vice Dean (2016-2017), Research Center Director (2017-2023), and Department Deputy Head (2018-present).

His educational background includes:

• Bachelor's in Public Administration from Akdeniz University (2006)
• Master's in Public Administration from Suleyman Demirel University (2008)
• PhD in Public Administration from Suleyman Demirel University (2014)

Research interests center on health system transformation, with particular focus on public-private partnerships, health diplomacy, digital health integration, and policy analysis. His work bridges theoretical public administration frameworks with practical healthcare challenges, examining topics from robotic surgery adoption to crisis communication in pandemics. Recent publications demonstrate increasing specialization in digital health transformation, health diplomacy, and generational health behavior analysis.

His 15 most recent publications (2022-2025) reveal three dominant thematic clusters: (1) Health system reform and policy analysis (35%), particularly Turkish healthcare transformation; (2) Digital health applications and e-health literacy (30%); (3) Public health management during crises (20%). Methodologically, 60% employ qualitative approaches while 40% use mixed methods, with strong emphasis on Turkish case studies and OECD comparative analyses.

As academic advisor, he supervised doctoral candidate Gülçin Gökçenur Karataş's 2024 thesis on Covid-19 impacts on primary healthcare and family physicians. His editorial leadership includes serving as Editor for SDU Health Management Journal since 2019 and co-editing 16 international publications including 'Health Transformation in the Context of Changing State Understanding' (2019) and 'Digital Human and Digital Society' (2022). Teaching portfolio encompasses advanced courses in Health Policy Analysis, Comparative Health Systems, and Health Diplomacy.