معرفی
Gökhan ZENGİN serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Administration within the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences at Trakya University since 2017. His academic focus centers on urban governance, decentralization, and public personnel management within Turkish and comparative contexts.
Education:
- Bachelor's Degree (1999): Uludağ University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Public Administration (Thesis: The Changing Structure of the Social Security Institution within Public Administration Reform)
- Master's Degree (2003): Trakya University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Public Administration (Thesis: Political Socialization Factors and Political Participation Relations)
- PhD (2010): Marmara University, Institute of Social Sciences, Department of Public Administration (Thesis: A Field Research on Municipal Unions' Role in Municipal Training Needs; Advisor: Prof. Dr. Recep BOZLAĞAN)
Research Interests: Dr. ZENGİN specializes in local government dynamics, with particular expertise in municipal unions, decentralization processes, and public personnel management. His work critically examines Turkish administrative reforms including Law No. 6360 on metropolitan municipalities, KÖYDES rural development projects, and comparative federalism models. Current research emphasizes environmental impact assessment (reflected in his teaching) and asymmetric decentralization frameworks.
Publication Trends: His scholarly output demonstrates consistent focus on municipal governance challenges (2002-2014), evolving toward contemporary analyses of public HR management (2022-2023). Recent works reveal growing interest in comparative decentralization models (Spain case study) and localized administrative reforms, maintaining strong empirical grounding in Turkish municipal contexts while expanding to European Union comparisons.
Teaching: Currently instructs Environmental Impact Assessment, bridging his research on urbanization with environmental policy implementation.