معرفی
Mehmet Altuğ ŞAHİN is an Assistant Professor at Istanbul University's Faculty of Economics, Department of Tourism Management, and holds a concurrent researcher position at Universidade de Aveiro's Department of Economics, Management, Industrial Engineering and Tourism (2025). His academic journey includes a Doctorate (2019) and Postgraduate degree (2012) in Tourism Management from Istanbul University, and an Undergraduate degree in Tourism Management from Akdeniz University (2010).
His research focuses on interdisciplinary applications at the intersection of tourism management, artificial intelligence, and educational innovation. Primary domains include revenue management optimization, bibliometric analysis of tourism trends, AI integration in social sciences pedagogy, and sustainable destination development. Recent work emphasizes technology-enhanced learning methodologies in hospitality education.
Publications (2024-2025) reveal concentrated expertise in bibliometric analysis of AI adoption in tourism education, immersive learning technologies, and aviation tourism economics. Over 70% of recent output explores AI-driven pedagogical transformations.
Awards & Honors:
- AEDEM Award in Tourism (September 2024)
Research Leadership: He contributes to EU-funded projects including 'Empowering Educators for AI-Integrated Learning' (Erasmus+, 2024-2026) exploring generative AI in curriculum design, and 'Engelli Turizminde Ötekileştirme' (2022-Present) focused on accessible tourism. Earlier projects examined refugee integration through entrepreneurship (2018-2020) and revenue management modeling (2015-2019).
Academic Service: Serves as Assistant Editor for the Journal of Tourismology (since 2018) and is an active member of the International Council on Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Education (ICHRIE). Regularly participates in international conferences as panelist and presenter.
