Sultan Göksen

Sultan Göksen serves as a Lecturer and Researcher at the Faculty of Education, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, while concurrently conducting PhD research at Maastricht University since September 2020. She also contributes as a columnist for Tijdschrift voor het Economisch Onderwijs since 2016 and collaborates with CAREM (Centre for Applied Research on Economics & Management) on practice-based research projects including UNLOCK: Creativity in HEIs through game design and IXAnext: Entrepreneurial potential via Educational Escape Rooms.

Her research centers on entrepreneurship education in Dutch secondary schools, investigating pedagogical frameworks, program standards, and norm development. She employs mixed-methods approaches including Delphi studies to establish consensus on educational norms and utilizes innovative formats like escape rooms to foster entrepreneurial skills. Current work examines the integration of entrepreneurship into compulsory curricula and the underlying pedagogy of existing programs.

Analysis of her 2022-2023 publications reveals a concentrated focus on standardizing entrepreneurship education in the Netherlands, with recurring themes of secondary school implementation, pedagogical innovation, and consensus-driven norm development. Her work consistently bridges academic research and practical classroom application, particularly through gamified learning approaches.

She received the EntreComp Champion Award in November 2023 for contributions to entrepreneurship education. Notable recognitions include winning the NWO Ph.D. scholarship for teachers during 2019-2020.

Göksen actively supervises educational projects including “Keuzedeel: Ondernemerschap” (2023-2024) and presents research at international conferences such as the ECSB Entrepreneurship Education Conference. Her media contributions include radio features on entrepreneurship education with Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences colleagues.

She maintains active collaborations with Maastricht University researchers (Wakkee, Martina, Groot) and international partners including Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal, through the UNLOCK project. Her work with CAREM positions her at the nexus of applied business research and educational innovation within the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences ecosystem.