Sedef Ercetin Gencosmanoglu
Freelancer, Turkey
Sedef is Senior Advisor Internationalisation and Partnerships and currently works as a freelancer helping organisations rise to excellence in internationalisation. Sedef is an expert in partnership development, exchange programmes management and internationalisation strategies for higher education institutions. At her previous positions, she handled all international agreements at the university and faculty level, as well as supporting the academic units in applying for and managing international programmes, projects and funding. Sedef also led a team responsible for incoming and outgoing students and staff mobility. In addition to study abroad experiences in Poland and the Netherlands, Sedef earned a Master’s degree in International Affairs and Management at the University of Bologna, Italy, and Bachelors’ degrees from METU in Ankara, Turkey. Sedef was elected as Steering group member of the Expert Community Health and Welfare Education for the 2022–2024 term.