Publications

My publications focus on circular design, repair and product-life extension, systems-oriented approaches to sustainability, social innovation, and design education.

You can also find my publications on Google Scholar.

Selected publications

Circular design competencies

Exploring circular design competencies in undergraduate education: the case of an interdisciplinary course and industry engagement
Bayraktaroğlu, S. & Soylu, Y. (2026). International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 27(7), 1829–1845.
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Repair and circular economy

Redefining Repair as a Value Co-Creation Process for Circular Economy: Facilitated Do-It-Yourself Repair
Bayraktaroğlu, S. & İdemen, E. (2024). International Journal of Design, 18(1), 1–22.
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Circular transition in the furniture industry

Circular Economy Awareness and Motivations in the Furniture Industry: İnegöl as a Microcosm of Global South Dynamics
Bayraktaroğlu, S. & Soylu, H. Y. (2024). Mobilya ve Ahşap Malzeme Araştırmaları Dergisi, 7(1), 38–53.
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Social innovation and rural development

Bridging Roles of Social Innovations in Rural Development: Craft Initiatives from Kutch, India
Bayraktaroğlu, S. (2020). Journal of Design for Resilience in Architecture and Planning, 1(1), 103–118.
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Journal articles

• Exploring circular design competencies in undergraduate education: the case of an interdisciplinary course and industry engagement
  Bayraktaroğlu, S. & Soylu, Y. (2026). International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 27(7), 1829–1845.
  DOI

• Circular Economy Awareness and Motivations in the Furniture Industry: İnegöl as a Microcosm of Global South Dynamics
  Bayraktaroğlu, S. & Soylu, H. Y. (2024). Mobilya ve Ahşap Malzeme Araştırmaları Dergisi, 7(1), 38–53.
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• Redefining Repair as a Value Co-Creation Process for Circular Economy: Facilitated Do-It-Yourself Repair
  Bayraktaroğlu, S. & İdemen, E. (2024). International Journal of Design, 18(1), 1–22.
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• Bridging Roles of Social Innovations in Rural Development: Craft Initiatives from Kutch, India
  Bayraktaroğlu, S. (2020). Journal of Design for Resilience in Architecture and Planning, 1(1), 103–118.
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• Sosyal Yenileşim ve Tasarımın Değişen Rolleri (Social Innovation and the Changing Roles of Design)
  Bayraktaroğlu, S., Şatır, S. & Akgün, A. A. (2014). Tasarım + Kuram, 10(18), 36–52.
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• Bir Sürdürülebilir Kalkınma Pratiği Olarak Yavaş Şehirler Hareketi İçin Tasarım (Design for the Slow Cities Movement as a Sustainable Development Practice)
  Narter, Ç. & Bayraktaroğlu, S. (2012). Panorama, 1(7), 54–57.

Book chapters

• New Product Development Strategies for Societal Welfare: Circular Economy Perspective
  Bayraktaroğlu, S. & İdemen, E. (2026). In Impact of Marketing Strategies in Society: Examining Critical Aspects of Marketing and their Implications for Societal Well-being. Springer Nature.

• Eco-social Innovation in the Context of Urban Sustainability (in Turkish)
  Bayraktaroğlu, S. (2025). In Krizler ve Dönüşümler Çağında Mekânsal Araştırmalar. Gelişim University.

• Actors of Rural Innovation: Bamboo Craft Initiatives from Northeast India
  Bayraktaroğlu, S. (2020). In L. S. Andersen (Ed.), Rural Areas: An Overview (pp. 145–191). NOVA Science Publishers.
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• Circular Design and Its Limits (in Turkish)
  Bayraktaroğlu, S. (2020). In E. Gönlügür & A. E. Kurtgözü (Eds.), İyi Tasarım ‘Döngü’ (pp. 52–59). İzmir Akdeniz Akademisi.
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• Identifying Social Aspects of Terrorism on Human Behavior with a Design Point of View: Form Follows Fear
  Bayraktaroğlu, S. & Narter, Ç. (2016). In B. Baybars Hawks (Ed.), Framing Violence: Conflicting Images, Identities, and Discourses. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

• Responding to the Industry’s Request for Design Knowledge: Reflections of a Private Educational Initiative from Turkey
  Coşkun Orlandi, A. E. & Bayraktaroğlu, S. (2012). In G. Hagoort, A. Thomassen & R. Kooyman (Eds.), Pioneering Minds Worldwide: On the Entrepreneurial Principles of the Cultural and Creative Industries. Eburon Publishers.

Conference presentations and proceedings

• Learning from Serious Games: A Comparative Methodological Analysis for Legal Design Bayraktaroğlu, S. 26th Istanbul Scientific Research Congress, Istanbul, Türkiye, August 2026.

• Role of Artificial Intellience in the Evolution of Legal Design
  Bayraktaroğlu, S. ASES III.International Cappadocia Scientific Research Congress, Nevşehir, Türkiye, July 2026.

• What Would it Take to Take Care? Speculating our Relationships with Products for Future Repair Scenarios
  Aytaç, A. & Bayraktaroğlu, S. By Design and By Disaster Conference, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy, July 2024.

• Integration of Infinity: A Design Workshop Experience with Generative Artificial Intelligence
  Aslan, F. & Bayraktaroğlu, S. 2nd International Symposium on Interdisciplinary Art, Design and Social Sciences, Beykoz University, Istanbul, May 2024.

• Analysis of Platforms Facilitating the Reuse of Discarded Clothing in Istanbul and Users’ Donation Motivations
  Bayraktaroğlu, S. 6th International Symposium on Human, Social and Sustainable Development Research, Tunis, May 2023.

• Introducing Systems Thinking in Undergraduate Industrial Design Education
  Bayraktaroğlu, S. International Conference on Business, Technology and Innovation, Pristina, Kosovo, 2022.

• Identifying the Contribution of Design to Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage: A Systematic Literature Review
  Bayraktaroğlu, S. International Conference on Business, Technology and Innovation, Pristina, Kosovo, 2021.

• Development of an Interdisciplinary Master’s Degree in City and Children Studies
  Bayraktaroğlu, S. 9th International Conference on Business, Technology and Innovation, Pristina, Kosovo, 2020.

• Design for Repair as a Strategy to Foster Sustainable User Behavior: A Case of Undergraduate Product Design Studio
  Bayraktaroğlu, S. 8th International Conference on Business, Technology and Innovation, Pristina, Kosovo, 2019.

• Social Aspects of Terrorism and Human Behavior: Form Follows Fear in Design
  Narter, Ç. & Bayraktaroğlu, S. 4th International Conference on Conflict, Terror and Society, 2015.

• Transportation Design in the Context of the Slow City Movement for Sustainable Development (in Turkish)
  Narter, Ç. & Bayraktaroğlu, S. Green Age Symposium II, 2012.

• Engaging Strategic Design in Undergraduate Design Education: A Case Study in Şişhane, Istanbul
  Bayraktaroğlu, S. & Özkaynak, M. International Symposium on Sustainable Design III, 2011.
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• Overcoming Barriers to Adopt Product-Service Systems (PSS)
  Bayraktaroğlu, S. & Bayazıt, N. LeNS Conference: Sustainability in Design: Now! Challenges and Opportunities for Design Research, Education and Practice in the XXI Century, 2010.
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