Prof. Baycan graduated from Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Urban and Regional Planning in 1988. She obtained her MSc degree in Urban Planning (1993) and PhD degree in Urban and Regional Planning (1999) at Istanbul Technical University. She worked between 1991-2000 as Research Assistant, 2000-2004 as Assistant Professor and 2004-2010 as Associate Professor at Istanbul Technical University. Between 2001-2003, she worked at VU University Amsterdam (visiting scholar) and she continued her project basis works and regular collaboration with the VU University Amsterdam between 2003-2010. She became Full Professor in 2010 at Istanbul Technical University. She worked at George Mason University between 2010 and 2011 (visiting scholar) and at University of Cambridge between 2019-2020 (visiting scholar). Since 2020 she is working at Istanbul Technical University. Prof. Baycan was the Chair of the EU Center at Istanbul Technical University between 2005-2009 and 2014-2016. She was a Commission Member of the Turkish Council of Higher Education (YOK) for the “Regional Development-Oriented Mission Differentiation and Specialization of Universities Program” between 2016-2021. She has more than 20 years of experience in leading and participating in international (UNDP) and EU Projects (FP5, FP6, FP7), European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST Action) Program and Erasmus+ Program as well as bilateral joint research projects with various European Institutions. She was also an Expert and Panel Member of ERC Advanced Grants for Social Science and Humanities: Environment and Society (2008-2015) and JPI Urban Europe (2012-2020). She served as external evaluator for different research programs of the EU countries including Austria, Belgium, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Norway, Portugal as well as ESF-European Science Foundation (2010-2025). Prof. Baycan is Fellow of the Academia Europaea since 2011 with her studies in Social Sciences. She is President of Turkish Regional Science Association and Council Member of European Regional Science Association (ERSA). She has served as Editor and Editorial/Advisory Board Member of many scientitifc journals including Asia and Pacific Journal of Regional Science; Regional Science Policy and Practice; Economic and Social Changes: Facts, Trends, Forecast; Region; Romanian Journal of Regional Science; Studies in Regional Science; International Journal of Sustainable Society; A/Z ITU Journal of Faculty of Architecture; Journal of Design for Resilience in Architecture and Planning; ICONARP International Journal of Architecture and Planning; and TRIA International Journal of Urban Planning. She is Co-editor of Resilience, Crisis and Innovation Dynamics (2018); Editor of Knowledge Commercialization and Valorization in Regional Economic Development (2013); Co-editor of Sustainable City and Creativity: Promoting Creative Urban Initiatives (2011); and Classics in Planning: Urban Planning (2008). Prof. Baycan has contributed to the development of Regional Science and to the fields of urban and regional economic, social and spatial development with a wide range of studies from sustainable development to climate change; from migration and migrant entrepreneurship to creativity, innovation and regional development; from urban economy to social innovation. She has over 150 publications, including journal articles, symposium proceedings, book chapters and books.