Yesim is an Assistant Professor of Organization Studies at the LYNX Center for the Interdisciplinary Analysis of Images, Contexts, Cultural Heritage Research Unit. Her research projects include "L'Italia a Nuvolette – Indagine sulla filiera del fumetto italiana", “In search of unity in diversity: Organizational solutions and new cultural offers for the museum network of the province of Lucca – SOOCult”, and “Direct and Indirect Impacts of Lucca Comics & Games”. She was also awarded research grants, such as Cultural and Creative Spillovers Project, a European partnership for testing innovative methods to evaluate cultural and creative spillovers.
Yesim obtained her PhD in Management and Development of Cultural Heritage from the IMT Lucca and holds a MA degree in Arts and Heritage: Policy, Management and Education (Maastricht University) and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics (Bogazici University). She has worked in various cultural institutions, such as Europa Nostra Istanbul Office and UNESCO World Heritage Centre, and is a founding member of Europa Nostra – Turkey. Her main research interests cover project-based cultural organizations, creative careers and work dynamics, and impacts of cultural policies and temporary events.