Burcak Basbug

Burcak Basbug was ranked number one among all graduates from Ankara Atatürk High School in 1994. Then completed Bachelors of Science, Masters of Science and PhD, respectively, from Middle East Technical University (METU) Statistics Department in 1999, University of Warwick in 2002, and London School of Economics and Political Science in 2007 all with a focus and theme of earthquakes in Türkiye. 

Currently, she is a Professor of Statistics and Disaster Science at METU. 

She was the Course Director of Masters of Science Disaster Management and Resilience at Coventry University in the United Kingdom between August 2019 and August 2020. She was the Director of the METU Disaster Management Centre, Ankara Türkiye between 2008 and 2018.

She is an editorial board member of the Organization Development Institute Journal Disasters. She is the Higher Consultancy Board Member of Ankara City Council, which is a strong Nongovernment Organization establishment. She is a board member of the International Science Council Committee on Data of the International Science Council (CODATA) International Data Policy Committee since 2022. She is the co-chair of the Specialized agency of the United Nations for education, sciences, and culture CODATA Data Policy for Times of Crisis Project. Since 2019, she is an Academic Partnership Director of the Institute of Civil Protection and Emergency Management based in London. She is a member of the Chatham House, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, and she received the title Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in the United Kingdom.

She has 26 years of experience in disaster risk reduction, disaster risk management, policy development, and education.