Mehmet Bicakci, M.A.

Academic Degrees

2012-2016: B.S. Degree: Teacher, Special Education.

2018-2020: Master of Arts – Thesis title: A comparison of personality traits and cultural orientations in adolescents identified versus unidentified as gifted.

2025 (excepted): Philosophiae Doctor – Doktorand am Lehrstuhl für Pädagogische Psychologie – Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Experience

2023 – today: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, ‚MeshMINT“ Lehrstuhl Pädagogische Psychologie der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.

2022 – 2023: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, ‚Global Talent Mentoring‘ Lehrstuhl Pädagogische Psychologie der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.

2022 – 2023: Gastwissenschaftler at Lehrstuhl für Pädagogische Psychologie und Exzellenzforschung der Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.

2019 – 2023: Forschungsassistent an der Abteilung für Begabtenförderung der Universität Hacettepe.

2019 – 2022: Koordinator am Forschungs- und Anwendungszentrum für Hochbegabte der Universität Hacettepe (ETSN European Talent Point).

2017– 2019: Lehrer für Sonderpädagogik im Türkischen Ministerium für Nationale Bildung.

 

Forschungsartikel:

• Bicakci, M., & Ziegler, A. (2025). Giftedness across borders framework: A resource-oriented analysis of migration and forced displacement [Manuscript in preparation]. Department of Psychology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.
• Bicakci, M., Naujoks-Schober, N., & Ziegler, A. (2025). Do you want your child to be gifted? Would your best friends want their child gifted? An investigation into a striking discrepancy in response behavior [Manuscript in preparation]. Department of Psychology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.
• Bicakci, M., Heller, F., Stoeger, H., & Ziegler, A. (2025). From RAMSing to rigor: Improving moderator analysis in meta-research (STEM education example) [Manuscript in preparation]. Department of Psychology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.
• Bicakci, M., Stoeger, H., Wengler, D., & Ziegler, A. (2025). Recalibrating impact in STEM education: Empirical benchmarks for interpreting intervention effects [Manuscript in preparation]. Department of Psychology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.
• Bicakci, M., Heller, F., Stoeger, H., & Ziegler, A. (2025). When small is big: Revisiting effect size thresholds in out-of-school STEM research [Manuscript in preparation]. Department of Psychology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.
• Tuo, P., Bicakci, M., Ziegler, A., & Zhang, B. (2025). Measuring personalized learning in the smart classroom learning environment: Development and validation of an instrument. Education Sciences, 15(5), 620. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci15050620
• Bicakci, M., & Tan, S. (2024). Forced choice dilemma in gifted students: A narrative review. Baskent University Journal of Education, 11(1), 1-9.
• Bicakci, M. (2023). Exploring the relationship between socioeconomic status and identification of gifted in Turkey through critical systems thinking. Hacettepe University Journal of Education. 38(2), 186-200. http://dx.doi.org/10.16986/HUJE.2023.480
• Yüreğilli Göğsu, D., Şakar, S. N., Bicakci, M., & Köksal, M.S. (2021). Full-time schooling for gifted students in Turkey: What teachers and experts say about this? Clinical Psychology and Special Education, 10(3), 208-230. https://doi.org/10.17759/cpse.2021100311
• Bicakci M., & Baloğlu M. (2021). A bibliometric analysis on personality research of gifted individuals (1957-2020). Journal of Uludag University Faculty of Education, 34(Special Issue), 125-157.  http://dx.doi.org/10.19171/uefad.845218
• Bicakci, M., & Baloğlu, M. (2021). Gifted underachievement: characteristics, causes and intervention. Ankara Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Özel Eğitim Dergisi, 22(3), 771-798. https://doi.org/10.21565/ozelegitimdergisi.607979
• Bicakci, M., Köksal, M. S., & Baloglu, M. (2021). A savant case from Turkey: Cognitive functions and calendar calculation. Clinical Psychology and Special Education, 10(1), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.17759/cpse.2021100101
• Bicakci, M. (2019). Özel yetenekte ebeveyn faktörü [Parenting the gifted]. Araştırmadan Uygulamaya Özel Eğitim Dergisi, 1(6), 72-78.
• Bicakci, M., Olçay-Gül, S. (2019). Effect of peer-delivered social stories on the crossing skills of primary school students with developmental disabilities. Education and Science, 44(199), 257-278. https:doi.org/10.15390/EB.2019.8168
• Bicakci M., & Baloğlu M. (2018). Creativity in research with gifted samples in Turkey. İnönü University Journal of the Faculty of Education, 19(3), 327-343. https://doi.org/10.17679/inuefd.481895

Bücher und Kapitel

Bicakci, M. (2024). Bridging the missing link on giftedness and underachiever labels research: Embracing symbolic interactionism. In N. K. Denzin & S.-L. S. Chen (Eds.), Essential Issues in Symbolic Interaction (Vol. 59, pp. 29-67). Emerald Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0163-239620240000059003

Konferenzbeiträge, Präsentationen und Hauptvorträge

• Bicakci, M. (2025, March 17). Giftedness across borders: A resource-oriented analysis of migration and forced displacement [Webinar]. World Council for Gifted and Talented Children https://world-gifted.org/event/gifted-potential-in-displacement-educational-and-social-pathways-for-success/
• Bicakci, M., Heller, F., Stoeger, H., & Ziegler, A. (2024, August 28–31). What is going on in teaching and instruction in STEM education? A concise umbrella review (2000–2023) from the perspective of gifted STEM education. [Paper presentation]. 19th European Council for High Ability (ECHA 2024), Porto, Portugal.
• Bicakci, M., & Ziegler, A. (2023, August 4-5). Exploring Personal and Social Judgments and Emotional Reactions to the Gifted Label: A Cross-Cultural Study. [Paper presentation]. Virtual World Council for Gifted and Talented Children World Conference.
• Bicakci, M. (2023, May 5). A comparison of cultural orientations in gifted and non-gifted adolescents [Paper presentation]. AERA’23 Virtual Meeting, Chicago, IL, United States.
• Ziegler, A., & Bicakci, M. (2023, January 26). Labeling the gifted: An overview of four core challenges [Keynote address]. Gifted Students: Nomen est Omen, Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zliné, Zlin, Czechia.
• Bicakci, M. (2022, October 12). Labeling the gifted: A persistent predicament. [Colloquium presentation]. Forschungskolloquium, Fakultät für Humanwissenschaften, Regensburg University, Germany.
• Koksal, İ., & Bicakci, M. (2021, October 11–14). Özel yetenekliler hakkındaki felsefi görüşler [Philosophical views on the gifted]. International Congress on Gifted and Talented Education (IGATE’21), Ankara, Turkey. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.13280.39686
• Bicakci, M., Yagbasanlar, O., & Akkus, Ş. K. (2021, October 11–14). Özel yetenekli bireylere eğitim veren öğretmenler ile örgün eğitim okullarındaki öğretmenlerin kişilik özelliklerinin karşılaştırılması. International Congress on Gifted and Talented Education (IGATE’21), Ankara, Turkey.
• Bicakci, M., & Tan, S. (2021, October 11–14). The forced-choice dilemma in giftedness. International Congress on Gifted and Talented Education (IGATE’21), Ankara, Turkey.
• Bicakci, M., & Baloglu, M. (2021, August 31–September 2). Association between culture and personality among gifted Turkish high school students. 17th International Conference of the European Council of High Ability (ECHA 2021), Porto, Portugal.
• Bicakci, M., & Bulgurcu, S. (2021, October 11–14). Examining the predictive role of implicit intelligence theories in career orientation. International Congress on Gifted and Talented Education (IGATE’21), Ankara, Turkey.
• Bicakci, M. (2020, December 23). Document analysis of the studies on the cultural orientations of the gifted individuals. 8th International Congress on Social Sciences – Humanities and Education, Istanbul, Turkey.
• Bicakci, M., & Baloglu, M. (2020, October 16–18). Özel yeteneklilerin kişilik özellikleri hakkında yapılan araştırmalarının bibliyometrik analizi (1957–2020). 30th Ulusal Özel Eğitim Kongresi, Bursa, Turkey.
• Bicakci, M., Baloglu, M., & Bilgic, Ş. (2020, October 16–18). Özel yeteneğin kültürel bağlamda incelenmesi [Examining giftedness in a cultural context]. 30th Ulusal Özel Eğitim Kongresi, Bursa, Turkey.
• Baloglu, M., & Bicakci, M. (2019, November 1–3). Giftedness in psycho-social context. [Keynote address]. International Congress on Gifted and Talented Education (IGATE’19), Malatya, Turkey.
• Bicakci, M., & Koksal, M. S. (2019, November 1–3). A Turkish savant: Calendar calculation, superior verbal short-term and autobiographical memory. International Congress on Gifted and Talented Education (IGATE’19), Malatya, Turkey.
• Bicakci, M., & Baloglu, M. (2019, November 1–3). Reversing the underachievement. International Congress on Gifted and Talented Education (IGATE’19), Malatya, Turkey.
• Bicakci, M., Olcay-Gul, S. (2019, September 29–30). Effect of peer delivered social stories on the crossing skills of primary school students with developmental disabilities. 10th International Conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI), Stockholm, Sweden.
• Bicakci, M., & Baloglu, M. (2018, November 1–3). Creativity in research with gifted samples in Turkey. International Congress on Gifted and Talented Education (IGATE’18), Malatya, Turkey.
• Bicakci, M., & Baloglu, M. (2018, October 11–13). Özel yeteneklilerin kişilik özellikleri: Bir literatür taraması [Personality traits of the gifted: A literature review]. 28th Ulusal Özel Eğitim Kongresi, Eskisehir, Turkey.

Editorial & Translation Work

Schwartz, B. M., Landrum, R. E., & Gurung, R. A. R. (2021). An easyguide to APA style [APA stilini kolaylaştırıcı bir kılavuz] (Trans. Ed. M. Bicakci). Nobel Academic Publishing.

Memberships

2023 – 2024 / American Educational Research Association (AERA)

2023 – 2024 / World Council for Gifted and Talented Children (WCGTC)

2022 – Present – Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (SSSI)

Awards

2023 / Virtual World Council for Gifted and Talented Children World Conference Participation Scholarship

2019 / Incentive Program for International Scientific Publications Addressed in Turkey (UBYT) Award.