Aybike Mergen

Talks

Talks & presentations

Keynotes & invited talks

  • April 2026 — Keynote: "Managing the AI Transformation: AI Governance and Organizational Alignment." Özyeğin University AI Platform II Roundtable, Istanbul.
  • November 2025 — Workshop: "AI as Your Business Partner: Context Engineering for Women Entrepreneurs." International Women of Istanbul × Özyeğin University, Istanbul.
  • October 2025 — Keynote: "Yapay zekâ çağında liderlik: Köklerimize dönüş" [Leadership in the age of AI: Back to our roots]. 12. Çetin Ceviz Ödül Töreni, Ankara.
  • October 2025 — Workshop (with E. den Hartigh): "The Future of Work in Four Scenarios." Özyeğin AI Week 2025, Istanbul.
  • December 2023 — "Close Encounters of the AI Kind: An Introduction for Social Scientists." Koç University, Istanbul.
  • February 2021 — "Understanding the Followers of Toxic Leaders: Toxic Illusio and Personal Uncertainty." CISEI Centre, University of Southampton, UK.
  • September 2019 — "A Participatory Theatre Approach to Leadership." Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto.

Selected conference presentations

  • August 2026 — "The Algorithmic Leviathan or the Digital Agora? Mechanisms of Enclosure and Pathways to Rights-Based Governance of Digital Commons." Academy of Management (AoM), Philadelphia.
  • August 2026 — (with N. Çetin Kılıç & M. Özbilgin) "Algorithmic Hollowing of Responsibility." Academy of Management (AoM), Philadelphia.
  • June 2026 — "The Algorithmic Leviathan or the Digital Agora?" European Academy of Management (EURAM), Kristiansand, Norway.
  • July 2025 — (with A. Albayraktaroğlu & Ç. Güven) "GenAI Models as Wicked Resources: Integrating PRT and Stakeholder Dynamics." AoM, Copenhagen.
  • July 2025 — (with C. M. Bell) Symposium Power and Justice Dynamics in Organizations and Beyond — "Justice and Follower Roles." AoM, Copenhagen.
  • July 2025 — (with C. M. Bell & Z. Aycan) "Co-creating Leadership: Ambivalence through the Participatory Theater Framework." European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS), Athens.
  • July 2025 — (with N. Çetin Kılıç & M. Özbilgin) "Sweeping Biases under the Algorithm Rug." EGOS, Athens.
  • 2025 — (Fu, Bell, Mergen, & Yang) "Feeling Envious and Uncertain about Oneself is Unfair." International Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR), Xi'an, China.
  • June 2025 — (with A. Albayraktaroğlu & Ç. Güven) "Generative AI Models as Wicked Resources." EURAM, Florence.
  • August 2024 — (McCune Stein, Mergen, & Bell) "Who is an Ideal Follower in Chinese Leadership Paradigms?" AoM, Chicago.
  • June 2024 — (with M. Özbilgin, Ç. Güven, C. Erbil & T. Greenhalgh) "Toxic 'Experts' in Longevity Business." EURAM, Bath, UK.

Panels, moderation & public engagement

  • March 2026 — Panel moderator: "Inclusive Leadership in the Age of Cultural Backlash." ThoughtFront Series, Istanbul.
  • October 2024 — Panel participant: "AI & Ethics." International Data Science and Statistics Conference (IDSSC), Ankara.
  • September 2024 — Panel participant: XVIII Swiss–Turkish Economic Forum, Istanbul.
  • July 2024 — Invited radio guest ("Toksik Liderlik"), Açık Radyo, Gündelik Hayatın Sosyolojisi.