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Mehmet Gençer

PhD Organization Studies
Istanbul Bilgi University - Computer Science Department

Office : Dolapdere Campus, room 321
Email : mgencer@cs.bilgi.edu.tr
Phone : 0(+90)212 - 311 5412

Mehmet Gençer's main research focus is social and organizatonal aspects of software development in general, and open source communities in particular. Based on structural features of organizing, his studies are concerned with nature and efficiency of collaboration in software development.

After a training in Physics, and Electrical and Electronics Engineering, he practiced software development and management at private companies in Turkey and US. Soon after joining the Computer Science department at Istanbul Bilgi University in 2002 as a lecturer, he has started his PhD studies at Social Sciences Institute's Organization Studies programme in 2004, which he finished in 2009.