OBJECTIVES of the Urban Innovation Research Group;

• Researchers and Practioners from multidisciplinary background (City and Regional Planning, Computer Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Electronics/Electronics Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Architecture, Civil Engineering, Survey Engineering, Business Administration, Economics, Political Science and International Relations, Sociology, Communication Design) present theoretical and practical knowledge to the students who are interested in the future cities and urban problems with reference to national and international case studies,
• Developing co-production process methods with all city actors (public, private sector, NGO, etc.),
• A dynamic and R&D-based graduate education supported by the 'Urban Innovation Laboratory' structured to develop application capacities,
• To provide our research ecosystem from different disciplines with the ability to analyze multi-spatial, multidimensional and voluminous urban data (qualitative and quantitative) (especially for students working in different sectors and making business developments based on urban data analytics, providing expertise in the field of urban informatics)
• In the field of urban informatics our research group works on three different tracks: environment and climate, digital economy and social policy fields with cross-cutting disciplines: ICT and Law.  The group's aim is gaining the ability to prepare a project for the solution of a real urban problem with all partners.

Urban Innovation Research Team has a multidisciplinary structure. Founding and pionering disciplines are:

• City and Regional Planning
• Computer Engineering
• Political Science and International Relations
• Law
• Geomatic Engineering
• Business and Management