I am an assistant professor in work and organizational psychology. My current research focuses on workplace mistreatment (e.g., ostracism), harmful employee behaviors (e.g., unethical conduct), and social biases (e.g., prejudice against marginalized communities). I draw on various social psychological and organizational frameworks to explore (primarily negative) interpersonal dynamics across different contexts.

I completed my doctoral studies in the Social Psychology Department at Tilburg University, where I stuided social exclusion for my dissertation work. Specifically, I investigated whether, why, and how people talk about their experiences of social exclusion with others. Prior to my PhD, I earned my bachelor's degree in psychology from Middle East Technical University (Turkey) and my master's degree in psychological sciences from Bogazici University (Turkey).

Meral, E. O., Rosenbusch, H., Kip, A., Ren, D., van Dijk, E., & van Beest, I. (2022). Social Ball: An immersive research paradigm to study social ostracism. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/v8kwx