The Center for Energy and Sustainable Development (CESD) brings together energy experts from many different fields and disciplines to conduct interdisciplinary educational and research activities focusing on energy-related issues affecting Türkiye and its surrounding regions. The center seeks to share the information, commentary, and analyses that emerge from these activities with both a national and international audience and help contribute to sustainable economic development. It also aims to strengthen the reputation of Kadir Has University in the field of energy, both in producing work that meets international standards and expanding the scope of the university’s educational and research activities. Finally, the center’s master’s program in Energy and Sustainable Development seeks to help educate a new cadre of young professionals who can tackle the various energy challenges we will face in the twenty-first century. 

Vision 

To be a world-renowned research and application center to which the international community turns for reliable scientific analyses and evaluations based on interdisciplinary energy and sustainable development studies. 

Mission

Through interdisciplinary educational and research activities on various energy issues at the local, regional, and global levels, the center seeks to train the human power needed to solve the world’s energy problems and to share the data, interpretations, and analyses produced from its studies on energy and sustainable development with the national and international academic community, as well as with the public at large.