STEM education & educational evidence
STEM education, evidence synthesis, psychometric development, and cross-cultural research that support careful interpretation of educational findings.
RESEARCH FELLOW · EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Mehmet
Bicakci
STEM education,
talent, and creativity.
My doctoral research focuses on STEM education, using evidence synthesis and meta-research to examine how educational effects are interpreted. My wider work connects giftedness, creativity, educational resources, and measurement across cultural contexts.
01 / RESEARCH
Research areas
Giftedness & talent development
How giftedness is understood and recognized, and how labels, educational contexts, and social judgments relate to talent development.
Creativity & educational resources
The personal and environmental resources relevant to creative development, educational opportunity, and personalized learning.
These strands connect questions about talent and creative development with the resources, social contexts, and research methods used to understand them.
02 / FEATURED RESEARCH
Featured Research
Three recent peer-reviewed papers.
Educational Research Review, 52, 100803 · 2026
Recalibrating impact
Empirical benchmarks put the magnitude of STEM intervention effects in context.
Educational Psychology Review, 38, 75 · 2026
From RAMSing to Rigor
A meta-research study examines selective moderator reporting and proposes a workflow for more transparent analysis.
European Journal of Psychology of Education, 41, 57 · 2026
The desirability of giftedness
A cross-national study examines how pre-service teachers view giftedness for their own hypothetical child and for others.
03 / CURRENT RESEARCH
Current research
Questions guiding work in progress.
STEM education and research synthesis
My doctoral research investigates evidence synthesis and the interpretation of STEM intervention effects, including meta-research, moderator analysis, and Bayesian approaches.
Giftedness and talent development
Examining giftedness and underachievement labels alongside resource-oriented questions about vocational excellence and national talent development.
Creative resources across countries
A submitted study examines creative resources and their psychological correlates across five countries, extending research on resources for creative development.
04 / PODCAST
Giftedness, in conversation.
A research-informed podcast about intelligence, creativity, talent, and the ideas surrounding giftedness.
English episode guide · Audio in Turkish
Enderun III: Education and the School System
The final part of the Enderun series explores the school’s educational structure and teaching practices.
With Erol Kömür
Listen to S2E105 / ABOUT & CONTACT
About & Contact
I am Mehmet Bicakci, a research fellow and PhD candidate in educational psychology at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). My doctoral research focuses on STEM education, evidence synthesis, and meta-research, examining how educational intervention effects are interpreted and how moderator analyses inform research evidence. My broader work addresses giftedness, talent and creative development, with particular attention to educational resources, social judgments, and learning contexts. Across these areas, I use cross-cultural research, psychometrics, and qualitative inquiry to examine how ability is recognized and educational experiences and resources are understood.
For research, collaboration, and academic enquiries:
mehmet.bicakci@fau.dePodcast and general enquiries: info@mehmetbicakci.com