Evren Aydoğan, acting as Board Member of IDEMA for 5 years and as Needs Map Executive Director for 2 years. He has been directing various projects and programs on disaster resilience, city resilience, tackling poverty & inequality, homelessness, etc.

Evren has MA and BA degrees on international relations, political science and social policy, and continues his PhD on social assistance mechanisms. He conducted his PhD research at the University of Oxford, Social Policy and Intervention. He has worked for public institutions, NGOs/think-tanks and private sector companies as researcher, senior expert, project manager and government relations/regulatory affairs manager. He has robust experience in social solidarity mechanisms, community management, project management, business development and research/monitoring&evaluation areas.