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Profiel van Irmak Tosun

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Irmak Tosun

Sustainability transitions graduate (MSc, TU/e) with an Industrial Engineering (BSc, TU/e) background, focused on sustainability transitions

A full-time role or traineeship in sustainability consulting or the energy/mobility transitions

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I am Irmak, a recent MSc Innovation Management graduate from TU/e (Sustainability Transitions track) with a background in Industrial Engineering (BSc at TU/e). I want to understand how sustainability transitions work in practice, from multiple perspectives and help make them happen.

What I bring:

  1. Qualitative and quantitative research skills: interviews, thematic analysis, literature reviews, statistics (SPSS, MAXQDA, Minitab)
  2. Process improvement and modeling experience (BPMN, SAP Signavio, Arena, Vensim), including at Unilever
  3. Project management: CAPM (PMI) and Lean Six Sigma Green Belt (theory)
  4. Cross-cultural and international experience
  5. Project leadership in a team setting

I am based in Eindhoven and willing to travel for work. I work in English and am currently learning Dutch.

Werkervaring

Research Assistant – TU/e, Technology, Innovation & Society group (Nov 2026 – Jan 2027, part-time)

  1. Supporting an international research consortium in preparing a funding proposal.
  2. Assisting with other activities.

Research Project – Philips (2025)

  1. Researched information model requirements for medical device design, development, and manufacturing.

Graduation Internship – Unilever, Hive (2023)

  1. Modeled the product development process in BPMN, identified inefficiencies, and delivered improvement recommendations (graded 9.2/10).

Academic output & extracurricular activities

Master’s thesis – Electric mobility & women’s empowerment (2026)

  1. Qualitative case study on the informal adoption of electric three-wheelers by women in a rural Turkish village
  2. 18 semi-structured interviews and reflexive thematic analysis, linking adoption to empowerment and regulatory recognition in e-mobility transitions

Committee Chair – International Research Project (IRP), TU/e (2024-2025)

  1. Led a 5-person committee that organized cultural activities, accommodation, and transport for a 3-week study tour to Japan and Taiwan
  2. Coordinated plans and budgets with the other committee chairs and the board chairman

Volunteer – European Solidarity Corps, Smokinya Foundation, Bulgaria (2024)

  1. Renovated a youth center with 31 volunteers from 14 countries during a 3-week project.

Education

  1. MSc Innovation Management, TU/e (2024–2026), Sustainability Transitions track, with an exchange at UPC Barcelona
  2. BSc Industrial Engineering, TU/e (2020–2023)