DİLARA YILDIRIM

Dilara Yıldırım completed her undergraduate studies in Guidance and Psychological Counseling at Ibn Haldun University, where she also completed a minor in Psychology. During her undergraduate studies, she worked at the Coordinatorship of Artificial Intelligence–Innovative Learning and Teaching, contributing to projects focusing on self-regulation skills, active learning, the integration of digital technologies into teaching processes, and student support programs. Between 2024 and 2025, she served as a researcher at the same coordinatorship, further developing her research interests in educational technologies and learning processes. Since 2025, she has been working as a Research Assistant at the School of Educational Sciences at Ibn Haldun University, while also pursuing her master's degree in Guidance and Psychological Counseling at the same university.

Her academic interests include artificial intelligence applications in psychological counseling, out-of-school learning environments, nature-based psychology, and character and values education. She has co-authored two book chapters published in nationally published edited volumes related to these fields. Her current research focuses on the opportunities and challenges associated with the use of AI-based tools in psychological counseling.