The Faculty Member of Banking and Insurance Department of School of Applied Sciences at Istanbul Gelisim University, Asst. Prof. Dr. Gülgün Çiğdem and Research Assistant Burçin Yazae presented their scientific studies by participating in 5th International Symposium on Multidisciplinary Studies (ISMS), which is an international symposium aiming to bring together multidisciplinary researchers to stimulate new discussions for future research, held in Ankara between November 16-17, 2018.

 Asst. Prof. Dr. Gülgün Çiğdem’s study titled “Is There a Correlation between Capital Movements and the Foreign Trade Deficit in Turkey?” questioning the correlation between short-term capital movements towards Turkey and Turkey's foreign trade deficit, and the study of Research Assistant Burçin Yazar titled “A Nudge Example: Automated Participation System,” which compares  the examples from Turkey and the world and analyzes the automated participation system within the framework of nudge theorem of behavioral economists built on anomalies that will change individuals' saving habits, attracted great interest of the participants.