Dr Yunus Isik is a Research Associate at the Centre for Sustainable Business at King's Business School and a doctoral candidate at the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School.

Yunus's research focuses on entrepreneurship and finance, with an emphasis on impact investing and its potential to drive inclusive and sustainable economic growth. He investigates how impact-oriented venture capital firms influence the startups and communities they support.

He holds a Research Master's in Strategy from the Rotterdam School of Management at Erasmus University and completed a double major in Economics and Management at Bogazici University.

Yunus has tutored courses such as Entrepreneurship and Innovation (Undergraduate), Financial Strategies for Growth (Executive Education), and Foundations of Strategy (Doctoral Seminar).

Actively engaged in the Academy of Management (AOM) and Strategic Management Society (SMS) academic communities, he reviews studies for conferences and journals. He has presented his research at 20 peer-reviewed conferences and seminars worldwide, contributing to discussions on sustainable finance and social entrepreneurship.

Before his current role, he worked as a Research Assistant at the Oxford Future of Finance and Technology Initiative and led the Oxford Sustainable Finance Student Society during his doctoral studies.