Tulin Johansson is the Global Managing Director at Spectrum House, Istanbul. Prior to joining the Spectrum House, Tulin Johansson served as an Associate Professor of Economics at Lasell University between 2005-2019. She also served as a chair of Accounting/Finance/Economics department for seven years at Lasell University. In addition, Tulin Johansson held lecturer positions at Northeastern University and University of Boston, Massachusetts. She has published and presented articles on Environmental Quality and Economic Development. Her current scholarly interest lies on the Circular Economy and she is currently studying “Economics and Policies for a Circular Bio-Economy” MicroMaster program at Vageningen University. Tulin Johansson received her Ph.D in Agricultural Economics, specializing in Environmental Economics from University of Kentucky in 2000, with her dissertation on the Interactions between Economic Development and Environmental Quality: A county level analysis. She received her Master of Science degree in Economics also from University of Kentucky and her Bachelor degree in Architecture from Istanbul Technical University.