CV

In research and teaching, I probe the relationship between people and places. My research lies in the intersection of urban, architecture, memory, media, and environmental psychology studies.

Ph.D. – Art, Design, and Architecture, 2013

Bilkent University (Ankara, TR), Institute of Economics and Social Sciences

Erasmus studies at the School of Architecture, Planning, and Civil Engineering

Queen’s University Belfast (Belfast, N.I., U.K), 01-06/2012

M.F.A. – Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, 2008

Bilkent University (Ankara, TR), Graduate School of Art, Design and Architecture

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B.Arch. – Architecture, 2006

Gazi University (Ankara, TR), Faculty of Engineering and Architecture

Instructor

Bilkent University (Ankara, Turkey)

Department of Architecture, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture

09/2015-present

Visiting Post-Doctoral Fellow

University of Warwick (Coventry, U.K.)

Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies

09/2014-06/2015

Instructor (Part-Time)

Bilkent University (Ankara, Turkey)

Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design

09/2010-06/2014

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Instructor (Part-Time)

Atılım University (Ankara, Turkey)

Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design

02/2013-06/2014

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Bilkent University (Ankara, Turkey)

Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design

09/2006-08/2010

Architect

Naturel Design (Ankara, Turkey)

02/2006-05/2006

Articles in Refereed Journals

"Striving for Wellbeing Digitally in the City amidst the Pandemic: Solidarity through Twitter in Ankara". Habitat International, 137: 102846 (with Bilge Begüm Yavuzyiğit).

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“Krizlerden Öteye, Kentte Yürümek” [Walking in the City Beyond Crises]. 2022, Praksis, 60, 59–70.

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“Evading time and place in Ankara: A reading of contemporary urban collective memory through recent transformations”. Space and Culture. 2019, 22(4): 341–356 (with Burcu Şenyapılı Özcan).

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“The Role of the Train Station in the Image Formation of the Early Republican Ankara”. Journal of Urban History. 2012, 38(4): 777–802 (with İnci Basa).

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Book Chapters

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“Socio-Spatial Approaches for Media and Communication Research”. 2016, in S. Kubitschko and A. Kaun, eds., Innovative Methods in Media and Communication Research. London: Palgrave.

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“Encoding through Digital Memory and Our Remembrances”. 2014, in D. Moser and S. Dun, eds., A Digital Janus: Looking forward, looking back. Leiden: Brill.

“Memory and Place: From Ancient Memory to Cyberspace as Contemporary Collective Memory”. 2013, in T. Fawns, ed., Memory and Meaning: Digital Differences. Oxford: Inter-Disciplinary.Net.

“Collective Memory and Video-Sharing on the Internet”. 2011, in, A. Treske, U. Önen, B. Büyüm and I. A. Değim, eds., Theory on Demand, No.7, Image, Time and Motion: New Media Critique from Turkey. Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures.

"Mental Health of the Youth in the Turkish Urban Environment". [Virtual presentation, with C. Cakircali]. The 18th International Conference on Urban Health (ISUH 2022): Urban Health Pathways, 24-27 Oct. 2022, Valencia, ES.

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"Walkability and Mental Health: An Analysis of Ankara, Turkey" [Poster, with G. Teke]. The 6th Healthy City Design 2022 International Congress, 10-11 Oct. 2022, the Royal College of Physicians, London, UK.

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“Learning from the Pandemic: Re-questioning the Built Environment of Ankara” [Virtual, Poster]. The 17th International Conference on Urban Health: Transforming our Collective Urban Future: Learning from COVID-19, 6-8 July 2021, virtual (Latin America).

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“Re-claiming the City amid the Pandemic: Collective celebrations during lock-downs in Turkey” [Virtual presentation, with B.B. Yavuzyiğit]. International Conference on Urban Studies: “Celebrations, Aspirations and Expectations”, 8-9 May 2021, virtual (London, UK).

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“Building Solidarity through Social Media in Ankara during the Pandemic” [Virtual Presentation, B.B. Yavuzyiğit]. The 18th Annual International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies Conference, 25-28 Aug. 2020, virtual.

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“Why Would You Consider A City Grey? – The case of Ankara” [Presentation & Proceeding, with B. Ulusoy]. XIII Conferenza del Colore, 04-05 Sept. 2017, Naples, IT.

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“Evaluating methods, practices and experiences of islandness” [Presentation, with J. Wendler & R. Glas], Panel: Playing the island. 11th International Small Island Cultures Conference, 22-25 June 2015, Gozo, MT.

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“Exploring City Image through Hashtags” [Presentation & Proceeding, with S. Piatek]. International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Science Studies, 18-20 May 2015, London, UK.

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“Digital Representations of Urban Space” [Presentation]. 9th Global Conference on Cybercultures, 14-16 May 2014, Lisbon, PT.

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“Cybersocieties and Cybercultural Memory” [Presentation]. The 7th International Cultural Studies Conference: Memory and Culture, 5-7 Sept. 2013, Ankara, TR.

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“On the Fragmented Image of the City” [Presentation]. Digital / Moving Image and Networked Performance: on Cultural Transformations, 8-12 July 2013, University of Warwick, UK.

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“Encoding through Digital Memory and our Remembrances” [Presentation]. 8th Global Conference on Cybercultures, 15-17 May 2013, Prague, CZ.

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“Memory and Place: From Ancient Individual Memory to Cyberspace as Contemporary Collective Memory” [Presentation]. 4th Global Conference on Digital Memories, 15-17 March 2012, Prague, CZ.

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“Digital Storytelling and External Memory: Re-presentation of History” [Presentation]. 4T Conference 2011 - Design, Technology and Experience, 12-13 May 2011, Izmir, TR.

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“Cyberspace as a Locus for the Sustainability of Urban Collective Memory” [Presentation & Proceeding, with B. Şenyapılı]. MediaCity 2010 Conference, 29-31 Oct. 2010, Bauhaus University, Weimar, DE.

Influence of Digital Media on the Formation of City Image

Post-Doctoral Researcher, Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies, University of Warwick (Supervisor: Sybille Lammes), 09/2014-06/2015.

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Cyberspace as a Locus for Urban Collective Memory

Doctoral Researcher, Institute of Economics and Social Sciences, Bilkent University, (Advisor: Burcu Şenyapılı), 09/2008-01/2013.

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Retail Planning for Urban Sustainability

Researcher, URBAN-NET & TÜBİTAK (Supervisor: Feyzan Erkip), 02-04/2010.

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Formation of the City Image: The Role of the Train Station in the Image Formation Process of Ankara

M.F.A. Researcher, Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design, Bilkent University (Advisor: İnci Basa), 09/2006-07/2008.

Nomination by faculty for Bilkent Distinguished Teaching Awards, 2021.

Dean’s Research Fund, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Bilkent University, 2021.

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TÜBİTAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) grant for International Publication, 2012, 19.

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TÜBİTAK International Postdoctoral Research Scholarship, 09/2014-06/2015.

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Ph.D. scholarship (tuition waiver and monthly stipend), Bilkent University, 2008-13.

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Grant for Erasmus Study at Queen’s University Belfast, 01-06/2012.

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TÜBİTAK scholarship as a researcher in “Retail Planning for Cities Sustainability”, 02-04/2010.

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Master’s scholarship (tuition waiver and monthly stipend), Bilkent University, 2006-08.

Elif Leblebici, MSc in Architecture, Bilkent University (Ankara, Turkey), “Reintegration of post-industrial sites into the urban fabric”, Co-supervisor (with G. Gasco), to be completed in June 2023.

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İlknur Erdoğan, MSc in Architecture, Bilkent University (Ankara, Turkey), “Female Experience of Space: Readings from Two Novels”, Supervisor, completed in Sept. 2022.

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Bilge Begüm Yavuzyiğit, MSc in Architecture, Bilkent University (Ankara, Turkey), “Placemaking during the Pandemic: Exploring the Spaces of Celebrations in Turkey through Twitter”, Supervisor, completed in Aug. 2022.

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Sena Gökkuş, MSc in Architecture, Syracuse University (NY, USA), “Výstaviště Revival: Block Renovation in the Framework of Sustainability | Prague, Czech Republic”, Supervisor: F. Wang, Co-supervisor (with B. Salman), completed in 2020.

Urban Metabolism: Tools from the Social Sciences for Designers and Architects

Undergraduate third-year elective, 2019-present.

How Houses Build People

University-wide core-curriculum elective, 2022-present.

Architectural Design Studio II

2nd-year undergraduate studio, 2023-present.

Architecture and Society

Undergraduate third-year lecture, mandatory for architecture students, elective for urban design and interior architecture students, 2017-present.

Basic Design 1

Undergraduate first-year studio on design basics, taught to architecture, urban design, and interior architecture students, 2014-2022.

Basic Design 2

Undergraduate first-year studio on spatial design basics, taught to architecture, urban design, and interior architecture students, 2017, 2020-2022.

Architectural Theory and Criticism

Undergraduate senior elective lecture, 2021.

Architectural Readings

Graduate seminar, 2020.

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Architectural Design Studio VI

Undergraduate senior studio, 2016, 18, 19.

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Designing with Digital Media (Bilkent Uni.)

Undergraduate first-year lab, mandatory for architecture, urban design, and interior architecture students, 2012-18

History of Built Environment (Bilkent Uni.)

Undergraduate second-year lecture, mandatory for architecture, urban design, and interior architecture students, 2015.

Architectural Drawing (Bilkent Uni.) 

Undergraduate first-year technical studio, mandatory for architecture, urban design, and interior architecture students, 2015-17.

Detailing Studio (Bilkent Uni.) 

Undergraduate third-year technical studio, mandatory for interior architecture students, 2010-13.

Media for Representation (Bilkent Uni.) 

Undergraduate second-year lab, mandatory for interior architecture students, 2013.

Interior Design Studio IV (Bilkent Uni., Atılım Uni.) 

Undergraduate third-year studio, 2010, 14.

Technical Drawing, I & II (Atılım Uni.) 

Undergraduate first-year technical studio, taught for interior architecture students, 2013-14.

Wet Space Design (Atılım Uni.) 

Undergraduate first-year technical studio, taught for interior architecture students, 2013-14.

Member of the International Society for Urban Health (ISUH), 2021-present.

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Member of the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, 2020-present.

Member of Turkish Chamber of Architects, 2016-present.

Certificate – Psychological First Aid, 2023

Coursera (Johns Hopkins University)

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Certificate – Positive Psychology: Martin E. P. Seligman’s Visionary Science, 2020

Coursera (University of Pennsylvania)

Ongoing online specialization course – Positive Psychology

Coursera (University of Pennsylvania)

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Ongoing undergraduate education – Philosophy

Open Education (Anadolu University)

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Ongoing online course – Diversity and Inclusion in Education

Coursera (University of Glasgow)

Guest Lecture, “Research Methods in Humanities and Social Sciences”, Senior Research Design, Department of Urban Design and Landscape Architecture (LAUD), Bilkent University, 2021.

Guest Lecture, “Architecture and Memory of Space”, Current Issues in Architectural Design (Graduate Seminar), Department of Architecture, Bilkent University, 2018-2021.

Guest Lecture, “Walking in the City: To be continued”, Analysis of Urban Environment (undergraduate course), LAUD, Bilkent University, April 2017.

Guest Tutor, GoGoGozo (master level field course through collaboration among Manchester Uni., Uni. of Malta, Utrecht Uni., Uni. of Warwick, and Olomouc Uni.), Gozo, Malta, April 2015.

Guest Lecture, “Influence of Digital Media on the Formation of City Image”, Methods and Practice in Urban Science (Graduate Course), University of Warwick, Oct. 2014.

Guest Lecture, “Theory and Method in Historical Research”, Contemporary Design Theories and Themes (Graduate Research Seminar), Bilkent University, April 2011.

Talk in Panel, “Women in Academia” organized by the Bilkent University Sustainable Development Goals Student Hub, Ankara, Dec. 2022.

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Advisership and jury membership, “Human Rights Cities” Workshop & Competition, organized by Raoul Wallenberg Institute, Bilkent University, Çankaya Municipality, and the Chamber of Architects, 2021.

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Public Talk, “Out for a Walk: Keeping Urban Memory Alive”, Urban Design and Landscape Architecture (LAUD) Talks, Bilkent University, Sept. 2017.

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Invitee, “GoGoGozo – 3 years of playful field encounters”, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, July 2017.

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Talk in Panel, “Pursuit in Architectural Education – Where does Architectural Education Go?”, Turkish Chamber of Architects 60th Anniversary Discussions, Ankara, Dec. 2016.

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Talk, “Interplay between the mental and digital images of the city”, Work in Progress meetings, CIM, University of Warwick, U.K., Jan. 2015.

Journal of Urban History, June 2022, Jan. 2023.

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GRID, Dec. 2020, March 2021, March, June 2022, March 2023.

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“Kent Çalışmaları Ödülleri” [Urban Studies Awards] organized by the Municipality of Zeytinburnu, İstanbul, Sept.-Nov. 2022.

Habitat International, July, Oct. 2022.

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Space and Culture, Sept. 2022.

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International Journal of Islamic Architecture, July 2020.

Member of the Graduate Program Improvement Committee, 2021-present.

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Member of the Curriculum Committee, 2021-present.

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Head of the Committee for Innovations at Fundamental Design Studio, 2019-present.

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Management of the Department of Architecture’s Instagram and Twitter accounts, 2018-present.

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Presentation of the Department of Architecture in open days and information sessions, 2015-present.

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Academic Advisership (currently to 40 students), 2015-present.

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Course Coordinator for How Houses Build People, 2023-present.

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Course Coordinator for Basic Design I & II, 2016-2022.

Coordinated 10-21 sections of the first-year design studio offered by architecture, interior architecture, and urban design departments.

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Course Coordinator for Architecture and Society, 2017-present.

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Course Coordinator for Urban Metabolism: Tools from the social sciences for designers and architects, 2018-present.

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Department Coordinator for the Academic Program at İstanbul Design Biennial, 2016-present.

• Organization of “<Minority Spaces> as a School” for the Academy Days at the 4th Istanbul Design Biennial, A School of Schools, Arter Cultural Hub, İstanbul, 2018.

• Organization of “Are We Humane?”, Exhibition for the Academic Program at the 3rd Istanbul Design Biennial, Are We Human?, İTÜ Taşkışla, İstanbul, 2016.

Course Coordinator for Designing with Digital Media, 2016-18.

Coordinated the first-year lab course offered by architecture, interior architecture, and urban design departments.

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Member of the Interaction Design Futures Initiative of Bilkent University, 2018-20.

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Member of the Faculty Committee for Bilkent Distinguished Teaching Awards, 2016-20.

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Member of Bilkent University Student Council, Representative for Institute of Fine Arts, 2008-09.

Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture Publication Workshops (with Müge Durusu Tanrıöver), bi-monthly/ monthly meetings held at Bilkent University, 2018-2020.

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Co-organization of “Unfolding: A learning initiative for interactive art & design” (the public event of the Interaction Design Futures Initiative of Bilkent University, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture), Bilkent University, April 2019.

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Organization of “Belfast in my Mind” Workshop, PLACE Built Environment Centre, Belfast, UK, May 2015.

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Co-organization of the 7th International Cultural Studies Conference: Memory and Culture (organized collaboratively by Bilkent University and The Cultural Studies Association of Turkey), Bilkent University, Sept. 2013.

100. Yıl Retail Centre Architectural and Environmental Design Project, submitted to the Architectural Idea Competition for 100.Yıl Retail Centre and its Close Environment, Lead Designer (with A.G. Köse), May 2022.

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“Bir Zamanlar Varlardı” (Once They Existed), Curator and member of the Exhibition Organization Committee, Çankaya Contemporary Arts Centre, Ankara, Jan. 2022.

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“Shapes and Shapers: Contemporary Czech Design”, Coordinator of the exhibition spatial design team, CerModern Contemporary Arts Centre, Ankara, Turkey, 28 Sept.-30 Oct. 2019.

“Drafts of Reminiscence” – Photography and mixed media composition exhibited at Convex, Çankaya Contemporary Arts Centre, Ankara, May 2019.

Spatial design, the 15th Festival on Wheels, organized by Ankara Cinema Association, Dec. 2009.

Research Skills

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Qualitative Research: Historical research, Archival research, Questionnaires, Interviews, Focus groups.

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Software/ Digital Tool Skills

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AutoCAD (Advanced), MS-Office Applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint – Advanced), Photoshop - Advanced, InDesign Proficient, 3DsMAX (Novice), SPSS (Proficient), Notion (Proficient), Wix (Proficient).

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Teaching-related Skills

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Lecturing, Studio teaching, Online teaching, Zoom, Moodle, Mural, Miro.

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Language Skills

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Turkish (Native), English (Professional), French (Beginner)