Tüzin Baycan

Tüzin Baycan is a Professor at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Istanbul Technical University (2010-present), and served as a Visiting Professor at George Mason University's School of Public Policy (2010-2011). She held prior academic roles including Associate Professor (2004-2010), Assistant Professor (2000-2001, 2003-2004), and Research Fellow (2001-2003) at Istanbul Technical University, with a brief Research Assistant role at Sorbonne University (1998).

• Education:
  • Doctorate in Urban and Regional Planning (1999)
  • Master's in Urban and Regional Planning (1993)
  • Higher Education in Urban and Regional Planning (1998)

Her research integrates urban systems, creative cities, sustainable development, and knowledge valorisation, with focus on European Union projects like the EU FP6 SUSDIV Network of Excellence (2005-2010) and UNDP-GEF Black Sea Ecosystem Recovery Project (2006-2007). She coordinated bilateral initiatives with Italy (Slow Cities, 2010-2012) and Germany (GAUS, 2009-2011).

Key Contributions:

• Organized 11 international conferences/sessions (e.g., ERSA 2012, ECIE 2011, SUSDIV 2009)
• Panel Member for ERC Advanced Grants (2008-2012) and External Evaluator for Greek Ministry of Education grants (2011)
• Editorial roles in journals including Journal of Independent Studies and Research (2011-), Romanian Journal of Regional Science (2009-), and International Journal of Sustainable Society (2007-)
• Recognized as Fellow of Academia Europaea (2011) and recipient of Tinçel Kültür Vakfı Scholarship (1998)