ORCID ID: 0000-0001-5891-4129

Asst. Prof. Dr. Hande Akarca serves at the Department of Architecture, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Düzce University. She holds a B.Arch. and a Master’s Degree from Istanbul Technical University and a Post Graduate Diploma, and an MA in Built Research Studies from Oxford Brookes University. She had her Ph.D. from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. Her primary research areas include participatory neighbourhood regeneration and conservation, as well as sustainable design approaches in architecture. She is a member of Europa Nostra Turkiye and ICOMOS Turkiye.

Ayça Kurtoğlu, lisans ve yüksek lisans derecelerini Marmara Üniversitesi’nden, doktora derecesini ise Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Anabilim Dalı’ndan almıştır. Marmara ve Bilkent üniversitelerinde görev yapmış, 2007–2016 yılları arasında çeşitli kadın örgütlerinde gönüllü olarak çalışmıştır. Halen Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Bölümü’nde öğretim üyesi olarak görev yapmaktadır.

Dilara Uslu, who works in the Department of History, Faculty of Science and Letters, Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University, in the field of Turkish Republic History, was born on May 17, 1982, in the Keçiören district of Ankara. She completed her primary, secondary, and high school education in Istanbul and enrolled in the Department of History at the Faculty of Science and Letters at Sakarya University in 1999. After graduating from this department in 2003, Uslu began working as a lecturer in the Department of Atatürk Principles and Revolutionary History at Sakarya University in the same year. She served as Deputy Head of the Department of Atatürk Principles and Revolutionary History between 2004-2010 and 2014-2015. In 2006, he completed his master's thesis titled “Turks and Armenians According to The Times Newspaper (1918-1919)” and began his doctoral studies in the 2006-2007 academic year. In 2013, he completed his doctoral thesis titled “Greek-Turkish Solidarity in the National Struggle According to the Turkish and Western Press (1919-1922)” and received his doctorate. On December 31, 2015, he was appointed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of History, Faculty of Science and Literature, Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University, in the field of Turkish Republic History. He has participated in numerous international symposiums both domestically and abroad (Kazakhstan and Spain). He served as the Head of the Department of History of the Republic of Turkey between 2017 and 2019. He continues to serve as the Director of the Center for Women's Studies, Research, and Application, which he founded and has been operating at Bilecik Şeyh Edebali University since April 4, 2018.

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İzmir doğumlu Cenk Berkant, lisans eğitimini Ege Üniversitesi Sanat Tarihi Bölümü’nde almıştır. Yüksek lisans eğitimini aynı üniversitenin Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Batı Sanatı ve Çağdaş Sanat Anabilim Dalı’nda “Mimar Raymond Péré’nin İzmir’deki Eserleri” konulu teziyle tamamlamıştır. Doktora derecesini, İtalya Padova Üniversitesi’nde gerçekleştirdiği “L'Impero Ottomano e l'Italia, le relazioni in architettura: Il caso di Smirne” (Türk-İtalyan Mimarlık İlişkilerinde İzmir Örneği) başlıklı teziyle 2011 yılında almıştır. Ardından, Roma Tor Vergata Üniversitesi, Mimarlık Tarihi Kürsüsü’nde post-doktora çalışmasını 2012 yılında tamamlamıştır. Yurda döndükten sonra, 2013 yılında Muğla Sıtkı Koçman Üniversitesi, Edebiyat Fakültesi, Sanat Tarihi Bölümü’nde göreve başlamış ve burada 2022 yılında Doçent unvanını almıştır. Tübitak Bilim İnsanı Destekleme Programı tarafından finanse edilen Tanzimat reformlarından 1950’lere İtalyan Güzel Sanatlar Akademilerinde sanat ve mimarlık eğitimi almış Osmanlı ve Türkiye Cumhuriyeti vatandaşı öğrenciler başlıklı bir yıllık araştırma projesini 13 Ekim 2024’te başarıyla tamamlayıp üniversitesindeki görevine dönmüştür. Doç. Dr. Cenk Berkant’ın araştırma alanları Türk-İtalyan Sanat ve Mimarlık İlişkileri ile Geç Osmanlı ve Erken Cumhuriyet Dönemi Sanatı ve Mimarlığı’dır. 

EDUCATION
2025 MSc (Master of Science) in Psychology, Muğla Sıtkı Koçman/Istanbul University, Türkiye.
Thesis Title: An Examination of The Psychological Symptoms and Psychological Well-Being
of Divorced Individuals in Relation to Their Attachment Styles

2022 PhD (Doctor of Philosophy) in Social Work, University of Bristol (UoB), Türkiye.
Thesis Title: Young People’s Experiences of Parental Divorce in Türkiye and England.

2013 MRes (Master of Research) in Social Work, University of Bath, UK.
Thesis Title: The Impact of Parental Divorce: Young Adults’ Perceptions.
2008 BSc (Hons) (Bachelor of Science with Honours) in Social Work, Hacettepe University, Türkiye.
Fieldwork intern, Gothenburg University, Sweden – Working with children and young people.
Fieldwork intern, Hacettepe University Hospital, Türkiye - Working with children and families.

RELEVANT PREVIOUS ROLES
2015–2017 Researcher, UoB (Projects: Wellbeing in Secondary Education, Project Respect, Poo Patrol and Productive Margins).
2009–2011 Research Assistant, Hacettepe University / Gümüşhane University / Düzce University, Türkiye

GRANTS
2025 Nuffield Foundation - £110,642 Building Resilience: The feasibility of adapting a child-
focused intervention for parental separation (Principal Investigator)
2022 Bristol Doctoral College PGR Development Fund – £500 for the project Supporting Researcher Wellbeing: Conversations around the Pressures of Research and its Impacts upon Wellbeing.
2012-2018 Turkish Ministry of Education – Full education grant (c. £130,000) for Master’s and PhD studies, including tuition fees and monthly stipends.

PUBLICATIONS
§ Doğanyılmaz-Burger, G. (2026, in press). Thinking outside the box: Creativity, flexibility, and emotional awareness in social work research with young people. In G. Ruch (Ed.), International handbook of social work research with children and young people (Chapter 19). London: Edward Elgar Publishing.
§ Castiglione, R., & Doğanyılmaz-Burger, G. (2025, in press). Mothers under patriarchy: Mothers and children trapped within violent relationships. In Discourses of motherhood: Interdisciplinary perspectives. London Centre for Interdisciplinary Research. [open access e-book forthcoming].
§ Doğanyılmaz-Burger, G. (forthcoming). Parental Divorce Through the Eyes of Young People in Türkiye and England. Bristol: Policy Press [book contract signed].
§ Doğanyılmaz-Burger, G. (under review). Reframing the Impact of Parental Divorce: Insights from Young Adults’ Perceptions. Journal of Social Work Practice.
§ Doğanyılmaz-Burger, G., Watson, D. (submitted). “I Didn’t Have a Say”: Communication and Decision-Making for Young People during Divorce in Türkiye and England. Children & Society.

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
§ 2024 Who Gets to Choose? Decision-Making Processes and Communication Challenges among Turkish and English Young People during Divorce. UoB (seminar).
§ 2023 Young People’s Experiences of Parental Divorce: A Creative Exploration with Dr Gozde Burger. Sussex University (seminar).
§ 2017 Young People’s Experiences of Parental Divorce in Turkey and England. 6th Conference of the International Society for Child Indicators, McGill University, Canada.
§ 2016 What do Children of Divorce Expect? 4th Children’s Rights Research Symposium, Leiden University, Netherlands.

VOLUNTEERING
2023–Present Trustee and Child Protection Officer, Bristol University Day Nursery - This charity operates on the UoB campus. As a trustee, I address conflicts of interest, implement financial controls, and ensure the charity’s activities align with its purposes.

Master's Degree - Curriculum and Instruction - Düzce University - 2025
Bachelor's Degree - English Language Teaching - Gazi University - 2009
High School - Foreign Language (English) Düzce High School - 2005