Gül Aktürk (0000-0003-1555-8202)

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Gül did her doctoral studies at the Faculty of Architecture and Built Environment, where she developed an interest in climate adaptation of cultural heritage. She is an architect and specialist in cultural heritage preservation. Prior to her Ph.D., she worked on several restoration projects, including an archaeological site for five years in Istanbul in Turkey. Her Ph.D. dissertation presents the impacts of climate change and other disaster risks on vernacular heritage sites from the analysis of spatial planning decisions and local practices. She became a visiting fellow at the Arctic Institute for the period of 2020-2021. She published several articles, presented at COP26 and other related conferences and events, and gave courses on this topic. She is affiliated with ICOMOS NL, ICOMOS-IFLA ISSCL, and Climate Heritage Network.

She is currently working as a Postdoc on work package three for I-Tree 2.0 NL project. As part of her work, she is conducting workshops with consortium partners for the development of the software.

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Leiden University: Leiden, NL

2023-09-02 to present | Assistant Professor (Archaeological Heritage and Society)

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Leiden University: Leiden, NL

Delft University of Technology: Delft, NL

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University of Edinburgh: Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB

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ICOMOS-IFLA International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes: Charenton-le-Pont, FR

ICOMOS NL: Heerde, NL

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Integrated understanding of climate change and disaster risk for building resilience of cultural heritage sites

Climate Change and the Resilience of Collective Memories

A New Shipping Canal for Istanbul? Water, History, Economy and ‘Crossroads’

A systematic overview of the barriers to building climate adaptation of cultural and natural heritage sites in polar regions

Investigate past polluting activities on public health and land uses

Investigating the Barriers to Building Climate Adaptation of Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites in Polar Regions

The Overlooked Contribution of National Heritage Designation in City Branding and Tourism Management

Vernacular Heritage as a Response to Climate

How a Rainy Climate has Shaped the Artifacts and Communities of Fındıklı and Rize in Türkiye

Cultural Landscapes under the Threat of Climate Change

Re-interpreting the past weather encounters in the lens of disaster response

Roundtable III: Climate Change Adaptation of Cultural Heritage

Water Works: Activating Heritage for Sustainable Development

Intangible cultural heritage: a benefit to climate-displaced and host communities

Blue Paper #5: Sea snot as a visible sign of climate change

Detection of disaster-prone vernacular heritage sites at district scale: The case of Fındıklı in Rize, Turkey

Remembering traditional. craftsmanship: conserving a heritage of woodworking in Rize, Turkey

Learning from the Climate Narratives of Cultural Heritage

Remembering traditional craftsmanship: conserving a heritage of woodworking in Rize, Turkey

Safeguarding the Coastal Heritage

The Rural Landscape as Heritage in Turkey Under Changing Climate

Peer review (22 reviews for 10 publications/grants)