GÜLDEM ÖZATAĞAN
Faculty of Architecture, Department of City and Regional Planning, Izmir Institute of Technology, Gülbahçe Campus, Urla, İzmir, 35430, Turkey
Tel: +90-232-750 7179 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
FAMILY NAME: ÖZATAĞAN
NAME: GÜLDEM
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 1977, Samsun-Turkey
SEX: Female
PRESENT POST AND ADDRESS: Assistant Professor, Faculty of Architecture, Department of City and Regional Planning, Izmir Institute of Technology, Gülbahçe Köyü, Urla, Izmir, Turkey
TEL NO: 90-232-750 7179
MOBILE: 90-533-218 44 53
E-MAIL: [email protected],[email protected]
HIGHER EDUCATION
2004-2009 DPhil in Geography
University of Sussex, School of Social and Cultural Studies, Department of Geography, Brighton, UK
Thesis: “Integration of Turkish and Polish Component Suppliers to Global Auto-Production Networks: Investigating Inter-Firm Relations and Innovation in Bursa and Upper Silesia”
2003-2004 Postgraduate study in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning Middle East Technical University, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Ankara
2000-2003 Master of Regional Planning (MRP)
Middle East Technical University, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Ankara
Thesis: “Regional Income Growth Disparities and Convergence in Turkey: Analyzing the Role of Human Capital Differences”
2003 Ilhan Tekeli Graduate Thesis Award 1996-2000 Bachelor of City Planning (BCP)
Middle East Technical University, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Ankara, Turkey
GPA: 3.25, ranking the 3rd among 56 1995 Learning English as foreign language
Middle East Technical University, Department of Basic English, Ankara, Turkey
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Since 06/07/2011 Assistant Professor, Izmir Institute of Technology, Faculty of Architecture, Department of City and Regional Planning, Izmir, Turkey
11/06/2009-07/2011 Research Assistant, Dr., Izmir Institute of Technology, Faculty of Architecture, Department of City and Regional Planning, Izmir, Turkey 29/07/2004-11/06/2009 Research Assistant, Izmir Institute of Technology, Faculty of Architecture,
Department of City and Regional Planning, Izmir, Turkey 2005-2006 Summer term, Associate Tutor, University of Sussex
06/12/2001-29/07/2004 Research assistant, Middle East Technical University, Department of City and Regional Planning, Ankara, Turkey
June-July 2003 Guest researcher in the University of Kiel, Germany for Short-Term Scientific Mission in the European Commision’s COST Framework
2001 Research assistant for a UNFPA project: ‘A Critical Evaluation Project on published/unpublished studies, information and data about population and development in Turkey’ with Prof. Ayda Eraydın, Prof. Bahattin Akşit, Prof. Haluk Kasnakoğlu, and others
COURSES
Undergraduate must courses:
CP 301-302 Planning Design 1-2, Spring and Fall terms, since 2009, IZTECH (Workshop on strategic spatial plan making)
CP 253 Statistics for Planners, Fall term, 2011-2012, IZTECH
Graduate elective courses:
CP 521 Economic Structure of Cities, Spring term, since 2012, IZTECH CP 720 Globalisation and Urban Restructuring, since 2012, IZTECH CP 735 Spatial Methodologies, Spring term, since 2011, IZTECH
CP 781 Industrial Location and Space Economy, Fall term, since 2011, IZTECH PUBLISHED PAPERS
2013 The Role of Government Policies and Strategies Behind the Shrinking Urban Core in an Expanding City Region: The Case of Izmir, forthcoming in European Planning Studies (co-authored with Ayda Eraydın)
2011 Shifts in Value Chain Governance and Upgrading in the European Periphery of Automotive Production: Evidence from Bursa, Turkey, Environment and Planning A, 43 (4): 885-903.
2011 Dynamics of Value Chain Governance: Increasing Supplier Competence and Changing Power Relations in the Periphery of Automotive Production-Evidence from Bursa, Turkey, European Planning Studies, 19 (1): 77-95.
2010 Network Alignment in the Automotive Clusters of Turkey and Poland. In Dyker, D.A. (Ed.) Network Dynamics in Emerging Regions of Europe, Imperial College Press: London, pp. 361-383.
2007 Impact of Relative Population Change on Regional Income Convergence: Evidence from Turkey, Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies, 19 (3): 210-223 (co-authored with Yılmaz Kılıçaslan).
2005 Observations on Extending the Definition of Human Capital as a Source for Explaining Regional Differentials in Turkey, Metu Studies in Development, 32 (1): 103-123.
2004 Dynamics of regional integration, disintegration and exclusion within the global economic system. In Gök, T. and Marszal, T. (Eds.), Urban and Regional Development-Concepts and Experiences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Studia Regionalia, Warsaw, volume 14, pp. 29-56 (co-authored with Eraydın, A.).
2002 Değişen “Bölge” Anlayışının Türkiye’ye Yansımaları Üzerine Çalışmalar: Buluşçuluk Kapasitesi (Reflections of the Changing Definition of the “Region” on Turkey: regional innovation capacity), Planlama, 2002, 1, 20-25 (co-authored with Çelebi, D.)
CONFERENCE AND WORKING PAPERS
2012 Kent Bölgeye Dönüşümün Dinamikleri: İzmir’de Sanayinin Mekansal Organizasyonunda Yaşanan Değişimin Kent Bölge Oluşumuna Katkısı, Kentsel ve Bölgesel Araştırmalar 3. Sempozyumu, 6-7 Aralık 2012, ODTÜ, Ankara (with Murat Güvenç)
2011 Hızlı Metropoliten Büyüme ile Birlikte Gelen Büzülme: İzmir Kent Merkezinde Büzülmenin Ortaya Çıkışı ve Kamu Politikalarının Rolü, Kentsel ve Bölgesel Araştırmalar 2. Sempozyumu, 8-9 Aralık 2011, ODTÜ, Ankara (with Ayda Eraydın). 2011 The Role of Government Policies and Strategies in the Emergence of Urban Shrinkage
Causes, Effects and Policy Strategies, 16-17 February, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (with Ayda Eraydın).
2010 Urban Shrinkage in a Growing City Region-The case of Izmir, Turkey, 24th AESOP Annual Conference, 6-11 July 2010, Helsinki, Finland.
2007 Network Alignment in the Auto-Components Clusters of Turkey and Poland, presented in the 3rd U-Know Project Workshop, 26-28 September, 2007, Lubljana
2007 The New Global Linkages and Innovation in Production Networks: A Comparison of Polish and Turkish Auto-Components Clusters, Economic Geography Research Group Working Paper Series, No. 03.07, http://www.econgeog.org.uk/wps_0307.html
2007 Inter-firm Relations and Innovation in Global Production Networks: A Comparison of Polish and Turkish Auto-Components Clusters, Paper presented at the Economic Geography Research Group Annual Symposium, University of Sussex, 6-7 June
2007 Inter-firm Relations, Innovation and the Global Restructuring of the Auto-Components Industry: Evidence from Bursa, Turkey. Paper presented at the SPRU Technology and Development Group Seminar, 22 February, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
2007 Unveiling the New Global Linkages in Production Networks: Evidence from the Turkish Auto-components Industry, Paper presented at the International Conference, The new international division of labour? The changing role of emerging markets in automotive industry, CD-ROM içinde, 15-17 February 2007, Krakow, Poland
2005 Locating Population Dynamics in Explaining Regional Income Differentials, Paper presented at the International Conference on Middle East and North African Economies: Past Perspectives and Future Challenges, Brussels, June 2-4, 2005 (with Kılıçaslan, Y.) 2005 Questioning the Growth Performances of Regions in Turkey: To what extent are
regional differences narrowing for 1987-2000? Paper presented at the COST Open Conference, Knowledge and Regional Economic Development, CD-ROM içinde, Barcelona, Spain, 9-11 June (with Kılıçaslan, Y.)
2003 Türkiye’de Bölgesel Eşitsizlik ve Gelişmişlik Farkları (Regional Disparities and Growth Differences in Turkey), Commission Report, Chamber of City and Regional Planners of Turkey, (co-authors: N. T. Köroğlu, C. Varol, O. Balaban and T. Levent),
www.spo.org.tr
2002 The Innovative Capacity and Learning Capability of Turkish Regions, ERC/METU International Conference in Economics VI, CD-Rom içinde, Ankara (with Çelebi, D.) 2002 Avrupa Birliği ile Bütünleşme Sürecinde Türkiye: Bölgelerin Buluş Yapma Kapasiteleri
ve Öğrenebilirlikleri (At the Process of Adaptation to the EU: Innovation Capacity and Learning Capability of Turkish Regions), 10th National Regional Science/Regional Planning Congress, Istanbul (co-authored with Çelebi, D.)
AWARDS
1996-2000, Dean’s Honour, ranking the 3rd among 56 in her class
2003, Grant for Short-Term Scientific Mission in the European Commision’s COST Framework 2003, İlhan Tekeli Graduate Thesis Award
PROJECTS
• Cities Regrowing Smaller-Fostering Knowledge on Regeneration Strategies in Shrinking Cities in Europe, COST (European Cooperation in the Field of Scientific and Technical Reseearch) Action TU0803, 2009-2013. MC Member
• Büzülen Kentlerin Yeniden Canlandırılmasına Yönelik Bilgi ve Strateji Oluşturulmasına Katkı: İzmir Kent Bölgesinde Yayılma, Yığılma, Küçülme ve Büzüşme Süreçlerinin Birlikteliği ile Ortaya Çıkan Yeni Mekansal Örüntülerin Avrupa Kentleri ile Karşılaştırılması, TÜBİTAK-COST, Project No: 109 K 590, 2009-2013. Project Coordinator
• U-KNOW Understanding the Relationship between Knowledge and Competitiveness in the Enlarging EU, European Commission Sixth Framework Programme, Priority 1: Citizens and Governance in a Knowledge-based Society, 2006-2009, Contract No. 028519, (Web:
http://www.iwh-halle.de/projects/uknow/index.html#2s). Research Fellow
• Türkiye’de İnsan Sermayesinin Bölgelerin Büyüme Performansları Üzerindeki Rolü, 2003, BAP-2003-07-02-00-80. Research Fellow
REFEREEING
1. Environment and Planning A-2012 2. European Planning Studies-2009
3. Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies-2008 4. Turkish Scientific Council (TUBITAK)
MEMBERSHIP OF ORGANIZATIONS
The Chamber of City and Regional Planners of Turkey, 2001 The AESOP Young Academics Network
Regional Studies Association, 2005
