Examination of spatial experience and the built environment in relation to social and political systems. Critical study of spaces through sociological approaches, in relation to issues such as spatial justice, policy-making, gender, and housing.
Birsu Semra Çeltek, GRA, illustration, printmaking, book design, advertising design, cinema, photography, literature, botany
Burak Özçetin, COMD, communication theories, the sociology of communication, media consumption, political and social theory, cultural studies, political communication, and political and cultural life in Turkey, populist politics in Turkey, populism in popular culture, music, detective fiction
Emre Toros, COMD, political communication, Turkish politics, political behavior, public opinion research, and research methods
Meltem Al Mert, IAED, ideology and politics of space, social and private housing, public space, neoliberal urbanization, gender and space, history and theory of modern architecture and urbanism
Burçak Altay, IAED, inclusive design, empathic design, design education, architectural ethics, professional practice and design creativity
Hatice Karaca, LAUD, urban transformation, landscape representations, design education, participatory design in design education, evolution of historic cities and cultural heritage
Alban Mannisi, LAUD, political ecology, landscape planning, social ecology, indigenous environmental mediation, globalisation of sustainable narrative
Bülent Batuman, ARCH, politics, social studies, theory and criticism, urban studies, social production and politics of built environment, history and theory of modern architecture and urbanism, and urban politics
Aslıhan Günhan, ARCH, architectural history, displacement, theory and criticism, architectural photography
Segah Sak, ARCH, digital humanities, environmental psychology, memory studies, theory and criticism, urban studies, photography, poetry
Emel Özdora, ARCH, Public relations, organizational communication, reputation management, inter-cultural communication, advertising, corporate social responsibility
Semra Horuz, IAED, history of architecture, nineteenth-century art and architecture, late Ottoman visual and material cultures