Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University
Gül Aktürk Hauser is Assistant Professor at Leiden University. She did postdoctoral research in I-tree 2.0 project focusing on climate resilience of Dutch cities at TU Delft. She obtained her PhD from TU Delft where she developed an interest in the intersection of climate change and cultural heritage. During her doctoral studies, she became a visiting fellow at The Arctic Institute. Prior to her studies, she worked as an architect and a cultural heritage specialist in several architectural conservation, restoration projects, and archaeological excavations for over 5 years. She has written publications on intangible cultural heritage, cultural landscapes and vernacular heritage sites under the threat of climate change. She served as an external reviewer for the World Monuments Watch Program. Her work has received international recognition at COP26 and gave a lecture for the COP26 lecture series organized by the Scottish Civic Trust on heritage, equity, and the climate crisis. She contributed to UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. In addition, she is the recipient of Vernacular Architecture Group (VAG) Publication Grant in 2023. She has been a member of ICOMOS-IFLA ISCCL, ISC Water and Heritage, and Climate Heritage Network.
Last publications:
Aktürk, G., & Fluck, H. (2022). Vernacular Heritage as a Response to Climate: Lessons for future climate resilience from Rize, Turkey. Land, 11(2), [276]. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11020276
Aktürk, G. (Author). (2022). Investigating the Barriers to Building Climate Adaptation of Cultural and Natural Heritage Sites in Polar Regions. Web publication/site, The Arctic Institute. https://www.thearcticinstitute.org/investigating-barriers-building-climate-adaptation-cultural-natural-heritage-sites-polar-regions/
Yerli, D., Aktürk, G., & Dolgun, E. (2022). A New Shipping Canal for Istanbul? Water, History, Economy and ‘Crossroads’. https://www.portcityfutures.nl/news/a-new-shipping-canal-for-istanbul-water-history-economy-and-crossroads
Hauser, S. J., & Aktürk, G. (2022). Investigate past polluting activities on public health and land uses. Cities, 123, [103599]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2022.103599
Aktürk, G., & Dastgerdi, A. S. (2021). Cultural Landscapes under the Threat of Climate Change: A Systematic Study of Barriers to Resilience. Sustainability, 13(17), [9974]. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13179974
Aktürk, G., & Hauser, S. J. (2021). Detection of Disaster-Prone Vernacular Heritage Sites at District Scale: The Case of Fındıklı in Rize, Turkey. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 58, [102238]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102238
Aktürk, G., & Lerski, M. (2021). Intangible Cultural Heritage: A Benefit to Climate-Displaced and Host Communities. Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, 11(3), 305-315. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13412-021-00697-y
Aktürk, G. (Author), & Hauser, S. J. (Author). (2021). Blue Paper #5: Sea snot as a visible sign of climate change. Web publication/site, Port City Futures. https://www.portcityfutures.nl/news/blue-paper-5-sea-snot-as-a-visible-sign-of-climate-change
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