Ipek Genc
Urban sustainability
Nature-Based Solutions
Climate change
Systems thinking
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Cities and the Challenge of Sustainable Development
Learnings:
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The basics of sustainability
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The Sustainable Development Goals and how they apply to cities​
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What constitutes a sustainable city
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How various sectors contribute to modern, sustainable urban development
Urban Nature: Connecting Cities, Sustainability and Innovation
Learnings:
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Increased knowledge on urban nature and nature-based solutions
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Improved critical thinking on the opportunities and challenges for nature-based solutions to contribute to transforming cities
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Deeper understanding of the relationship between cities, nature and innovation
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Expanded ability to use systems thinking to assess nature-based solutions
During the sessions themed under the topics of:
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Just resilience
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Just transition
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Just space
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Just governance
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Just data
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Just democracy
I learned about the concept of "just transition" with the greatest emphasis on "spatial justice" and the role and ways of "citizen participation" for a sustainable (in three dimensions of sustainability: social, economic and environmental) and fair transition and urbanisation.
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As my final assignment, I choose a case study from Istanbul which discusses "just governance" topic and introduced possible solutions. Click here to view.
Autumn School Planning and Design for the
Just Transition
(The picture displays the case study area, Åžirinevler-Ataköy, which I have selected for my final assignment.)
The New Urban Agenda Crash Course
Part 1: Dimensions of the New Urban Agenda
"The New Urban Agenda" is an action-oriented document that mobilizes Member States and other key stakeholders to drive sustainable urban development at the local level.
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Learnings:
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Social sustainability: gender-equal planning, planning for minorities and people with special needs,
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Economic sustainability: labor creation,
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Environmental sustainability: climate change mitigation and adaptation
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Spatial sustainability: equity, with their principles as well as actions to implement and accelerate them.
Two weeks project took place in Austria with the participants from 8 different countries. I have participated in the Germany group by the sponsorship of "Kulturlabor Trial&Error" NGO . The project aimed to create innovative solutions to social and environmental issues with the perspective of sustainability.
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Credential ID: TGRR-TUVY-CU5U-HSEE
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Youth Exchange
Re-Generate: Youth Exploring Sustainability
Scholarships
PROMOS
PROMOS, a scholarship program offered by the DAAD(German Academic Exchange Service), is financed by the German Ministry of Education and Research. The PROMOS funds of Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development support internships conducted outside Europe. I have been a PROMOS scholarship holder during my research semester in Japan.
DEUTSCHLANDSTIPENDIUM
Deutschlandstipendium, a scholarship offered by Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung(Federal Ministry of Education and Research). The Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development supports particularly committed and high-performing students with the HNEE-Deutschlandstipendium. I am a HNEE-Deutschlandstipendium scholarship holder since March 2022.