1 Tuna Tașan-Kok PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY Tuna Tașan-Kok is Professor of Urban Governance and Planning at University of Amsterdam. She is an urban planner and social geographer who has worked in several top- ranking international organisations and is actively involved in many extensive international research networks. She is interested in analysing urban transformation from multiple social geographical and spatial planning perspectives. Her research embraces urban governance, property-led urban development dynamics, and spatial organisation through social relations. She has initiated and coordinated international research collaborations and has led research projects which were awarded funding: a prestigious multi-million EU grant (FP7) as well as other international (Urban Europe, Euronet etc.) and local grants (NWO, FWO etc.) amounting to € 9,000,000 in funds, more than € 1,800,000 of which going to the research organisations she had been working for. She is currently the principal investigator of a project funded by NWO-FAPESP-ESRC, known as PARCOUR (Public Accountability to Residents in Contractual Urban Regeneration). As of January 2019 Tasan-Kok is one of the coordinating partners on a new research project called What is Governed in Cities? Residential Investment Landscapes and the Governance and Regulation of Housing Production (WHIG) funded by Open Research Area (ORA). Her publishing output is broad- based and international: peer-reviewed articles in academic journals with high impact factors; books contracted by prestigious academic publishers such as Springer and Routledge; as well as handbooks with policy recommendations, commissioned by the European Union, that serve to guide international policy networks. Her educational activity is wide-ranging, having designed, coordinated and taught courses at all academic levels (bachelor, master and PhD) in the disciplines of urban planning and human geography but also supervising numerous PhD and master theses. She founded, coordinated and taught a full curriculum in the human geography track at the bachelor level, designed and coordinated several courses in urban planning at the bachelor and MSc levels and taught at numerous graduate schools across Europe as a guest lecturer. She is experienced in building academic teams and managing groups of researchers. Recognition for her expertise has prompted invitations to give keynote speeches and guest lectures and serve on award and grant committees around the globe. EDUCATION University of Utrecht (The Netherlands). PhD in Human Geography (2004) Middle East Technical University (METU) (Turkey). MSc in Regional Planning (Distinction) (1996) Dokuz Eylul University (DEU) (Turkey). BA in Urban and Regional Planning (Summa cum laude) (1992) PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
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Tuna Tașan-Kok
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Tuna Tașan-Kok is Professor of Urban Governance and Planning at University of Amsterdam. She is an urban planner and social geographer who has worked in several top-ranking international organisations and is actively involved in many extensive international research networks. She is interested in analysing urban transformation from multiple social geographical and spatial planning perspectives. Her research embraces urban governance, property-led urban development dynamics, and spatial organisation through social relations. She has initiated and coordinated international research collaborations and has led research projects which were awarded funding: a prestigious multi-million EU grant (FP7) as well as other international (Urban Europe, Euronet etc.) and local grants (NWO, FWO etc.) amounting to € 9,000,000 in funds, more than € 1,800,000 of which going to the research organisations she had been working for. She is currently the principal investigator of a project funded by NWO-FAPESP-ESRC, known as PARCOUR (Public Accountability to Residents in Contractual Urban Regeneration). As of January 2019 Tasan-Kok is one of the coordinating partners on a new research project called What is Governed in Cities? Residential Investment Landscapes and the Governance and Regulation of Housing Production (WHIG) funded by Open Research Area (ORA). Her publishing output is broad-based and international: peer-reviewed articles in academic journals with high impact factors; books contracted by prestigious academic publishers such as Springer and Routledge; as well as handbooks with policy recommendations, commissioned by the European Union, that serve to guide international policy networks. Her educational activity is wide-ranging, having designed, coordinated and taught courses at all academic levels (bachelor, master and PhD) in the disciplines of urban planning and human geography but also supervising numerous PhD and master theses. She founded, coordinated and taught a full curriculum in the human geography track at the bachelor level, designed and coordinated several courses in urban planning at the bachelor and MSc levels and taught at numerous graduate schools across Europe as a guest lecturer. She is experienced in building academic teams and managing groups of researchers. Recognition for her expertise has prompted invitations to give keynote speeches and guest lectures and serve on award and grant committees around the globe.
EDUCATION
University of Utrecht (The Netherlands). PhD in Human Geography (2004)
Middle East Technical University (METU) (Turkey). MSc in Regional Planning (Distinction) (1996)
Dokuz Eylul University (DEU) (Turkey). BA in Urban and Regional Planning (Summa cum laude) (1992)
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
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2018- Professor of Urban Governance and Planning, Dept. of Human Geography, Urban Planning and International Development Studies, University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2015-2018 Associate Professor with tenure (2015-), Dept. of Human Geography, Urban Planning and International Development Studies, University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
2007-2015 Assistant Professor (2013-2015), Senior Researcher (2009-2013), Post-doc Researcher (2007-2009), OTB Research for the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology (TUDelft) (The Netherlands)
2011-2014 Associate Professor, Human Geography Track Coordinator, University of Utrecht, University College Roosevelt (The Netherlands) – Sub-contracted by TUDelft
2010-2011 Associate Professor, Dept. of City and Regional Planning, Middle East Technical University (METU) (Turkey) – Qualified by the Turkish Higher Education Council on March 2012, sub-contracted by TUDelft
2005-2007 Research Coordinator, Dept. of Architecture, Urban Design and Planning (ASRO), Catholic University of Leuven (KULeuven) (Belgium)
2004-2005 Post-doc, OASeS (Research Unit on Poverty, Social Exclusion and the City), University of Antwerp (Belgium) – Member of the Faculty (BAP)
2001-2004 International Research Coordinator, ECORYS International Research and Consultancy (The Netherlands)
1999-2000 Visiting Research Fellow, Centre for Regional Studies, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Hungary)
1992-1999 Teaching and Research Assistant, Dept. of City and Regional Planning, Middle East Technical University (METU) (Turkey)
1996-1997 Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Geography and Spatial Organisation, Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland)
1992-1994 City Planner, Metropolitan Planning Department, Metropolitan Municipality of Ankara (Turkey)
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
2008 Ernst&Young Better Government Award, Implementation of EU single market regulations in Poland: The case of public private partnerships (PPP) in urban development projects (Poland)
2007 COST Short Term Mission Fellowship, granted by COST Action A26 (Cities between cohesion and competitiveness) by GeoInstitute, Copenhagen University (Denmark)
2002 Sylff Association Award, Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund, granted for PhD research (Japan, The Netherlands)
2001 FURS Award (Foundation for Urban and Regional Research) for PhD, granted by Journal of Urban and Regional Research (UK)
1996 International Research Award, Turkish Ministry of Education and Polish Academy of Sciences, granted for post-master's research mission in Poland (Poland/Turkey)
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RESEARCH GRANTS AND LEADERSHIP
Granted proposals
2019-2022 (Project co-coordinator, scientific steering committee member, and team leader) ORA (Open Research Area) proposal on ‘What is Governed in Cities? Residential Investment Landscapes and the Governance and Regulation of Housing Production-WHIG’ (Total project budget: €1,176,022; UvA budget: € 308,382)
2015- (Principal investigator) PARCOUR: Public accountability to residents in contractual urban redevelopment, FAPESP-NWO-ESRC Joint Call (Total project budget: € 750,525; UvA budget: € 247,610)
2013-2017 (Project co-coordinator, scientific steering committee member, and team leader) DIVERCITIES: Governing Urban Diversity: Creating Social Cohesion, Social Mobility and Economic Performance in Today's Hyper-diversified Cities, FP7 Framework Programme (Total project budget: € 6,500,000; TUDelft/UvA budget: € 752,353)
2009-2011 (Project co-coordinator and Dutch team leader) SUPER-CITIES: Sustainable Land Use Policies for Resilient Cities, Urban-Net (European funds, national NICIS organisation) (Total project budget € 776,000; TUDelft budget € 276,000)
2007-2011 (Proposal coordinator) Research Centre Space and Housing (Steunpunt Ruimte en Wonen): Financed by Flemish Ministry of Housing and Ministry of Space (Centre was established in January 2007, when my TUDelft post-doc position started) (Total project budget € 1,200,000; KULeuven Budget € 300,000)
2006-2007 (Proposal collaborator) RSV: Inventory of the spatial development for Flemish spatial policy in neighbouring regions and at transnational level (Inventarisatie van de voor het Vlaams ruimtelijk beleid relevant ruimtelijke ontwikkeling binnen buurregio’s en op transnationaal niveau). Financed by Ministry of Flemish Government, Department of Environment and Infrastructure (Urban Planning Section) (Total project budget € 188,000)
INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION
Invited talks
2018-July Invited panel member, Karlskrona UNESCO world heritage day, Karlskrona, Sweden.
2017-Oct. Invited keynote speaker, Utilising urban diversity in a changing policy context through local policy initiatives, European Week of Cities & Regions, Regional Studies Association Session on Regional and urban leadership in an era of globalisation and de-globalisation, Brussels, Belgium.
2017-June Invited keynote lecture, New approaches in urban planning: Understanding urban hyper-diversity, International PhD School on Decolonizing Urbanism: Transformative Perspectives, University of Trier, Germany.
2017-Feb. Opening speech for DIVERCITIES Final Conference: Governing Urban Diversity, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2016-Sept. Invited keynote lecture, Governing and Planning Urban Diversity. ARL International Summer School, Unpacking Spatial Planning as the Governance of Place. Stockholm, Sweden.
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2016-April Invited keynote speaker, Planning for diversity: Urban planning as a tool to deal with complexifying urban diversity. Social Planning Department of Municipality of Antwerp, Belgium.
2016-May Invited keynote speaker, NCRP Public Forum ‘Toronto’s Hyper-diversity: Opportunity or Challenge: How do we build cities where we aren't just living in the same space, but living together?’. Ignatieff Theatre, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
2016-May Invited keynote speaker, KU Leuven Friction Spaces Talks, ‘Political nature of diversity planning in the neoliberal era in Toronto’. Leuven, Belgium.
2015-Nov. Invited keynote speaker, Nordregio Forum 2015: Nordic City Regions in a Global Environment, ‘How can Nordic cities profit from diversity of their population?A hyper-diversity perspective’, Helsingor, Sweden. (http://www.nordregio.se/News/Flyvbjerg-Forget-about-mega-projects-and-place-people-first/Tuna-Tasan-Kok/How-can-Nordic-cities-profit-from-the-diversity-of-their-population/)
2015-Nov. Invited speaker, De Staat van de Stad: Living with Diversity in Urban Neighbourhoods, ‘Living with Diversity in Toronto: Learning from Jane Finch Residents’. Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam.(https://dezwijger.nl/programma/living-with-diversity-in-urban-neighbourhoods)
2015-Sept. Invited speaker, European Commission, Workshop on Migration, ‘Creating social cohesion, social mobility and economic performance in today's hyper-diversified cities’. Brussels, Belgium.
2014-Nov. Invited keynote speaker, WG2 COST Action End Conference, Milano, ‘Governing diversity in Toronto: Power of community-based planning & policy making’. Polytechnic University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
2014-May Invited keynote speaker, Onassis Foundation Cultural Centre: Urban Regeneration without Losers?, ‘Urban redevelopment for the public interest?’ Onassis Foundation, Athens. (http://www.sgt.gr/eng/SPG815/)
2014-Feb. Invited keynote speaker, ReNewTown Final Conference, ‘From post-socialism towards post-neoliberalism? Challenges and contradictions of planning and governance in new neoliberal cities’, Ljubljana, Slovenia. (http://www.renewtown.eu/renewtown-news/items/the-renewtown-final-conference-took-place-on-11-12-of-february-2014-at-the-university-of-ljubljana.html)
2013 PhD Selection Committee, University of Utrecht, Faculty of Geosciences, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2013-Sept. Invited speaker, Kenniscafe Turkije (LeescafeLive), a live TV show organised by Zeeuwse Library, Middelburg.
2010-Dec. Invited keynote moderator at Multi-level Urban Governance Conference organised by Grotestedenbeleid, POD, EU Trio, Liege, Belgium.
2010-June Invited speaker at Territorial Governance in Europe: Convergence, Divergence or Constancy? Expert Workshop (organised by Dominic Stead) at Hamburg University, Hamburg, Germany
2007-May Invited keynote speaker at Izmir City Congress (organised by the Association of Architects and Urban Planners).
2006-Dec. Invited guest speaker at University of Groningen, Department of Geography, Groningen, The Netherlands
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2006-Oct. Invited guest speaker at PRATT Institute workshop, New York, USA.
Invited expert
2016-2017 Invited Expert, NWO (Dutch Scientific Council) Research Talent Commission, The Hague, The Netherlands.
2014-2017 Invited Scientific Expert, Israel Science Foundation (ISF).
2014-March Invited Scientific Evaluator, University of Copenhagen, Department of Human Geography.
2014-Feb. Invited Scientific Commission Member, NWO (Dutch Scientific Council). Joint commission with FAPESP (Brazilian Scientific Council) and ESRC (British Scientific Council) for Sustainable Urban Development, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
2013 Local Scientific Committee Member, AESOP Congress 2014 Utrecht-Delft.
2010-2011 Invited Expert (by Belgian representation to European Commission) for Multi-Level Governance Strategy, (MinistryofBigCitiesPolicy,POD)Belgium.
2011-Feb. Invited Scientific Committee Member of Joint Programming Initiative (JPI)-Urban Europe, NWO, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2007-2009 Invited Member COST Action A26 (Cities between cohesion and competitiveness), Member of Belgian representation.
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed articles
Tasan-Kok, T., Atkinson, R. and Refinetti Rodrigues Martins, M.L. (forthcoming) Hybrid contractual landscapes: Framing public accountability through performance control instruments in urban regeneration, Environment and Planning C (submission planned in September)
Ozogul, S. and Tasan-Kok, T. (forthcoming) Comprehensive spatial governance in Toronto: Opportunities and limitations of transformative place-making in property-led urban development, DiSP, Special Issue on Unpacking Spatial Planning as the Governance of Place (revised version is submitted)
Taşan-Kok, T., van den Hurk, M., Özoğul, S. and Bittencourt, S. (forthcoming) Changing accountability regimes in the governance of Dutch urban regeneration, European Planning Studies (Special Issue contribution, submitted)
Ozdemir, E., & Tașan-Kok, T. (2017) Planners’ role in accommodating disagreements of citizens – the case of Dutch urban planning. Urban Studies, (https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0042098017726738).
Tașan-Kok, T. (2016) “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee”: Giving voice to planning practitioners, Planning Theory & Practice, 17(4), pp: 621-651.
Penpecioğlu, M. and Taşan-Kok, T. (2016) Alienated and politicized? Young planners’ confrontation with entrepreneurial and authoritarian state intervention in urban development in Turkey, European Planning Studies, 24(6), pp: 1037-1055 (DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2015.1135233).
Tașan-Kok, T. (2015) Creating ‘spaces for diversity’ from ‘spaces of modernity’: The case of the Jane-Finch neighbourhood, Toronto (Canada), Journal AR Architecture, 1, pp: 24-33 (http://www.fa.uni-lj.si/filelib/9_ar/2015-1/03-tuna-ar2015-1.pdf).
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Pessoa, I., Tașan-Kok, T. and Korthals Altes, W. (2015) Brazilian urban porosity: Treat or threat?, Proceedings of the ICE – Urban Design and Planning, 169(2), pp: 47-55 (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1680/udap.15.00009).
Stead, D., de Vries, J. and Tașan-Kok, T. (eds.) (2015) Differential Planning: Understanding and explaining distinct trajectories of planning policies, processes and outcomes in European territories. European Planning Studies, 23(11), pp: 2127-2132 (DOI:10.1080/09654313.2015.1016402).
Tașan-Kok, T. (2015) Analyzing path-dependence to understand divergence: Investigating hybrid neoliberal urban transformation processes in Turkey, European Planning Studies, 23(11), pp: 2184-2209 (DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2015.1018458).
Eraydin, A. and Tasan-Kok, T. (2014) State response to contemporary urban movements in Turkey: A critical overview of state entrepreneurialism and authoritarian interventions. Antipode, 46(1), pp: 110–129 (DOI: 10.1111/anti.12042).
Tașan-Kok, T. and Korthals Altes, W. (2012) Rescaling Europe: Effects of Single European Market regulations on localized networks of governance in land development, International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 36(6), pp: 1268-1287 (DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2012.001141.x).
Tașan-Kok, T., Groetelaers, D., Haffner, M., Korthals Altes, W. and van der Heijden, H. (2011) Providing Cheap Land for Social Housing: Breaching the state-aid regulations of the Single European Market? Regional Studies, 47(4), pp: 628-642 (DOI:10.1080/00343404.2011.581654).
Tașan-Kok, T. (2010), Entrepreneurial governance: Challenges of large-scale property-led urban regeneration projects, Journal of Economic and Social Geography (TESG), 101(2), pp: 126–149 (DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9663.2009.00521.x).
Eraydin, A., Tașan-Kok, T. and Vranken, J. (2010) Diversity Matters: Immigrant Entrepreneurship and Contribution of Different Forms of Social Integration in Economic Performance of Cities, European Planning Studies, 18(4), pp: 521-543 (DOI: 10.1080/09654311003593556).
Munoz Gielen, D. and Tașan-Kok, T. (2010) Flexibility in planning and the consequences for public-value capturing in England, Spain and the Netherlands, European Planning Studies, 18(7), pp: 1097-1131 (DOI:10.1080/09654311003744191).
Korthals Altes, W. and Tașan-Kok, T. (2010) The Impact of European Public Contract Law on Networks of Governance: A Relational Approach, European Planning Studies, 18(6), pp: 971-988 (DOI:10.1080/09654311003701522).
Tașan-Kok, T. (2008) Changing interpretations of 'flexibility' in the planning literature: from opportunism to creativity? International Planning Studies, 14(4), pp: 183-195 (DOI: 10.1080/13563470802521382).
Tașan-Kok, T. (2007) Global urban forms and local property actors: Commercial property in focus, Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 22(69), pp: 69-90 (doi:10.1007/s10901-006-9067-0).
Tașan-Kok, T. and van Weesep, J. (2007) Global-local interaction and its impact on cities, Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 22, 1, pp: 1-11 (doi:10.1007/s10901-006-9063-4).
Special issue editorships
Raco, M. and Tasan-Kok, T. European Urban and Regional Studies Special Issue on “Governing Urban Diversity: Multi-Scalar Representations, Local Contexts, Dissonant Narratives” (collection of 5 articles which are currently under
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review process at EURS) (special issue due December 2018)
Tasan-Kok, T., Atkinson, R. and Refinetti Rodrigues Martins, M.L. European Planning Studies Special Issue on “Regulation of Private Sector Involvement and Property Market Dynamics in Urban Development” (collection of 6 articles which are currently under review process at EPS) (special issue due January 2019)
Stead, D., de Vries, J. and Tasan-Kok, T. (2015), Special Issue: Differential Planning: Understanding and explaining distinct trajectories of planning policies, processes and outcomes in European territories. European Planning Studies, 23(11), pp: 2127-2132 (DOI:10.1080/09654313.2015.1016402).
Tașan-Kok, T. and van Weesep, J. (2007), Special Issue: Globalization, urban systems, and local development. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 22(1) (DOI: 10.1007/s10901-006-9063-4).
Books
Tașan-Kok, T. and Oranje, M. (eds) (2018) From Planning Student to Urban Planner: Young practitioners’ reflections on contemporary ethical challenges, Routledge: New York.
Tașan-Kok, T., Bolt G., Plüss, L. and Schenkel, W. (2017). A Handbook for Governing Hyper-diverse Cities. Utrecht: Utrecht University, Faculty of Geosciences.
Tașan-Kok, T. and Ozogul, S. (2017) Living with Urban Diversity: The case of Toronto. University of Utrecht: Utrecht (http://urbandiversities.eu).
Stead, D., de Vries, J. and Tașan-Kok, T. (eds) (2016) Planning Cultures and Histories. The Evolution of Planning Systems and Spatial Development Patterns. Routledge: New York.
Eraydin, A. and Tașan-Kok, T. (eds) (2012) Resilient Thinking in Urban Planning, Springer: Dordrecht (http://www.springer.com/us/book/9789400754751).
Tașan-Kok, T. and Vranken, J. (2011) Handbook for Multilevel Urban Governance in Europe: Analysing Participatory Instruments for an Integrated Urban Development. EUKN: The Hague. (http://www.eukn.eu/fileadmin/Lib/files/EUKN/2013/15_03_Handbook%20for%20multilevel%20URBAN%20govenance%20in%20Europe.docx.pdf)
Tașan-Kok, T. and Baeten, G. (eds) (2011) Contradictions of Neoliberal Planning: Cities, Policies, and Politics, Springer: Dordrecht. (http://www.springer.com/us/book/9789048189236)
Ache, P., Andersen, H.T., Maolutas, T., Raco, M. and Tașan-Kok, T. (eds) (2008) Cities between Competitiveness and Cohesion. Discourses, Realities and Implementation. Springer: Dordrecht. (http://www.springer.com/us/book/9781402082405)
Tașan-Kok, T. (2004) Budapest, Istanbul, and Warsaw: Institutional and Spatial Change. Eburon: Delft. (http://www.eburon.nl/budapest_istanbul_and_warsaw)
Contributions to books
Tașan-Kok, T. and van den Hurk, M. (forthcoming) Contractors of urban projects. In: Mike Raco and Federico Savini (eds) A New technocracy? Landscapes of Knowledge in Contemporary Urban Development. Bristol: Policy Press.
Eraydin, A. and Tașan-Kok, T. (2018) An initial evaluation of contemporary planning paradigms and theories. In: A. Eraydin and K. Frey (eds) On the Political in Governance and Planning: Between Depoliticization and New Approaches of
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Political Renewal. New York: Routledge.
Eraydin, A. and Tașan, T. (2018) Instituting resilience in the making of Istanbul metropolis. In: Willem Salet (ed) Routledge Handbook Institutions in Action, pp. 347-364. Routledge: London
Tașan-Kok, T. and Oranje, M. (2018) Introduction: Young practitioners’ reflections on contemporary ethical challenges. In: T. Tasan-Kok and M. Oranje (eds) From planning student to urban planner: Young practitioners’ reflections on contemporary ethical challenges, pp. 1-13, Routledge: New York.
Tașan-Kok, T., Babalik-Sutcliffe, E., Oranje, M. and van Huyssteen, E. (2018) Contemporary ethical and educational challenges, conflicts, and complexities for planners. In: T. Tasan-Kok and M. Oranje (eds) From Planning Student to Urban Planner: Young Practitioners’ Reflections on Contemporary Ethical Challenges, pp: 15-33, Routledge: New York.
Tașan-Kok, T. and Penpecioglu, M. (2018) Confronted and disappointed? Struggle of Turkish planners with authoritarian-state-regulated urban development. In: T. Tasan-Kok and M. Oranje (eds) From Planning Student to Urban Planner: Young Practitioners’ Reflections on Contemporary Ethical Challenges, pp: 107-126, Routledge: New York.
Tașan-Kok, T. and Korthals Altes, W. (2018) Still a planners’ paradise? A new role for young planners in the Netherlands. In: T. Tasan-Kok and M. Oranje (eds) From Planning Student to Urban Planner: Young Practitioners’ Reflections on Contemporary Ethical Challenges, pp: 241-256, Routledge: New York.
Tașan-Kok, T. and Oranje, M. (2018) Editors’ reflection and conclusions, pp: 296-312, Tașan-Kok, T. and Oranje, M. (2018)
Eraydin, A., Tașan-Kok, T. and Stead, D. (2012) Introduction: Resilience thinking in urban planning. In: A. Eraydin and T. Tasan-Kok (eds) Resilience Thinking in Urban Planning, pp: 1-16, Springer: Dordrecht. (http://www.springer.com/us/book/9789400754751)
Tașan-Kok, T., Stead, D. and Lu, P. (2012) Conceptual overview of resilience: History and context. In: A. Eraydin and T. Tasan-Kok (eds) Resilience Thinking in Urban Planning, pp: 39-51, Springer: Dordrecht. (http://www.springer.com/us/book/9789400754751)
Tașan-Kok, T., Stead, D. (2012) Analyzing spatially explicit vulnerability to changing drivers of global change in Istanbul, Lisbon, Oporto, Rotterdam, and Stockholm. In: A. Eraydin and T. Tasan-Kok (eds) Resilience Thinking in Urban Planning, pp: 71-91, Springer: Dordrecht. (http://www.springer.com/us/book/9789400754751)
Stead, D. and Tașan-Kok, T. (2012) Urban Resilience, Climate Change and Land-Use Planning in Rotterdam. In: A. Eraydin and T. Tasan-Kok (eds) Resilience Thinking in Urban Planning, pp: 211-227, Springer: Dordrecht. (http://www.springer.com/us/book/9789400754751)
Tașan-Kok, T. (2012) Changing dynamics of residential segregation in Istanbul. In: T. Maloutas and K. Fujita, Residential Segregation in Comparative Perspective: Making Sense of Contextual Diversity, pp: 237-257, Ashgate: Farnham. (https://www.routledge.com/Residential-Segregation-in-Comparative-Perspective-Making-Sense-of-Contextual/Fujita-Maloutas/p/book/9781409418733)
Tașan-Kok, T. and Zaleczna, M. (2011) Formal and non-formal obstacles by entering into Public Private Partnership in urban development projects in Poland. In: M. di
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Tira, E. Van der Krabben and B. Zanon (eds) Land Management for Urban Development: Innovative methods and practices in a changing Europe, pp: 373-380, Maggioli, Milan (ISBN 978-8838-76066-7).
Babalik-Sutcliffe, E. and Tașan-Kok, T. (2011) Changing planning education in Turkey and in the World (Dünya'da ve Türkiye'de Planlama Egitiminin Degisimi), (in Turkish). In: A. Eraydin (ed) Past, Present and Future of Planning: The Quest for New Discourses (Planlamanin Dunu, Bugunu, Yarini: Planlamada Yeni Soylem Arayislari), Proceedings Book of the Second Symposium of Urban and Regional Research, 8-9 December 2011, Ankara, pp: 591-603.
Tașan-Kok, T. (2011) Introduction: Contradictions of neoliberal urban planning. In: T. Tasan-Kok and G. Baeten (eds) Contradictions of Neoliberal Planning: Cities, Policies and Politics, pp. 1-21, Springer: Dordrecht.
Tașan-Kok, T. and Korthals Altes, W. (2011) Transnational neoliberalisation and the role of supranational trade agreements in local urban policy implementation: The case of the European Union. In: T. Tasan-Kok and G. Baeten (eds) Contradictions of Neoliberal Planning: Cities, Policies and Politics, pp: 79-99, Springer: Dordrecht.
Tașan-Kok, T. and Sungu-Eryilmaz, Y. (2010) Challenges of waterfront development in European cities: Any room for socially innovative instruments? In: G. Desfor, J. Laidley, Q. Stevens and D. Schubert (eds) Transforming Waterfronts: Fixity and Flow, pp: 257-274, Routledge: New York.
Raco, M. and Tașan-Kok, T.(2009) Competitiveness, Cohesion, and the Credit Crunch: Reflections on the Sustainability of Urban Policy. In: K. De Boyser, C. Dewilde, D. Dierckx and J. Friedrichs (eds), Between the Spatial and the Social, pp: 183-197, Ashgate: Farnham.
Albrechts, L. and Tașan-Kok, T. (2009) Corridor and axis development. In: Kitchin, R. and Thrift, N. International Encyclopedia of Human Geography, MS number 833, pp. 298-304.
Tașan-Kok, T. (2008) Spatial and institutional consequences of globalization in Istanbul: Focus in commercial property markets, In: V. Mamadouh, S.M. de Jong, F. Thissen, J, van der Schee, M. van Meeteren (eds), Dutch Windows on the Mediterranean: Dutch Geography 2004-2008 (NGS series, 376), pp. 44-51.
Tașan-Kok, T. and Vranken, J. (2008) From survival to competition? The socio-spatial evolution of immigrant entrepreneurs in Antwerp, Belgium. In: P. Ache, H.T. Andersen, T. Maolutas, M. Raco and Tasan-Kok, T. (eds) Cities between Competitiveness and Cohesion. Discourses, Realities and Implementation, pp. 151-169, Springer: Dordrecht.
Maloutas, T., Raco, M. and Tașan-Kok, T. (2008) Conclusions – Competitiveness and cohesion: One discourse, multiple realities and new challenges for policy and research. In: P. Ache, H.T. Andersen, T. Maolutas, M. Raco and T. Tasan-Kok (eds) Cities between Competitiveness and Cohesion. Discourses, Realities and Implementation, pp: 259-275, Springer: Dordrecht.
Tașan-Kok, T. (2008) Urban regeneration via large-scale public-led strategic projects: Complex but necessary? In M. Sitar (ed) Urban Futures, pp: 181-195, University of Maribor Publications: Maribor.
Tașan-Kok, T. (2006) Kuresel butunlesme surecinde kurumsal ve mekansal degisim: Budapeste, Istanbul ve Varsova Ornekleri (in Turkish) (Spatial and institutional change in the process of global integration: Cases of Budapest, Istanbul and Warsaw). In: A. Eraydin (ed) Degisen Mekan: Mekansal Sureclere Iliskin
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Tartisma ve Arastirmalara Toplu Bakis 1923-2003 (Changing Space: An overview of Research on Spatial Processes 1923-2003), Dost: Ankara (ISBN: 975-298-224-7).
Tașan-Kok, T. (2006) Institutional and spatial change. In: S. Tsenkova and Z. Nedović-Budić. The Urban Mosaic of Post-Socialist Europe: Space, Institutions, and Policy, pp: 51-70, Springer: Dordrecht.
Reports
Ozogul, S. and Tașan-Kok, T. (2016) Fieldwork entrepreneurs in Toronto, Jane-Finch (Canada). Research report submitted to European Commission. Amsterdam: UvA.
Ahmadi, D. and Tașan-Kok, T. (2015) Fieldwork inhabitants, Toronto (Canada). Research report submitted to European Commission. Delft: TU Delft.
Ahmadi, D. and Tașan-Kok, T. (2014) Assessment of Urban Policies in Toronto, Canada. Research report submitted to European Commission. Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft: TUDelft.
Tașan-Kok, T., van Kempen, R., Raco, M. and Bolt, G. (2013) Towards Hyper-Diversified European Cities: A Critical Literature Review. Research report submitted to European Commission. Delft: TUDelft.
Tașan-Kok, T., van Kempen, R., Raco, M. and Bolt, G. (eds) (2013) DIVERCITIES: Detailed Research Guidelines. Research report submitted to European Commission. Delft: TUDelft.
Ahmadi, D. and Tașan-Kok, T. (2013) Assessment of Urban Policies in Canada. Research report submitted to European Commission. Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, TUDelft.
Book reviews
Ozogul, S. Tașan-Kok, T. (2013) Book review on Turkish Berlin: Integration Policy and Urban Space, by M. Hinze. Urban Affairs Review, 37(5), pp: 647-648.
Tașan-Kok, T. (2005) Book review on The Globalization of Nothing by George Ritzer. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 20(3), pp: 325-328.
Non-refereed and professional publications
Haffner, M., Groetelaers, D., Korthals Altes, W., van der Heijden, H., and Tașan-Kok, T. (2010) Les « aides foncières » sont-elles compatibles avec le Marché commun? (Are the low land prices compatible with the Single European Market rules?) Études Foncières, 146, July-August 2010 (in French).
Haffner, M., Groetelaers, D., Korthals Altes, W., van der Heijden, H., and Tașan-Kok, T. (2009) Lage grondprijzen corporatiewoningen en staatssteun (Low land prices, social housing and state aid), Vastgoedrecht, April 2009, Nr. 2 (in Dutch).
Tașan-Kok, T. (2008) Turkish shopping center development goes international: Balancing risks and opportunities of investing in a hot market, ICSC Research Review, 15(2), pp: 39-44
ACADEMIC SERVICE Journal editorship January 2017- European Urban and Regional Studies (EURS), peer-reviewed
academic journal, 2015 Impact Factor: 2.078, 4/39 in Urban Studies 2000-2018 Journal of Housing and the Built Environment (HBE), peer-reviewed
academic journal, 2015 Impact Factor: 0.810
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Since 2014 European Journal of Spatial Development (EJSD), peer-reviewed online Open Source journal
Peer Reviewer Journals: Journal of Economic and Social Geography (TESG), International Journal of Urban and Regional Research (IJURR), European Planning Studies (EPS), Urban Studies, International Planning Studies, Local Environment, Planning Perspectives, Geoforum, GeoJournal, Planning Practice and Research, Planning Theory & Practice, METU Journal of the Faculty of Architecture, Geografiska Annaler); and Publishers: Springer, Routledge
Expert reviewer for research funding agencies
FWO (Flemish Scientific Organisation - Belgium)
NSF (National Science Foundation - USA)
ISF (Israeli Scientific Foundation)
COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology)
Academic committees
Jan. 2018-Jan. 2019 External Stakeholder Advisory Board Member, Pilot Project Europe of diversities (EU): VOICITY-Voices of Diversity (Lead: Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
2018-May PhD commission member of Katrijn Apostel (University of Antwerp, Belgium) Focusgroepen als katalysator voor lokale kennis in ruimtelijke planning. Over het belang van lokale kennis voor de planning in de hyperdiverse stad, theorie en praktijk (Supervisor: Tom Coppens & Ann Verhetsel) (4 June 2018)
2017-November Invited Examiner, PhD commission of Anouk Tersteeg, University of Utrecht (Promotor: Prof. Dr. Pieter Hooijmejer), The Netherlands.
2017-2021 AESOP (Association of European Planners), Chair of Best Congress Paper Prize.
2017-April Invited Examiner, PhD commission of Jannes van Loon, KULeuven (Promotor: Prof. Dr. Manuel Albers), Belgium.
2015-January Invited Examiner, PhD commission of Sofie Vermeulen, VUB (Vrij Universiteit Brussels) (Promotor: Prof. Dr. Bas van Huur), Belgium.
2014-May Invited Examiner, PhD commission of Bahar Sakizlioglu, University of Utrecht (Promotor: Prof. Dr. Jan van Weesep), The Netherlands.
2013-May Invited Examiner, PhD commission of Burak Buyukcivelek, UCL, Bartlett School of Planning (Promotor: Prof. Dr. Michael Edwards), London, UK.
2011-June Invited Examiner, PhD commission of Deniz Altay, Middle East Technical University (METU) (Promotor: Prof. Dr. Ayda Eraydin), Ankara, Turkey.
2010-Nov. Invited Examiner, PhD Commission of Barbara van Dyck, University of Antwerp (Promotor: Prof. Dr. Ann Verhetsel), Belgium.
Conference and special session organisation
2018 Tasan-Kok, T., Raco, M. and Livingstone, N. Special Session on New Investment Landscapes and Contemporary Urban Development: Exploring the Social Relations of the Real Estate Industry, organised at AAG (American Association of Geographers)-New Orleans, USA (9-14 April 2018)
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2018 Tasan-Kok, T., Atkinson, R. and Refinetti Rodrigues Martins, M.L. Special Session on Contractual urban regeneration: Risks and control instruments for public accountability, organised at AESOP (Association of European Schools of Planning)-Gothenburg, Sweden (9-15 July 2018)
2018 Tasan-Kok, T. and Oranje, M. AESOP Roundtable Discussion session on Bringing the ethos and practice of hope into planning education- Gothenburg, Sweden (July 2018)
2017 Special session (Regulation of private sector involvement and property market dynamics in urban development), AESOP (Association of European Planning Schools), 10-15 July 2017
2017 Special session (Privatisation, the New Contractualism and the Governance of Contemporary Cities), co-organiser with Mike Raco and Martijn van den Hurk, AAG (Association of American Geographers), 5-9 April 2017, Boston, USA
2017 Governing Urban Diversity Conference (DIVERCITIES), co-organiser with Gideon Bolt and Mike Raco, 8-10 February 2017, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2015 Special session (Social movements and urban planning: The learning gap), co-organiser with Ayda Eraydin and Basak Demires-Ozkul, AAG (Association of American Geographers), 22-26 April 2015, Chicago, USA
2014 Special session (Governing urban diversity: New challenges for urban policy), co-organiser with Ronald van Kempen, Mike Raco, and Gideon Bolt, AAG (Association of American Geographers), 8-12 April 2014, Tampa, USA
2013 Special session (Resilient Cities: Concepts, Planning, Actions) organiser, AAG (Association of American Geographers), 9-13 April 2013, Los Angeles, USA
2012 Co-track leader (together with Andreas Faludi and David Evers) (European Territorial Cooperation and Policy), AESOP (European Schools of Planning) conference, 12-15 July 2012, Ankara, Turkey
2012 Special session (Neoliberal Planning, Crisis, Contestation and Credible Alternatives) co-organiser with Guy Baeten, AAG (Association of American Geographers) Annual Meeting, 22-26 February 2012, New York, USA
2010-Aug. Special Session ‘Sustaining Success? New Urban Strategies in the aftermath of the Credit Crunch’,(organised with Mike Raco, RGS Conference,28 August-2 September 2010, London, UK
2010-July Special session ‘Sustainable urban land-use policies for resilient cities’, organised with Ayda Eraydin and Dominic Stead, AESOP Conference (7-10 July 2010, Helsinki
2008 Special session ‘Third way urban policy: Land and property markets, instruments and regulation’, organised with Guy Baeten, at AAG Conference, Boston, USA
2007 Special session ‘Fixity and flow: International waterfronts network workshop’, organized with GeneDesfor and Jennefer Laidley), at AAG Conference, San Francisco, USA
2007 International Conference ‘New concepts and approaches for Urban and Regional Policy and Planning’ (Scientific steering committee with Louis Albrechts, Frank Moulaert, Serena Vicari, Jef Van den Broeck)
2008 Special session ‘Third way urban policy: Land and property markets, instruments and regulation’, organized with Guy Baeten, at AAG Conference, Boston, USA
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TEACHING AND MANAGEMENT
Leadership and coordination
2017- Coordinator of Academic Trajectory (Leerlijn) of BA program Urban Planning - University of Amsterdam, Department of Human Geography, Urban Planning and International Development
2016-2017 Co-coordinator (with Yves Leynseele) of Transferable and Professional Skills (TPS) program - University of Amsterdam, Department of Human Geography, Urban Planning and International Development
2010-2013 Coordinator of Human Geography Track - University of Utrecht, University College Roosevelt (Bachelor in Liberal Arts and Sciences)
2010-2011 Tutor for MSc and PhD Students - Middle East Technical University, Department of City and Regional Planning
2010-2011 Faculty Coordinator for Erasmus - Middle East Technical University, Faculty of Architecture
2010-2011 Department Coordinator for Postgraduate Programme in European Spatial Development Planning (EMSDP) - Middle East Technical University, Department of City and Regional Planning
2010-2011 Department PhD Qualification Commission Member - Middle East Technical University, Department of City and Regional Planning
2005-2007 Coordinator of Research and PhD Students: Spatial Planning to Strategic Projects (SP2SP), a collaborative research project (Catholic University of Leuven, University of Ghent and University of Antwerp) funded by SBO-IWT (Institute for the Promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology in Flanders); budget € 1,250,000.
Courses designed, taught and coordinated
University of Amsterdam (UvA)
2017-Sept. Introduction to Urban Planning (Inleiding in de Planologie) Bachelor course (12ECTS) - Dutch, Bachelor in Human Geography and Planning (Sociale Geografie en Planologie) (ongoing).
2015-Nov. Contemporary Approaches in Property-Led Urban Planning (Replaced the course ‘Urban Planning and Real Estate’), Master Course (6 ECTS) - English, MSc in Urban and Regional Planning Programme, Graduate School of Social Sciences (ongoing).
2016-2017 Verkenning van In- en Uitsluiting, ASW (Department of Social Sciences), BA Course (6 ECTS)-English.
2016-2017 Inleiding in Verwante Disciplines, ASW (Department of Social Sciences), BA Course (6 ECTS)-English.
2016-2017 Regulation, Actors and Instruments of Urban Planning (Regelgeving, Actoren en Instrumenten van Stedelijke Planning), BA Course (12ECTS) - Dutch, taught in Bachelor in Human Geography and Planning (Sociale Geografie en Planologie).
Utrecht University, University College Roosevelt
2010-2013 The Political Economy and Governance of Cities (BA course at 300 level)
2010-2013 Urban Geography: Urbanization and Cities of the Advanced Economies (BA course at 200 level)
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2010-2013 Introduction to Human Geography (BA course at 100 level)
2010-2013 Track Coordinator: Designed, developed and implemented the Human Geography Track of the Social Sciences Department of Utrecht University, University College Roosevelt.
2010 Origins of Urbanism and the Process of Urbanization (CRP 105-Must course for first-year BA students), Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
2010 Planning Studio VII (CRP 405-Must course for fourth-year BA students), Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
Guest lectures
2017-Mar. Invited guest lecture, Contemporary Approaches to Deal with Diversity, Perspectives on Amsterdam: Open UvA Course, Amsterdam
2016-June Governing and Planning Urban Diversity, International Summer School on Social Policies & Urban Fabric, UvA, Amsterdam
2016-June Invited speaker for AISSR PhD students, CUS Spring Workshop: The Political and the City lecture on ‘Exploring the city through hyper-diversity lens’, UvA, Amsterdam
2013 - (each year) Invited guest professor for EMSDP (European Master of Spatial Development and Planning) programme (Catholic University of Leuven) on property-led urban development (each May for the last for years)
2013-Feb. Invited guest lecturer at University College Roosevelt (UCR), Human-Rights City: A Geographer's Perspective in SSC 332 Human-Rights Cities: An Undergraduate Research Seminar
2013-April Invited guest lecturer at University College Utrecht (UCU), Understanding the entrepreneurial city: Dynamics and challenges of property-led urban development
2013-May Invited guest lecturer at University of Utrecht, Department of Human Geography and Planning, 'Istanbul: A world city with strong local resources and dynamics'
2013-Oct. Invited guest professor at TU Delft, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Urbanism (Complex Cities Studio), 'Resilience thinking and new planning approaches'
2013-Nov. Invited guest professor at TU Delft, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Urbanism (Complex Cities Studio),'Sustainability and Resilience'
2013-Dec. DIVERCITIES Masterclass (with Ayda Eraydin) in Istanbul, Turkey, 'Resilience Thinking in Urban Planning,
2012-Oct. Invited guest professor at TU Delft, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Urbanism (Complex Cities Studio), 'Resilience thinking and new planning approaches'
2012-Sept. Invited guest lecturer at TU Delft, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Urbanism (Complex Cities Studio), 'Resilience thinking and new planning approaches' (repeats each semester)
2012-May Invited guest lecturer at University College Utrecht (UCU), Understanding the entrepreneurial city, 'Dynamics and challenges of property-led urban development'
2009-May Invited guest lecturer at World Cities and Urban Systems course organised by
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Brian Doucet (Utrecht University, Urban and Regional Research Centre Utrecht, Faculty of Geosciences), 'Istanbul: A global city with local resources'
2008-July Invited guest professor at IP-Intensive Programme of European Spatial Planning Network hosted by the Bicocca University in Milan, Italy
2008-May Invited guest lecturer at World Cities and Urban Systems course organised by Ronald van Kempen (Utrecht University, Urban and Regional Research Centre Utrecht, Faculty of Geosciences), 'Istanbul: A global city with local resources'
2007-2008 Invited guest lecturer at Strategic Planning Master's Course (organised by Louis Albrechts), 'Property development and planning',KULeuven, Department ASRO, Belgium.
SUPERVISION AND COACHING
Post-doc supervision
2015- (ongoing) Dr. Martijn van den Hurk, PARCOUR post-doc researcher, UvA
2014-2015 (TUBITAK Scholarship) Dr. Esin Ozdemir (How does the Planning Institution Accommodate Citizens’ Disagreement with Urban Policies and Practices in Different Contexts: The Case of the Netherlands and Turkey) -see publication list
2015-2016 (TUBITAK Scholarship) Dr. Mehmet Penpecioglu (From public-oriented collaborative scholarship to market-dominated instrumental practice? Investigating the Engagement of Planning Education and Practice) -see publication list
PhD thesis and research supervision
2012-2014 (Degree conferred) Aleksandra Djurasovic (Haven University, Germany) From a planning doctrine towards development strategy approach: The case of Bosnia and Herzegovina, co-supervision with Prof. Dr. Joerg Knieling (Haven University)
2017- (Ongoing) Sara Ozogul (UvA, The Netherlands) Transformative place-making for diverse communities in neoliberalising urban contexts: Toronto and Amsterdam, co-supervision with Prof. Dr. Luca Bertolini (UvA)
2017- (Ongoing) Ying-Tzu Lin (UvA, The Netherlands) Planning with everyday life chaos: An exploration of urban street markets and innovative urban planning tools for inclusive street space, co-supervision with Prof. Dr. Luca Bertolini (UvA)
2015- (Guest) Yasin Bektas (TUBITAK Scholarship) Does social-mix policy create social interaction among neighbors? The Kolenkitbuurt case, Amsterdam, PhD conferred in May 2017 at Yildiz Technical University
2014- (Ongoing) Maarten Desmet (TUDelft, The Netherlands) Planning for the gross national happiness: Co-productive processes for value-driven urban and spatial planning, Co-supervision with Willem Korthals Altes (TUDelft)
2014- (Ongoing) Igor Pessoa (TUDelft, The Netherlands) Creating urban resilience: the development of coping mechanisms for Brazilian fragmented metropolitan systems, Co-supervision with Willem Korthals Altes (TUDelft)
2013-2015 Donya Ahmadi (TUDelft, The Netherlands) Planning for Hyper-diversity, Co-supervision with Willem Korthals Altes (TUDelft)
2013-2016 Ceren Sezer (TUDelft, The Netherlands) A Spatial Analysis of the Role of Visibility in Recognition of Cultural Minorities, Co-supervision with Vincent
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Nadin (TUDelft)
2005-2007 Supervisor of five PhD students within the SP2SP project at KULeuven, Belgium (Tom Coppens, Pieter Van den Broeck, Barbara van Dyck, and Elke Vanempten received their degrees after my departure to TUDelft in 2007)
MSc/MA thesis supervision
2016-2018 Supervised 11 Masters theses; and was Second Reader for 9 Masters theses
2011-2012 Co-supervised Eva Gaaf (Governance of flood resiliency in urban area development: A comparative study of Rotterdam and New York City)
2010 Supervisor of two master students at Middle East Technical University, Turkey
BA thesis supervision
2010-2013 Supervisor of one honors thesis and two IRPs (independent research project - BA theses) at University College Roosevelt, University of Utrecht
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AAG Association of American Geographers AESOP Association of European Schools of Planning KBAM Turkish Urban and Regional Research Network (founding member)
LANGUAGES Turkish (mother tongue), English (excellent), Dutch (advanced), Polish (basic), Hungarian (basic)
NATIONALITY Belgian and Turkish
MARITAL STATUS Married (Spouse: Dr. Herman Kok)
DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH 15/07/1970-Trabzon (TURKEY)
