Assoc. Prof. Dr. Zeynep Gunay

Faculty of Architecture, Department of Urban and Regional Planning (Istanbul Technical University)

Major areas of interests are urban conservation and urban regeneration/renewal theories and policies. Through her scholarly works, she questions the vicious relationship between conservation vs regeneration with reference to globalisation and neoliberal planning agenda; and she explores critical heritage studies including the conceptual framework based on heritage industry, heritageisation, memory, inclusive conservation and right to the heritage.