User:Burcu Eke-Schneider

I am a peace worker from Ankara, Turkey. I began my career in journalism and in 2013 I covered the Gezi Park Movement as a freelance journalist in alternative media and international press. I was a Master-student in Peace and Conflict Studies Hacettepe University's Istanbul branch from 2014 to 2017, where I was taught among others by Johan Galtung, Jorgen Johansen, Stellan Vinthagen, Oliver Richmond, Norman Finkelstein, Joshua Weiss, Wolfgang Dietrich, Gal Harmat, Kai Frithjof Brand-Jacobsen, Zeki Ergas, Tatsushi Arai and Amr Khairy Abdalla. Hacettepe University shut down the department in 2015 but I obtained a Master's degree with my thesis subject being 'Identity-based Conflicts in between Resistance Groups during the Gezi Movement'. Since 2016, I did many interventions and presented new ideas in several international conferences, especially in my works two processes are very closely interlinked -From Science to Practice. They belong on the transformation and social change of several actors. I am currently a PhD student at University of Wuppertal and my research focuses on Inclusive Transformation of the International Community :Participation of Women with their Cultural Collective Knowledge in Sustainable and Just Urban Development Processes.I found:"A micro-level Peace-building Method for Sustainable and Just Cities." In this context I initiated the " Creating Peace Gardens in the Urban Realm" project.As a pilot study it has been conducted in Wuppertal in order to generate an in-depth, multi-faceted understanding of a complex issue in a real-life context. It is not only set up to analyse root-cause problems but also, it seeks to propose culturally sensitive solutions.It focuses inclusivity, strengthening of women, peacebuilding strategies, climate justice and biodiversity at micro-level and goal is to use "nature-based micro-level solutions" as a "new forms of dialogue method" for a sustainable future. In my academic and practical work, I combine peace-building and sustainability, which is a new interdisciplinary approach for inclusive transformation.I am an UrbanA Fellow and Tag des Guten Lebens Advisory Board member in Wuppertal.

• 2018 - AFK “"Welches Wissen(-)schafft Praxis?",presented “Identity-based Conflicts in between Newly-formed Resistance Groups during the Gezi Movement”Berlin. https://bundesstiftung-friedensforschung.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/180411_Bericht_mit_Cover_AFkNachwuchs.pdf
• 2018 - British Library “Non-violent Scholar Activism in the 21st Century” Conference, presented “Scholar-Activism within the Gezi Movement” London.https://www.scholaractivism.com/
• 2018 - London School of Economics “Revolution and Resistance “Conference, London.
• 2019 - CSCP “The Avantgardenist Social Transformation Project” Presentation, Wuppertal.
• 2019 - CSCP (Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production)Co-working.
• 2019 - Kassel University “Decolonial Alternatives to Development” Conference, Kassel.
• 2019 - 19th Global Development Conference 'Knowledge for Sustainable Development: The Research–Policy Nexus.' Bonn.
• 2019 - Urban Arenas for Sustainable and Just Cities Meeting Rotterdam.
• 2020 - Tag des Guten Lebens Wuppertal Member of Advisory Council.https://www.guteslebenwuppertal.de/beirat-2/
• 2020 - Urban gardening Peace Project founder in Wuppertal. www.urban-peace.org
• 2020 - Deutsche Welle Article https://www.dw.com/de/gem%C3%BCseanbau-migration-wuppertal-permakultur-perspektive-gesellschaft-schrebergarten-klimawandel/a-53898345
• 2020 - Friedrich Engels: Die Aktualität eines Klassikers - The Timelines of a Historic Figure Wuppertal.
• 2020 - Member of Wuppertal Institute Solidarity Platform.
• 2020 - UrbanA Community Conversations “An Avantgardenist Approach: Creating Peace Gardens in the Urban Realm” https://medium.com/urban-arenas-for-sustainable-and-just-cities/an-avantgardenist-approach-creating-peace-gardens-in-the-urban-realm-17f8aaddaa9f Presentation.
• 2020 - Wuppertal Institute “Post Corona: Wege in die neue Normalität„ https://www.academia.edu/44131818/Burcu_Talk_DE_ Presentation.
• 2020 - UN SDG Action Zone.
• 2020 - 9th European Conference on Sustainable Cities and Towns, Mannheim.
• 2020 - "Diversitätssensibilität in der Kulturpolitik" and "Eine Nachhaltige Kulturpraxis" Web-Talks.
• 2020 - Peace and Climate Change UN Workshop.
• 2020 - WZ Article https://www.wz.de/nrw/wuppertal/wie-eine-wuppertalerin-von-der-journalistin-zur-friedensgaertnerin-wurde_aid-54395147
• 2020 - Daring Cities : Driving the Green Recovery and Redesign.
• 2020 - Urban Arenas for Sustainable and Just Cities Meeting Barcelona.
• 2020 - Minority Protection and Ethnic Group Rights in Central and Central Eastern Europe.
• 2020 - GLF Biodiversity Digital Conference: One World - One Health.
• 2020 - "Critical Gender and Diversity Knowledge.Challenges and Prospects" Conference.
• 2020 - Pina Bausch Theatre Under Construction Project Participant "Art and Peace-building" https://under-construction-wuppertal.de/media?fbclid=IwAR197w6jjjPeCitiT_2td79c422GTEFKwibUCEfccaBfopCF1uagq0dAdH4#type,archiv-der-traeume,1
• 2020 - Malmö University, presented “Art and Peacebuilding Methods”.
• 2021 - Digitainable forum: Mindful use of Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence (D&AI) for the SDGs.
• 2021 - Co-designing Our Cities Conference.
• 2021 - Digital education & Training,Mannheim.
• 2021 - The German Symposium 2021.
• 2021 - Essay by Burcu Eke-Schneider 'Der Sand (DE)Zeitung'https://die-wueste-lebt.org/der-sand/

Neue Formen des Dialogs –für einen friedlichen, gerechten und nachhaltigen Wandel! 

• 2021 - From Science to Practice: The Role of Research in Tackling COVID-19 and Achieving the SDGs.
• 2021 - Urban Arenas for Sustainable and Just Cities Meeting Berlin.
• 2021 - What does a just transition to solve climate change by 2030 look like? Drift Webinar.
• 2021 - Wuppertal Institute: Platform for Neighbourhood Solidarity: Using Community-based Approaches to Build Pandemic-resilient Neighbourhoods, International Peace Worker and Researcher,https://www.schader-stiftung.de/fileadmin/content/Plattform_fuer_Quartierssolidaritaet_-_Folien_zum_Vortrag_von_Stelzer.pdf
• 2021 - New York Institute of Technology: "School of Architecture and Design" -R-cubed Symposium and Workshop.
• 2021 - Swiss Sociological Association Congress Social Justice in Times of Uncertainty : "A micro-level Peace-building Method for Sustainable and Just Cities" Presentation.