Ozlem Edizel
Ph.D. Student
o.edizel@londonmet.ac.uk |
Interests and Expertise
- Regional and local economic development
- Cultural planning and regeneration
- Mega events
- Urban governance and institutionalization
Research interests/expertise:
Ozlem Edizel has a background of working in several projects for various national and international institutions. She graduated from City and Regional Planning and has MS in Regional Planning from Middle East Technical University, Turkey. Throughout her master study, she worked as a researcher in the METU-Research and Implementation Centre for Built Environment and Design (RICBED) and took part in several projects undertaken for the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, the EU and UNDP. Ozlem is currently studying for a PhD looking at the interface between mega- event led regeneration and sustainable development from the view of creative forms of organizing capacity, built environment and social structure as the London 2012 Olympic Games/Lower Lea Valley being her case study area.
Current/recent projects and awards
2010- 2013: Vice Chancellor’s PhD Scholarship: Regeneration Legacy of Mega-Events towards a Sustainable Development: Success Factors of Organizing Capacity, Built Environment and Social Structure
2009- Urban-Net project, Climate Change and Tourism: Turkey, Portugal and Sweden: project assistant
2007-EU, UNDP Project, Technical Assistance to Development of a National Clustering Policy for Turkey: team work in developing the methodology of the study, the preparation of the report, implementation of several statistical analyses
2007- EU-UNDP Project, Economic Impact Assessment of Entrepreneur Support Centres: face-to-face interviews in the field, team work in the preparation of the report and implementation of several statistical analyses
Publications Reports and Thesis
2011- Presentation “Regional Planning & Mega-Events: Izmir Expo 2015 Candidacy, Istanbul ECOC 2010 and London 2012 Olympic Games” at Mega-Events and Regional Development Research Seminar, Maastricht University (7 September 2011)
2011- Presentation “Event Led-Regeneration and Sustainable Urban Development: London 2012 Olympic Games” at Londoncity 2011- The First Annual London Studies Conference (12-14 July 2011)
LMBS 4th Annual Research Conference (29th June 2011)
