Imge Akcakaya Waite
http://akademi.itu.edu.tr/imgeawaite/

Istanbul Technical University
Turkey

İmge Akçakaya Waite, PhD, is a researcher and lecturer at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at Istanbul Technical University, where she received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. She earned her PhD at the Urban Planning Department in the Luskin School of Public Affairs at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), with her dissertation titled “Planning, power, politics: Urban redevelopment in Istanbul.” Among her recent fields of interest are decision-making and governance mechanisms, inclusive and collaborative planning, urban planning project organization, and planning education.