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Dr. Imge Akcakaya Waite is a lecturer and researcher at the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at Istanbul Technical University (ITU). She earned her PhD in the Urban Planning Department of University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Luskin School of Public Affairs., with her dissertation titled “Planning, power, politics: Urban redevelopment in Istanbul.”
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During her doctoral studies, Dr. Waite took part in research projects at UCLA Lewis Center for Regional Studies and UCLA International Institute, and edited an annual issue of the Journal of Critical Planning. As a faculty member of ITU where she has been affiliated since 2005, Dr. Waite has participated in UN-HABITAT and EU funded projects including the development plan of Prizren, Kosovo, and MATRA-REGIMA, which focused on institutional capacity building for urban regeneration activities in Istanbul in collaboration with Dutch partners. Her research activities have resulted in numerous publications and dissemination activities.