User:Burcu Eke-Schneider
Burcu Eke-Schneider was born in Ankara, Türkiye. After completing her Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, she worked (from 2007 to 2012) as an Editorial Assistant and then as a Freelance Journalist in the editorial offices of "Counterview" and "You have the floor" at the Turkish news channel Habertürk and Newspaper Habertürk. She later worked closely with representatives of the International Press. Due to the increasingly difficult situation for the media in her home country, she trained as a Turkish Tourist Guide (specializing in the city of Istanbul and the architect Sinan). The unrest surrounding the occupation of Istanbul's Gezi Park was a turning point for Burcu Eke-Schneider, as she completed a Master's Degree in Peace and Conflict Studies with a number of the world’s renowned professors.
Burcu Eke-Schneider has been working in Germany for Transformative Peacebuilding since 2017 (see www.urban-peace.org for additional background on her). Here, the Peace Garden idea was born. And evolved into an empirical study for Transformative Peace Science (through Peacebuilding), with science-to-practice implementation. Eventually, it becoming a symbol for sustainable and just transformation.
Additionally, she has worked with a number of other micro-meso-macro applications for systematic change. Just some examples are:
- Micro: The Peace Garden (noted above, and delineated in urban-peace.org)
- Meso: The Peace Workers Collaborative (This organization recently spoke at PeaceCon 2024 in Washington, DC. You can find more information at: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d37a7zJE5GU)
- Macro:The first evidence-based Policy Brief for G7 in 2022 has been published: https://think7.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Cohesion_Micro-Level-Peacebuilding-Methods-for-a-Just-and-Sustainable-Urban-Transformation-Process_Burcu-Eke-Schneider.pdf
All of these peace efforts provided a transformative model for how communities can overcome systematic challenges through localized efforts and building bridges in between natural science and social science...which could resonate globally.
With her prior knowledge, experience and background from the Global South, now combined with the collective knowledge in the West, she has significantly contributed to the intellectual movements in the field of Peace.During her time in Europe, Eke-Schneider has been a pioneer in transformative peacebuilding methods, benefitting transformers, change-makers, and others involved in the field.
Press:
Engels Kultur Interview about Transformative Peace Science:https://www.choices.de/bluehendes-forschungsfeld-thema-0522
Speaker: UNRISD Co-building a New Eco-Social World: Leaving No one Behind, 29 June- 02 July 2022. https://newecosocialworld.com/
University of Bergen 2022 Summer Research School Participant https://www.uib.no/en/rs/bsrs
Burcu’s “Urban Gardening Peace Project” won second place in the Audience Award at Go Volunteer Awards 2021, and third place at “Social Innovation” category. She was selected as a young scientist of the Right Livelihood Campus Bonn in 2021. She is an urbanA Fellow https://urban-arena.eu/ and Istanbul Development Agency Climate Adaptation and Climate Justice Working Group Member.
- 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' Vielleicht - page 11 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 Pandemie-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 - 'European Social Economy Summit' 2021
- 2021 - RLC/ZEF Bonn Workshop, Mobilization for Change:Ensuring Rights and Promoting Justice for Marginalized People:"Micro-level Peace-building Methods for Sustainable and Just Cities" Scientific Research Presentation.
- 2021 - Kulturell sensibler und inklusiver Journalismus bei Can TV. Ich habe einen Vortrag darüber gehalten, wie wir mit unserem kulturellen Wissen am Transformationsprozess nachhaltiger und gerechter Städte teilnehmen können. https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=211058807350889&ref=watch_permalink
- 2021 - "What's going on in Citizenship Education in Europe?" NECE Campus
- 2021 - NECE CAMPUS ttps://www.facebook.com/NECE.network/posts/join-the-nececampus-thursday-1st-july-0300-0335-pm-cet-presentation-a-micro-leve/986661605426529/
- 2021 - Yol TV Interview, Transformation and Cultural Participation for a Common Future https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjd50lv6RGs
- 2021 - Federal Conference of Municipal Development Policy Together. Fair. Global. Sustainable.Agenda 2030 - Communities Shape the Future Online event from June 14 to 16, 2021
- 2021 - Swiss Sociological Association Congress Social Justice in Times of Uncertainty: "A Micro-level Peacebuilding Method for Sustainable and Just Cities" Presentation.https://sociocongress2021.ch/
- 2021 - 17th Development Dialogue Conference -The International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
- 2021 - International Degrowth Conference 'Caring Communities for Radical Change "Micro-level Peacebuilding Method for Sustainable and Just Cities:Peace Garden for Alternative Food Practice" Presentation,Hague.https://www.degrowth.info/en/the-hague-2021/
- 2021 - Georg Arnhold Summer Conference on “The Environmental Crisis and Education” "Micro-level Peacebuilding Methods"http://www.gei.de/stipendien/georg-arnhold-programm/summer-conference.html
- 2021 - Peace Garden nominated and selected as a new eco-education model at NECE Campus "Networking European Citizenship Education" Platform which will be transferred to the NECE Conference 2021 in Brussels.https://www.nece.eu/campus/
- 2021 - Nominated as one of 3 finalist the category Social Innovation at the German Volunteer Awards 2021 https://volunteerawards.de/
- 2022 - Ecocity World Summit 2021 "Science to Practice : Micro-level Peacebuilding Methods for Sustainable and Just Cities" Presentation, Rotterdam.https://ecocity-summit.com/
- 2022 - Istanbul Development Agency Working Group Member - Climate Adaptation and Climate Justice https://ipa.istanbul/iklim-platformu-ilk-toplantisini-gerceklestirdi/
- 2022 - T7 Social Cohesion Task Force Member https://www.think7.org/expert/burcu-eke-schneider/
- 2022 - Interreligious Dialogue for a Sustainable Future Workshop - https://diasporanrw.net/termin/online-workshop-nachhaltigkeit-und-interreligioeser-dialog/
- 2022 - WZ Article about Intercultural Living and Sustainability https://www.wz.de/nrw/wuppertal/online-workshop-in-wuppertal-interkulturelles-leben-und-nachhaltigkeit_aid-66363097#
- 2022 - Member of Global research and action network for an eco-social contract https://www.unrisd.org/80256B3C005BE6B5/(httpNews)/86445ADED10EBD0B8025877B00371493?OpenDocument
- 2022 - Transformationstandem: Wuppertal Institute, Opera Haus Wuppertal , Communities https://wupperinst.org/p/wi/p/s/pd/2031
- 2022 - Europan Sociological Association’s Research Network Speaker - V Midterm Conference "Seeing Like a City / Seeing the City Through" Humboldt University, Berlin.
- Engels Kultur Interview https://www.engels-kultur.de/bluehendes-forschungsfeld-thema-0522
- UNRISD Eco-social Contract Transforming Economies and Societies Working Group Member
- 2023 - Basel Peace Forum Participant.
- 2023 - UNRISD Flagship Report's Meeting—Crises of Inequality: Shifting Power for a New Eco-Social Contract in Berlin, Germany.
- 2023 - New Peace Architecture Article International Journal of Peace, Education and Development https://lnkd.in/eK2cf4fR
- 2023 - Creating Peace Gardens story has been published by the Georg Eckert Institute - Creative Approaches for Peace Education Book p. 49 - 52 https://lnkd.in/evKcJMyk
- 2023 - Peace and Art Talk at Temporäres Büro für kulturellen Austausch - Manifesto (De & Engl) https://oaa9.jimdofree.com/download/
- 2023 - T7 Japan Summit Online, Japan , 27-28 April.
- 2023 - Global Solutions Summit - the World Policy Forum , 15-16 May.
- 2023 - International Summit for Peace in Ukraine , Vienna , 10-11 June.
- 2023 - Lisbon Summer School “Urban imaginary - exploring our urban futures", Portugal , 3-7 July.
- 2023 - Speaker: Science for Peace Symposium https://pretalx.com/wissenschaft-fuer-den-frieden-2023/speaker/8YU8KQ/
- 2024 - Basel Peace Forum
- 2024 - IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities Pre-Scoping Webinar
- 2024 - Global Solutions Summit, Berlin
- 2024 - Vegetal Encounters in Contemporary Children's and Young Adult Ecofiction, University of Cologne
- 2024 - Speaker: Alliance for Peacebuilding PeaceCon24 Scaling Urban-based Local Solutions for Peace:A Case Study Approach https://www.allianceforpeacebuilding.org/peacecon-2024-agenda-day-
- 2024 - SEF Online Series: From Cooperation to Confrontation? Populism and International Cooperation in the Super Election Year 2024
- 2024 - Wuppertal Institute Sustainability Congress 2024 "Climate and Resilience" https://wupperinst.org/fileadmin/redaktion/images_hq/press/2024_Nachhaltigkeitskongress_Programm_Wiss_Teil1.pdf
- 2024 - Implementing the EU 2040 Climate Target: Building Blocks and Targets, Ecologic Institute, Brussels
- 2024 - Swisspeace Online Series: Rethinking Peace and Victory
- 2025 - Basel Peace Forum, Basel, 23 January.
- 2025 - Symposium: Germany has the choice: Prospects for a socio-ecological turnaround for the future, Berlin (Online), 5 February.
- 2025 - International Cooperation Forum, Zürich, 27-28 February.
- 2025 - Global Solutions Summit, Berlin, 5-6 May 2025.
- 2025 - Speaker: Berlin Peace Conference, Berlin, 21 September.