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 graduating from Hacettepe University in 2017, I was able to gain experience, inspire transformers and realize projects. As a trained peace-worker, I have been invited to present new ideas at international conferences and did interventions on the level of established organizations as well as in inter-personal or inter-group conflicts.My works focus on the micro-level changes for social innovation and new social structures.

In all my works I seek to apply the idea of proceeding from Science to Practice. As an example, I developed and applied "Micro-level Peace-building Methods for Sustainable and Just Cities." In this context I initiated the "Creating Peace Gardens in the Urban Realm" project.https://wiki.urban-arena.eu/Urban_Gardening_Peace_Project As a pilot study it has been realized in Wuppertal in order to generate an in-depth, multi-faceted understanding of a complex issue in a real-life laboratory context. It was not only set up to analyse root-cause problems but also sought to propose culturally sensitive solutions by the help of ecological peacebuilding approaches. The goal was to use "nature-based micro-level solutions" as a "new forms of dialogue method" for a sustainable future. It resulted as an alternative eco-education model:'out of school space' for intercultural and interreligious dialogue. I am selected as a Right Livelihood Campus Bonn Junior Scientist.https://www.zef.de/1741.html I am an UrbanA Fellow https://urban-arena.eu/ and Tag des Guten Lebens Advisory Board member in Wuppertal. https://www.guteslebenwuppertal.de/

* 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
* 2022 - Interreligious Dialogue for a Sustainable Future Workshop - https://diasporanrw.net/termin/online-workshop-nachhaltigkeit-und-interreligioeser-dialog/
https://www.forum-fuer-soziale-innovation.de/termin/?tpage=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 - Global research and action network for an eco-social contract member https://www.unrisd.org/80256B3C005BE6B5/(httpNews)/86445ADED10EBD0B8025877B00371493?OpenDocument

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Burcu Eke-Schneider is a peace worker from Ankara, Turkey. She began her career in journalism and in 2013 she covered the Gezi Park Movement as a freelance journalist in alternative media and international press. She was a Master-student in Peace and Conflict Studies Hacettepe University's Istanbul branch from 2014 to 2017, where she 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 and Amr Khairy Abdalla. Hacettepe University shut down the department in 2015 but she obtained a Master's degree with her thesis subject being 'Identity-based Conflicts in between Resistance Groups during the Gezi Movement'. Since 2016, Burcu has attended several international conferences on non-violent resistance and science, especially on the interactions between practice and science to which they belong and on the transformation and social change of several actors. She is currently a PhD student at University of Wuppertal and her research focuses on inclusive transformation of the international community, especially on the participation of women with their cultural knowledge in urban development processes.In this context she is coordinating the network of the urbangardening peace project at the Alevi culture center in Wuppertal. The project which focuses inclusivity, strengtening of women, peacebuilding strategies, climate justice and biodiversity at mikro-level. She is an UrbanA Fellow and also a professional tour guide of Turkey and a certified expert on Istanbul and the work of the famous 16th century architect Sinan.

2018 - April AFK “"Welches Wissen(-)schafft Praxis?",presented “Identity-based Conflicts in between Newly-formed Resistance Groups during the Gezi Movement”Berlin.
2018- June British Library “Non-violent Scholar Activism in the 21st Century” Conference, presented “Scholar-Activism within the Gezi Movement” London.
2018 - October London School of Economics “Revolution and Resistance “Conference, London.
2019 - June CSCP “The Avantgardenist Social Transformation Project” Presentation, Wuppertal.
2019 - September CSCP (Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production)Co-working
2019 - September Kassel University “Decolonial Alternatives to Development” Conference, Kassel.
2019 - October 19th Global Development Conference 'Knowledge for Sustainable Development: The Research–Policy Nexus.' Bonn.
2019 - November Urban Arenas for Sustainable and Just Cities Meeting Rotterdam.
2020 - Tag des Guten Lebens Beirat Member
2020 - February Urbangardening Peace
Project in Wuppertal
2020 - February Friedrich Engels: Die Aktualität eines Klassikers - The Timelines of a Historic Figure Wuppertal.
2020 - June Urban Arenas for Sustainable and Just Cities Meeting Barcelona.
2020 - June EADI ISS Conference
Solidarity, Peace and Social Justice Hague.

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