Dr. Selin Gürdere Akdur

Dr. Selin Gürdere Akdur is a design researcher and educator with an undergraduate background in engineering. Before pursuing an academic career, she worked in production and design departments across various sectors in Istanbul. Her research and teaching explore the societal role, impact, and transformative potential of design at the intersections of creative practives, technology, and society. She is particularly interested in participatory, collaborative, and interdisciplinary approaches and socially oriented design practices, as well as in critical and speculative perspectives on design. In March 2020, she founded the Social Design Platform of Turkey to increase the visibility and solidarity of local practices and contribute to the field. Alongside her teaching and research activities in higher education, she contributes to nationally and internationally funded research projects and works as a researcher and consultant on design-focused projects across academia and industry