Fatma Ozdogan

Fatma Özdoğan is an architect, GIS specialist, and project manager with extensive international project experience in Qatar, Azerbaijan, and Türkiye. She has also researched in diverse locations such as Türkiye, Colombia, Lebanon, and the United Kingdom. She completed her master's degree in Türkiye, where she focused on the importance of architectural education in disaster risk reduction. Recognizing her expertise in disaster management, Fatma was awarded a prestigious scholarship at Oxford Brookes University in the United Kingdom, where she pursued a master's program in development and emergency practice. While at Oxford Brookes, she deepened her understanding of the interplay between sustainable urban development and disasters. Her studies specifically explored the impacts of internal displacement and migratory movements resulting from conflicts in Türkiye's cities. Fatma is undertaking her doctoral studies at the faculty of architecture on inderdisciplinary planning at the Université de Montréal. Her research centres around disaster management, particularly post-disaster reconstruction. Through her work, she aims to understand the needs of communities as an architect and propose sustainable solutions that bridge the gaps between these needs and the services provided. By examining the relationship between a country's disaster response and its overall development, Fatma seeks to contribute to effective strategies and solutions in the field. In addition to her ongoing research in the post-disaster reconstruction processes in Türkiye, she is a part-time lecturer at Bahçeşehir University in İstanbul where she leads a course on Architecture, Disasters and Development.