Dr Guldem Ozatagan

Guldem is an urban and economic geographer, with a particular interest in geographies of uneven development, urban/regional policy, politics and governance, and sustainable and inclusive geographies.

Her work advances place-based and temporal understandings of uneven development; demystifies governance and policy challenges in cities variably positioned as shrinking, peripheral and left-behind; uncovers place-based conflicts and contestations; and engages with local stakeholders, governments, and voluntary organisations for developing more sustainable, inclusive, and place-based policy responses.

She takes an interdisciplinary approach in investigating these issues and combines a range of qualitative and qualitative methods. Her research engages with a range of interdisciplinary audiences through publications in economic geography, urban/regional studies, planning, and politics journals.

She has previously leaded and collaborated in research projects funded by COST, JPI Urban Europe/ERA-NET, European Commission, and TUBITAK. At Exeter she works on the ESRC funded Governing Sustainability Transitions project, developing new conceptual and empirical understandings of sustainability flashpoints and environmental governance and advancing the use of participatory mechanisms for addressing place-based contestations.