Bio
Born in Istanbul, Ömer Çavuşoğlu has also lived in Aarhus, Berlin, and London where he currently resides and works. He has an undergraduate degree in Social and Political Sciences from Sabanci University, Istanbul, and an MSc. in City Design and Social Science from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
He has worked in the profession of urban field since 2008, at leading academic instutions, major architecture practices and niche design consultancies, managing research, consultancy, advisory, conference, and publication projects. He works as a freelance consultant, and publishes writings.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Urban Planning and Design Consultant, London
Consultant, Perkins+Will, London
Advisor, IDEMA, Istanbul
Analyst, IHS – Exclusive Analysis
Project Manager, LSE Cities, London School of Economics and Political Science
EDUCATION
MSc. in City Design and Social Science, LSE, London, 2008
BA in Social and Political Sciences, Sabanci University, Istanbul, 2007
Socrates-Erasmus Exchange Programme, Aarhus University, Denmark, 2006
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS, PRESENTATIONS
Contributor “4th Kuwait Masterplan Spatial-Economic Development Analysis”, 4KMP Workshop, Kuwait City, Kuwait, November 2017
Co-instructor “Design Space Construction”, Session with Perkins+Will, ACADIA Conference Workshops, Boston, MA, October-November 2017
Speaker Research Protocols for Health Districts”, Healthy City Design Conference, Royal College of Physicians, London, October 2017
Contributor “Work Globally, Design Locally”, by Katharine Logan for The Building Green Report, February 2017
Collaborator ist-on situations Exhibition by Emre Arolat Architects, Royal Institute of British Architects, London, June 2015
Author Lest the Ground Forgets, ArteEast Magazine, Spring 2015 Issue
Guest Lecturer Games, Legacy, Controversy: London's Olympic Regeneration Masterplan, Bilgi University, Istanbul, March 2015
Guest Lecturer Course: Transdisciplinary Urban Interventions, Bilgi University, Istanbul, March 2014
Co-editor, Publication Manager City Transformations, LSE Cities, London, November 2013
Co-author Protests in Turkey: The Straw That Broke the Camel’s Back, Huffington Post Blog +
openDemocracy, June 2013
Presentation “Turkish National Discourse on Urban Intervention”, Politics Exposed, London Metropolitan University, February 2013
Assistant Editor Living in the Endless City, Phaidon, June 2011