Mine Islar
Mine Islar is Assistant Professor of Sustainability Science at LUCSUS. She is also the coordinator of the Transdisciplinary Migration Research Initiative at the Pufendorf Institute for Advanced Studies (PIAS) at Lund University. She has a bachelor degree in Political Science and International Relations Department from Bogazici University, Istanbul, a master’s degree in Asian Studies from Lund University, and a PhD degree in Sustainability Science within the Centre of Excellence for Integration of Social and Natural Dimensions of Sustainability (LUCID). Islar has worked with interdisciplinary teams on a wide range of issues such as community management, right to the city, social justice and recognition. Since 2014, she is currently leading a project funded by the Swedish Research Council ‘Ecological citizen and right to the city’ to analyse the impact of contemporary movements in Europe in creating collective citizen initiatives and inclusive societies. She also acts as a country expert for the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), in the international effort to develop methodological framework for pluralistic valuation of nature.
