Dr.
Özlem Canyürek

Özlem Canyürek studied sociology, cultural management and cultural policy in Istanbul. In 2021, she received her PhD in Cultural Studies and Aesthetic Practice from the Institute for Cultural Policy at the University of Hildesheim with a thesis on "Cultural Diversity in Motion. Rethinking Cultural Policy and Performing Arts in an Intercultural Society," supported by the doctoral program of ZBI (Center for Educational Integration - Diversity and Democracy in Migration Societies). Her research focuses on the mission and role of cultural policy in activating diversity. She currently works as a freelance cultural policy researcher and lecturer. She is the contact person for the intersectional diversity framework of the PostHeimat network, funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation. She is a member of GLOSACI.