Address: Department of City and Regional Planning, New Building, Room: 305, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

E-Mail: aycoban@metu.edu.tr

 

Education

PhD              Spatial Planning

                     University of Porto (Ongoing)

MSc             City Planning

                     Middle East Technical University (2023)

BSc              City and Regional Planning

                     Middle East Technical University (2020)

 

Research Interests: Urban Form, Children’s Health, Child-Friendly Cities, Climate-Responsive Urban Design, Environmental Justice, Air Pollution, Participatory Urban Planning, Participatory Mapping, Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

 

Academic Appointments

Sept 2023 – Jan 2024      Visiting Researcher, Department of Built Environment and Architecture

                                              Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom (UK), In collaboration with Dr. Ayse Ozbil Torun

  

Assisted Courses

CRP446 Climate Responsive Urban Design (with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ender Peker, Spring 2024; Fall 2024; Spring 2025)

CRP302 Planning Studio III (Spring 2025)

CRP301 Planning Studio III (Fall 2024)

CRP238 Introduction to Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in Planning (Spring 2021; Spring 2025)

CRP102 Basic Design & Planning Studio II (Spring 2021; Spring 2022; Spring 2023; Spring 2024)

CRP101 Basic Design & Planning Studio I (Fall 2020; Fall 202; Fall 2022)

 

 

Research Experience

Research Fellow, "Urban Form, Air Quality and Childhood Asthma Project (UFACAP)" (TÜBİTAK 1001, No: 219K243)

In collaboration with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yücel Can Severcan

Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Türkiye

September 2021 – October 2023

Project page: https://avesis.metu.edu.tr/arastirma-grubu/ufacap

 

 

Organized Conferences & Workshops

Coordination Team Member, AESOP Young Academics (AESOP YA)

April 2024 – Present

Profile: https://aesop-youngacademics.net/coordination-team

 

Workshop Co-Mentor & AESOP YA Coordination Team Representative

Lisbon Early-Career Workshop in Urban Studies (5th Edition)

UTH Urban Transitions Hub (ICS-ULisboa) & AESOP Young Academics Network

Lisbon, Portugal | 26–28 November 2025

 

International Conference Co-Organizer

19th AESOP Young Academics Conference 2025 – Circular Cities and Regions

Faculty of Architecture and Landscape Sciences (FAL), Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University Hannover, Germany | 17–20 March 2025

Conference page: https://aesop-youngacademics.net/ya-conference-2025

 

Workshop Co-Coordinator & Moderator

Designing Climate-Responsive Community Spaces: A Studio–Municipality Collaboration

Kadıköy Municipality & METU (in collaboration with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ender Peker - CRP446 Climate Responsive Urban Design), Istanbul, Türkiye | 11–14 April 2025

 

Organizing Team Member & Jury Member

60th ISOCARP World Planning Congress – Reinventing the (In)visible Cities

Jury Member, (In)visible Cities Interpretation Awards, Siena, Italy | April–October 2024

 

Organizing Committee Member & Workshop Sub-Group Moderator (TÜBİTAK–EU COST)

Co-Designing for Quality of Life in Middle-Class Mass Housing: Exploring Challenges and Opportunities

Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Türkiye | 30 Sep–2 Oct 2022

Source: https://rb.gy/u4m6ez

 

Local Organizing Committee Member & Workshop Coordinator

16th AESOP Young Academics Conference 2022 – In Search of Well-Being in Liminalities

Middle East Technial University and Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul, Türkiye | 3–8 April 2022

Source: https://aesop-youngacademics.net/ya-conference-2022

 

  

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Severcan, Y. C., Yıldırım, G., Aydın, N., Gaga, E. O., Üzmez, O. O., Çoban, A. B., et al. (2025). Associations between the built environment and concentrations of outdoor particulate matter in children’s everyday places. Habitat International, 165, in press. (SSCI, Scopus)

 

Edited Volumes

Altınok, A., Aydın, N., Çoban, A. B., …, Şevik, E., & Türken, A. Ö. (2022). AESOP YA 2022 – Book of Abstracts: AESOP 16th Young Academics Conference. https://doi.org/10.24306/aeprints.35

 
Book Chapters

Çoban, A. B., Abuzaid, H., Sanjin, S., Musthaq, S., & Bernard, H. (2023). Re-thinking the image of Ümitköy Sitesi. In M. Akkar Ercan & U. Pottgieser (Eds.), Public Policies on Middle-Class Mass Housing in Europe and Leveraging Contemporary Architecture Interventions (p. 56). Lisboa: DINÂMIA'CET-IUL ISCTE. ISBN: 978-989-781-863-9. Source: https://mcmh.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/mcmh-wg-book_11.12.2023pdf.pdf

 

Master’s Thesis

Çoban, A. B. (2023). Understanding the relationship between urban form and children’s asthma in Ankara (Master’s thesis). Middle East Technical University.

 

 
Conference Proceedings

Severcan, Y. C., Aydın, N., Özden Üzmez, Ö., Gaga, E., Çoban, A. B., Ozarlı, G., & Yıldırım, G. (2025). Linking outdoor particulate pollution to children’s negative experiences of their neighborhoods: Findings from an interdisciplinary research project in Ankara. AESOP Annual Congress 2025: Transformative Action in an Age of Planetary Crisis. 37th AESOP Annual Congress, Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul, Türkiye, 7–11 July 2025.

Karadoğan, S., Efeoğlu, E., Yetkin, O., & Çoban, A. B. (2025). AI-integrated pattern prediction model: Exploring the influence of building fabric morphology on land use patterns. 32nd International Seminar on Urban Form: Urban Morphology in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (p. 111). Torino, Italy.

Çoban, A. B., & Efeoğlu, H. E. (2025). Balıkçı barınakları ve kent: Yapılı çevre ilişkisi ve dönüşüm potansiyelleri üzerine bir inceleme. V. Kentsel Morfoloji Sempozyumu (pp. 404–420). Trabzon, Türkiye.

Çoban, A. B., Severcan, Y. C., & Özbil Torun, A. (2024). Afetlere karşı toplumsal direncin gelişiminde çocuk odaklı araştırma yöntemlerinin kullanılması: Ankara’da iki katılımcı haritalama çalışması üzerine bir değerlendirme. 9. Kent Araştırmaları Kongresi, Ankara, Türkiye.

Çoban, A. B., Severcan, Y., Severcan, E., Yıldırım, G., & Aydın, N. (2024). The relationship between urban form and childhood asthma in Ankara. In F. Neuhaus (Ed.), Fourteenth International Conference on The Constructed Environment: Conference Proceedings. Common Ground Research Networks. https://doi.org/10.18848/978-1-963049-51-0/CGP

Severcan, Y., Yıldırım, G., Aydın, N., Gaga, E., Üzmez, Ö. Ö., Çoban, A. B., & Ozarlı, G. (2024). Investigating the association between urban form and concentrations of outdoor particulate matter in children’s everyday places. In F. Neuhaus (Ed.), Fourteenth International Conference on The Constructed Environment: Conference Proceedings. Common Ground Research Networks. https://doi.org/10.18848/978-1-963049-51-0/CGP

Yıldırım, G., Aydın, N., Çoban, A. B., Özgür, F. Y., Altıntaş, E., Severcan, Y. C., et al. (2022). Exploring the link between built environment and children’s happiness in Ankara, Turkey. AESOP Annual Congress 2022, Tartu, Estonia. https://hdl.handle.net/11511/98367

Aşçı, Y., Aydın, N., Yıldırım, G., Altıntaş, E., Çoban, A. B., Özgür, F. Y., & Severcan, Y. C. (2022). Physical environmental determinants of children’s place attachment: Evidence from children’s place attachment maps. AESOP Annual Congress 2022, Tartu, Estonia. https://hdl.handle.net/11511/98272