Under the Horizon Europe 2023 call, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, Prof. Yasemin Afacan, as the coordinator of the Bilkent University host organization, has been awarded a two-year ERA European Research Executive Agency (REA) Fellowship to work with Meghánn Catherine Ward (University of Cumbria, UK) as a postdoctoral fellow. Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions awarded €260 million to postdoctoral researchers in 2023.
The awarded project was one of 50 to receive an ERA Fellowship, which builds on the (MSCA) Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships but focuses on “widening countries,” which include Türkiye. The submitted project proposal received an MSCA Seal of Excellence. The project will explore the effects of everyday home and family environments on the health, well-being and identity of older women who live with dementia in Ankara, Türkiye. It considers the complex relations between dementia, gender, design environment (natural, built, biophilic), socio-economic status, familial dynamics and daily living in the context of Türkiye’s capital city. The research has strong interdisciplinary links across architecture, human geography, anthropology and gerontology with an exchange of knowledge between the candidate and host, Bilkent University’s Interior Architecture and Environmental Design department.
