Gül Aktürk is Assistant Professor in Heritage Studies in the Faculty of Archaeology at Leiden University. Her research interest lies in the intersection of climate change and cultural heritage. Her research also investigates disaster risk management of cultural heritage, vernacular heritage (focused mostly on Turkey), cultural landscapes, climate displacement and intangible cultural heritage, land-use changes, critical heritage studies, and archaeological heritage management. She received VAG Publication Grant to publish her PhD thesis as a book.