Burak Pak is the Director of the Design for Circular Cities Master of Science program and a Senior Lecturer in Circular Cities at Deakin University. He is also an Associate Professor of Architecture (UAK), an accredited CIRCO (NL) Circular Business Design Trainer, and a certified Circular Built Environment Specialist (CEI London). From 2009 to 2023, he served as a professor at the KU Leuven Faculty of Architecture and continues to supervise doctoral studies in related fields. His professional expertise spans over 20 years in digital design and inclusive, participatory approaches to spatial design, research, and education. He holds a PhD in Architecture from the ITU Faculty of Architecture, completed under the co-supervision of Professor Ömer Akin (Carnegie Mellon University) and Arzu Erdem (ITU). Additionally, he contributed seven years as a design consultant and research associate in the Information Technologies in Design program at the Informatics Institute, Laboratory at the ITU Faculty of Architecture. Burak Pak is the founder of the Brussels-based Altering Practices for Urban Inclusion Research Group, a collaborative focused on networked learning, critical spatial practices, participatory learning, and social innovation in architectural and urban design. He has supervised numerous research projects funded by the European Commission, INNOVIRIS, and JPI Urban Europe, and has published over 150 articles and books on these topics.