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Prof. Dr. Oya Atalay Franck is an architect, architectural historian and educator. She is a professor of architecture and the dean and managing director of the School of Architecture, Design and Civil Engineering at ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Winterthur, Switzerland. She is the president of EAAE European Association for Architectural Education. Her teaching covers the theory and history of architecture, urbanisation as well as design studio. Her current research areas are a. o. design research methods (research by design), artistic research, interface education/research/practice and higher education politics. Her recent publications address research methodologies and design doctorate programmes. She acts as an expert in various scientific bodies, a.o. the Swiss National Foundation of Research (SNF), the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) and the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) as well as in peer review committees, quality audits, award programmes and project competitions.