Nihal Soğancı is part of the Home for Cooperation team and is currently continuing her PhD in Social Anthropology at the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences in Athens. She was the Co-Creative Director of the Buffer Fringe Performing Arts Festival 2020-2021 and continues to be involved in the upcoming edition. Her research and work focus on interdisciplinary practices that combine anthropological approaches with contemporary artistic practices. She holds an MSc in International Public Policy with a particular focus on Conflict Resolution and Reconciliation from the University College London (UCL) and BA in Languages and Translation majoring in French from the University of Surrey, UK. She has published and presented her work in various symposiums and conferences and organised ethnographic collage workshops. Nihal.soganci@home4cooperation.info