Ravelijn

A. Tleuken MSc (Aidana)

PhD Candidate
BMS-HBE-IEMS
Ravelijn
a.tleuken@utwente.nl
+31534893357
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Aidana holds a Master's degree in Structural Engineering from the University of Glasgow and has served as a researcher at Nazarbayev University. As an early-stage researcher, Aidana's primary expertise lies in construction management, complemented by insightful research into urban feminism. Aidana has a deep interest in sustainability and the circular economy within industry contexts, and her current PhD research is focused on the socio-economic impacts of Hubs for Circularity.

Aidana has a scholarly output, having co-authored approximately 30 publications, including journal articles, conference papers, and book chapters. Beyond academia, Aidana actively engages in social, educational, and research projects centred around themes of urbanism, sustainability, and feminism, aiming to foster interdisciplinary collaboration and innovative approaches.

For a comprehensive overview of Aidana's scientific contributions, please visit the Google Scholar profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=egYE4gQAAAAJ&hl=en.

Expertise

  • Social Sciences

    • Circular Economy
    • Natural Language Processing
    • Stakeholder Engagement
    • Central Asia

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

    • Construction Industry

  • Economics, Econometrics and Finance

    • Critical Success Factor
    • Material Flow Management
    • Systematic Review

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Aidana holds a Master's degree in Structural Engineering from the University of Glasgow and has served as a researcher at Nazarbayev University. As an early-stage researcher, Aidana's primary expertise lies in construction management, complemented by insightful research into urban feminism. Aidana has a deep interest in sustainability and the circular economy within industry contexts, and her current PhD research is focused on the socio-economic impacts of Hubs for Circularity.

Aidana has a scholarly output, having co-authored approximately 30 publications, including journal articles, conference papers, and book chapters. Beyond academia, Aidana actively engages in social, educational, and research projects centred around themes of urbanism, sustainability, and feminism, aiming to foster interdisciplinary collaboration and innovative approaches.

For a comprehensive overview of Aidana's scientific contributions, please visit the Google Scholar profile:Ā https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=egYE4gQAAAAJ&hl=en.

Publications

2026

From Policy to Practice: A Global Review of Circular Economy Strategy Documents in Construction Using NLP (2026)Business strategy and the environment (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Tleuken, A., Awan, H., Kyrkynbay, A., Sanat, S., Varol, H. & Karaca, F.https://doi.org/10.1002/bse.70835Assessing Financial Considerations of Circular Economy Practices Across Life Cycle Stages in the Construction Industry (2026)Circular Economy and Sustainability, 6(2). Article 68. Tleuken, A., Turkyilmaz, A., Laudal, T., Kildsgaard, I., Paganin, G., Bajare, D. & Karaca, F.https://doi.org/10.1007/s43615-026-00727-3From atoms to allies: a social network analysis of information and resource exchange in hubs for circularity (2026)Journal of industrial ecology (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Tleuken, A., Rogetzer, P., Fraccascia, L. & Yazan, D. M.https://doi.org/10.1007/s44498-026-00034-y

2025

From Atoms to Allies: A Social Network Analysis of Information and Resource Exchange in Hubs for Circularity (2025)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. Zenodo. Tleuken, A., Rogetzer, P., Fraccascia, L. & Yazan, D. M.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17375853Beyond buzzwords: NLP reveals common threads in sustainable and circular construction discourse (2025)PeerJ computer science, 11. Article e3085. Aubakirov, S., Pak, A., Akhmetov, I., Tleuken, A., Varol, H. A., Akzhalova, A. & Karaca, F.https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj-cs.3085Analyzing Organizational and Resource Flow Networks for Hubs for Circularity: A Social Network Analysis Approach (2025)[Contribution to conference › Abstract] 6th Symposium on Circular Economy and Sustainability 2025. Tleuken, A., Rogetzer, P., Fracassia, L. & Yazan, D. M.Designing a stakeholder engagement framework with critical success factors for Hubs for Circularity (2025)Journal of environmental management, 384. Article 125324. Tleuken, A., Rogetzer, P., Fraccascia, L. & Yazan, D. M.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125324Circular Value Chain Managementā€”Barriers and Opportunities (2025)In Circular Economy Design and Management in the Built Environment: A Critical Review of the State of the Art (pp. 667-735) (Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering). Springer. Bajare, D., Zsembinszki, G., Rizaov, D., Tambovceva, T., Cudečka-Purina, N., Atstāja, D., Kaewunruen, S., Kripa, D., Nano, X., Marangos, O., Nisiforou, O., Yiatros, S., Tornaghi, M. L., Tleuken, A., Bragança, L., Salles, A., Askar, R., Turkyilmaz, A., Laudal, T., ā€¦ Cavdar, A. D.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-73490-8_22

2024

Critical success factors for construction industry transition toĀ circular economy: developing countriesā€™ perspectives (2024)Engineering construction and architectural management, 31(12), 4955–4974. Koc, K., Durdyev, S., Tleuken, A., Ekmekcioglu, O., Mbachu, J. & Karaca, F.https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-02-2023-0129Stakeholder perspectives on the costs and benefits of circular construction (2024)Scientific reports, 14(1). Article 30039. Karaca, F., Tleuken, A., Awan, H. H., Askar, R., Çıdık, M. S., Iskakova, A., Turkyilmaz, A., Laudal, T., Durdyev, S., Varol, H. A., Salles, A., Bajāre, D., Tambovceva, T., Zsembinszki, G., Puma, G. C. C., Kapsalyamova, Z., Kripa, D., Azhgaliyeva, D., Nano, X., ā€¦ Bragança, L.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-81741-z

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