Kansu Ekin Tanca, BA MAS

Kansu enjoys blending her own tea and discovering unique herbal, floral and fruit flavours.

Kansu is a predoctoral researcher at Media Education Unit at the University of Vienna since 2024.

E-Mail: kansu.ekin.tanca@univie.ac.at
Sensengasse 3a
3rd floor/room no. 03.12
1090 Vienna

Academic Career

  • 11/2024 - still Predoctoral Researcher/University Assistant, University of Vienna, Faculty of Education, Vienna Media Education Unit
  • 10/2019 – 06/2020 Master in Advanced European and International Studies, European Integration and Global Studies, Centre international de formation européenne (CIFE), Nice France, CIFE Scholarship-holder (Summa cum laude), Thesis title: “Rights-based approach to children’s digital literacy”, certified as Policy Officer in European and International organisations level 7 EQF (2020)
  • 09/2016 – 01/2017 Erasmus Exchange, School of Arts and Humanities, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, Erasmus Scholarship-holder
  • 06/2016 – 08/2016 Undergraduate Summer School, King’s College London, London, England
  • 09/2014 – 06/2018 Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature, Hacettepe University, Faculty of Letters Ankara, Türkiye, First Place Awards, Faculty of Letters & Department of English Language and Literature (GPA: 3,89/4,00), Zeynep Nur Gürsoy Distinction Awards (2016 and 2017)

Professional Career


  • 11/2022 - 10/2024 Programme Associate, Adolescent Development and Youth Participation at UNICEF Europe and Central Asia Regional Office
  • 08/2020 – 10/2022 Head of Education at Teyit, independent fact-checking organisation, IFCN Signatory
  • 04/2021 - 09/2021 fellowship Digital Europe Fellow, Understanding Europe, awarded by Schwarzkopf  Foundation Young Europe and Alfred Herrhausen Gesellschaft
  • 01/2019 - 07/2020 freelance Editor at #teyitpedia,Teyit, independent fact-checking organisation, IFCN Signatory
  • 06/2019 – 08/2019 Archives Assistant at Ankara Cinema Association
  • 10/2018 – 01/2019 Editor-in-Chief and Translator at the Festival on Wheels, Ankara Cinema Association

Volunteer Experience

Publications

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Tanca KE. Empowering teachers with critical digital literacy skills and driving change at schools in Turkey. In Friesem Y, Raman U, Kanižaj I, Y. Choi G, editors, The Routledge Handbook of Media Education Futures Post-Pandemic . 1 ed. Routledge. 2022. p. 326-334 doi: 10.4324/9781003283737
Tanca KE. Intercultural Dialogue Educational Media. In Friesem Y, Raman U, Kanižaj I, Y. Choi G, editors, The Routledge Handbook of Media Education Futures Post-Pandemic . 1 ed. Routledge. 2022. p. 376-382 doi: 10.4324/9781003283737-45
Tanca KE. Alice Munro: Çağdaş Kısa Öykünün Büyük Ustası. In Köse Ş, Akçiçek E, editors, Dünyayı Değiştiren Elli Altı Kadın Nobel Ödüllü Kadınların Hikayesi . Nobel Tıp Kitabevleri. 2021. p. 643-660
Tanca KE, (ed.), Akıncı Canbaz I, (ed.), Turan G, (ed.), Özgür E, (ed.). Critical Digital Literacy in Education: A Handbook by teachers for teachers: Translated and re-edited from Turkish original version. Teyit & Öğretmen Ağı, 2021. 88 p.
Tanca KE, (ed.), Canbaz IA, (ed.), Turan G, (ed.), Özgür E, (ed.). Eğitimde Eleştirel Dijital Okuryazarlık: Öğretmenden Öğretmene: [Critical Digital Literacy in Education: A Handbook by teachers for teachers] . Ankara: Teyit & Öğretmen Ağı, 2021.
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Lectures

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