Erdag Aksel is participating in the Collateral Exhibition of the Venice Biennial, Glasstress Gotika 2015.

For more information: 
http://www.myartguides.com/venice-art-biennale-2015/art-biennale/collateral-events/item/4982-glasstress-gotika

Industrial Engineering second year student and Such As Blog contributor Bengüsu Özcan published her first book Maskeli Kedi (Cat in a Mask).  The book was printed by Pena Publishing on April 9.

Bengüsu Özcan

Maskeli Kedi is the story of Eylül, a young and successful actress who always remains a bit of a misfit.  The name comes from Eylül’s Twitter avatar ‘Cat in a Mask.’  Bengüsu reports having great fun while writing the story – we hope you have fun too.

Maskeli Kedi is available in all bookstores, and online at idefix and kitap yurdu.

Eylül is a young, pretty and talented actress who goes up against life all by herself.  You may have met her unknowingly; you may have sat beside her at a gathering of friends, or she could even be a distant relative – her stage is other people’s lives and her characters are masks that you will never see through.  Try to track her down and you will come up empty-handed; so cautious is she that she condemned herself to solitude in a castle to prevent people’s secrets from being revealed.  All was well until someone passing by the street discovered her secret castle and took Eylül from behind the mask into the warm daylight.

Leading to the Paris Conference, a conference on "Sustaining Climate Change and Development Policies in Harmony" and a Young Researchers Workshop on "Beyond Special Conditions: Turkey and Climate Change Policies" were held in Istanbul.

L’Agence Française de Développement (AFD), Marmara University Research Center for International Relations (MURCIR) and Istanbul Policy Center-Sabancı University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative held a two-day event to discuss climate change as a great threat to societies, economies and ecosystems.

Coordinated by Istanbul Policy Center Mercator-IPC researcher Dr. Ethemcan Turhan and Marmara University faculty Associate Professor Semra Cerit Mazlum, the events kicked off with introductory remarks.

Sabancı University Istanbul Policy Center Director Professor Fuat Keyman,  Marmara University Research Center for International Relations Director Associate Professor Semra Cerit Mazlum and Ambassador of France Laurent Bili made the opening speeches for the conference and scientific workshop designed to discuss various issues related to climate change and development policies, and in preparation for the Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP21) to be held in Paris in December 2015.

Fuat Keyman said “The global community faces two important issues: Climate change and development. The climate conference to be held in Paris at the end of the year is of international significance. Three critical issues will be discussed: development, security and economy. We need serious work before and after the event if we want the Paris conference to succeed. We need to generate new policies on an ongoing basis, and we require the involvement of different actors for this. Climate change is a major field of study for us at the IPC."

Semra Cerit Mazlum commented: “We are in a new era, new understandings, and new expectations. Are new policies possible in a new era shaped by humankind, and what kind of politics do we foresee? Turkey is among the latecomers to the climate change scene in terms of both academic work and public involvement. Our purpose behind this conference is to build networks and create platforms for discussion."

Laurent Bili delivered his speech in Turkish, saying "The latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) makes some indubitable statements: 'It is without a doubt that the climate system is warming. The implications are clear: Unless collective awareness is created and people are mobilized as a whole, what we do now will not amount to more than placing the burden on the shoulders of future generations.' There will be no shortage of climate meetings in 2015, all of which will culminate at the 21st Conference of Parties (COP 21) in Paris at the end of the year. In this respect, France faces two challenges at the same time: It will host thousands of delegates and observers for two weeks, and as the chair of COP, will act as the facilitator for a unanimous agreement."

The conference on the first day of the event brought together representatives of public, private and financial sectors, universities and nongovernmental organizations from France and Turkey. Discussing the issues were Philippe Zeller, Environmental Advisor to the Government of France; Tuba Seyyah of the Turkish Ministry of Environment and Urban Planning Climate Change Office; Barış Karapınar, Chief Author of the 2nd Working Group of the 5th Research Group of IPCC; Mustafa Özgür Berke on behalf of the Climate Network; TÜSİAD Board of Directors Member Metin Akman; TSKB (Industrial Development Bank of Turkey) Sustainable Management Systems Representative Hülya Kurt, and AFD Turkey Director Bertrand Willocquet. The pressing issues in the conference were low-carbon economies and the involvement of civil society and other stakeholders in the decision-making process leading up to the climate change summit (COP 21) in Paris.

Following the conference were an exhibition by famous photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand, titled "60 Solutions to Climate Change," and a cocktail.

A Young Researchers Workshop on "Beyond Special Conditions: Turkey and Climate Change Policies" was held on the second day of the event.  Introductory remarks were made by UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food and University of California Global Studies Professor Hilal Elver, and IPCC 5th Progress Report 3rd Working Group Chief Author and Director of the International Center for Environment and Development, Professor Franck LeCocq.

Academics and researchers from public institutions, nongovernmental organizations and think tanks discussed various aspects of climate change and exchanged opinions.

Trainings were held for the female inmates and guards of the Izmir Aliağa Penitentiary and meetings between local organizations, women and penitentiary personnel as part of the “Mor Güvercin - Purple Dove” project implemented by the Sabancı University Gender and Women’s Studies Forum in association with the Youth Re-autonomy Foundation of Turkey and the KAMER Foundation with the approval and cooperation of the Ministry of Justice General Directorate of Penitentiaries, the financial support of the European Union Central Finance and Contracts Unit and the consultancy of the Ministry of Family and Social Policy. 

On the first day of training, project introduction seminars were held for female inmates and guards, explaining the importance of NGO work in penitentiaries. Taking part in the first day's seminar were representatives of the independent women's organization Women's Solidarity Society of Izmir, the Izmir Bar Association Women's Rights Commission, City of Izmir Women's Support Center and Shelter, the Izmir branch of the Ministry of Family and Social Policy Violence Prevention and Monitoring Center, Youth Re-autonomy Foundation of Turkey and KAMER, who informed women on their local support mechanisms. On the second and third days, female inmates were separated into 12-25 and 25 and above age groups for training. The training provided by KAMER and the Sabancı University Gender and Women's Studies Forum focused on the themes violence, discrimination and gender. On the third day, attorney-at-law Selmin Cansu Demir facilitated a workshop on “Women’s Rights.”   On the fourth day of the project, Associate Professor Aslı Akdaş Mitrani gave training on “The Role of Prison Personnel and Psycho-Social Services in Penitentiary Relations” to guards and personnel.

Prior to the activity in Izmir, four-day projects were held in the Ankara Sincan Women's Peniteniary, Denizli Bozkurt Women’s Open Penitentiary and Adana Karataş Women's Penitentiary. Sessions in the provinces of Denizli, Ankara, Adana and Izmir included a seminar titled "Post-Release Life and Advice-Support Mechanisms” for 400 inmates and workshops with 60 guards. All events were held by YRFT, Sabancı University, KAMER, local women’s NGOs, Bar Associations and experts from Violence Prevention and Monitoring Centers (ŞÖNİM).

After the completion of the Izmir Aliağa Women's Penitentiary event, the Purple Dove project will conclude with a conference in June where representatives from all partnering institutions and the press will be invited.

About the project:

The Mor Güvercin-Purple Dove Project is based on the idea that women’s shelter homes planned to be commissioned in 24 provinces around Turkey may be a viable alternative for women who have been imprisoned and seek to rejoin social life in a disadvantaged position. 

The project aims to improve the visibility of female inmates and provide them with alternatives that will generate value in post-release life while seeking to develop relationships among local NGOs, women’s shelters and penitentiaries. Other objectives of the project are to reveal the vulnerability of prison inmates to violence against women, help inmates gain a sense of women’s rights, and inform them about women’s shelter homes. 

At the end of the project: 

- 120 female inmates in the 12-25 and 25 and above age groups in women’s penitentiaries in 4 provinces will have received knowledge about women’s rights, gender and violence against women. 

- 400 inmates in 4 provinces will have learned more about women’s organizations and shelter homes for their post-release use, and have gained awareness about their rights.

- 40 guards and 12 psycho-social services specialists (52 personnel in total) assigned to women’s penitentiaries will have received information about women’s rights and civil society, and have developed closer ties to civil society.

- One guard from each penitentiary (4 in total) will have been chosen to liaise between penitentiaries and women’s shelter homes and NGOs, acting as an NGO representative.

- The project will have contributed to former inmates utilizing women’s shelters in 24 provinces of Turkey post-release. 

- Local women’s nongovernmental organizations will have assumed liaison role between women’s shelter homes and penitentiaries.

The project is implemented by the Youth Re-autonomy Foundation of Turkey, active in the area of juvenile delinquency since 1992, in association with the Sabancı University Gender and Women’s Studies Forum and the KAMER Foundation with the approval and cooperation of the Ministry of Justice General Directorate of Penitentiaries, the financial support of the European Union Central Finance and Contracts Unit and the consultancy of the Ministry of Family and Social Policy. The project began in February 2014 and will continue for 18 months in four women’s penitentiaries in Turkey (Ankara, Adana, Izmir and Denizli).  

Vestel and Sabancı University Executive Development Unit partnered to establish the Vestel Retail Academy to guide Vestel towards its vision of "being number 1 in the retail business."

The Vestel Retail Academy will foster a common retail culture among Vestel employees and all field teams (assistants, merchandisers, supervisors, promoters and others) in the chain and dealership channels. Nearly 1000 Vestel employees and field sales personnel will receive training at the Vestel Retail Academy over the course of one and a half years. The curriculum consists of 40 different courses under categories including management skills and leadership, business and people management, retail trends and change management, proactive selling, competitive store operations, future scenarios, and strategic management. Vestel Group of Companies CEO Turan Erdoğan said that the Vestel Retail Academy was a great step towards becoming "number 1 in the retail industry" and continued: "The guiding principle of Vestel is to be customer-focused in all operations from manufacturing to marketing, sales and customer service. Just as we design our products according to customer needs, we base our retail approach on it as well. Sociological and economic changes have an impact on customer wants and needs. If you are in the retail business, you must continuously reinvent yourself by taking these dynamics into consideration. We made an investment that serves our purpose of being number 1 in the retail business and started the Vestel Retail Academy. We would like to thank our business partner Sabancı University Executive Development Unit for their valuable support through their expertise and experienced people."  

Academy is for everyone from General Manager to store employees

Explaining their objective of fostering a common retail culture across Vestel, Erdoğan said: "Vestel operates a multitude of sales channels. In addition to our dealerships, we have internet sales and chain store channels. The retail academy designed by Sabancı University Executive Development Unit is tailored to the unique needs of Vestel and includes courses that span all of our channels and have benefits for each. In order for us to become number 1 in retail, everyone from General Manager to chain store employee will take these trainings." Sabancı University Executive Development Unit Director Cüneyt Evirgen said that the retail academy designed for Vestel would, in addition to fostering a common culture, benefit efficiencies and customer satisfaction, adding: "As Sabancı University we are excited to join forces with Vestel, Turkey's leading electronics brand. The new academy program will help Vestel become the pride of our nation in retail as well as technology. Train-the-Trainer courses in the academy will ensure that Vestel will have its own trainers by the end of the program."

Products to speak silently

The "silent selling" course in the Vestel Retail Academy offers learnings in correct store design and product layout, and active sales with informational materials wherein the product speaks for itself. Theoretical training will be complemented with roleplays, videos and interactive work. Vestel will create an e-learning portal to support the Retail Academy. All Vestel employees and field sales teams that complete the Retail Academy successfully will receive certificates.

The “Akbank Family Company Academy” established by Akbank in association with the Sabancı University Executive Development Unit EDU will help family companies institutionalize and become sustainable.

The Akbank Family Company Academy held by Akbank and the Sabancı University Executive Development Unit EDU aims to increase the competitive strength of family companies, achieve healthy growth, and support efforts towards sustainability and institutionalization.

The program covers many aspects that the leaders of family companies may need, from strategic management to business development and innovation, institutionalization, finance, management best practices, legal issues, and human resource management.  Theoretical knowledge will be put into practice over examples from Turkey and the world.

Courses have been designed for family companies that wish to evolve into a corporation, keep up with current developments through academic training and plan to handover company management to the younger generation, and will be given by EDU advisors who are subject matter experts and long-time executives in business, as well as the trainers of program partners Deloitte Turkey and Pekin&Bayar.  Factory visits will be made to Sabancı Holding companies, and a Sabancı University Executive Development Unit EDU certificate will be awarded to participants who complete the training.

Participants will be able to purchase consultancy programs that include the actions they will need to take for institutionalization and the creation of a family constitution from program partners at special discounts.

Speaking on the program, Akbank’s Vice President of Small and Medium Enterprise Banking Bülent Oğuz said that the main reason for some family companies failing at sustainability was the lack of a specific plan and defined processes for transition across generations, and added:

“Family companies are governed by rules as well as emotions.  In an emotionally-sensitive environment, companies must evolve into institutions to carry on to future generations.  However, many family companies in Turkey and the world lack specific planning for the future, evolve according to the needs of the present, and grow to include more family members over the years.  Many family companies are unable to achieve sustained growth and financial success due to family disagreements in the long term, and the challenges faced by professionals in family companies.  Company owners have to deal with family issues on one hand and competition on the other.  Companies that have grown and thrived on the hard work of family members over the years come to the brink of ceasing to exist.  Research suggests that 35% of family companies are able to carry on to the second generation, and only 15% to the third generation.

“These facts were our motives behind the ‘Akbank Family Company Academy.’  Through our comprehensive partnership with EDU, we have designed a program to educate family companies in family constitutions, tax planning, company valuation, objective setting, management of the institutionalization process, and strategic management.  We regard this program of critical importance because we believe family companies are essential to the growth of the economy in Turkey.”

Sabancı University Executive Development Unit EDU Director Dr. Cüneyt Evirgen said the following about the program: 

“When family companies have difficulty in taking steps towards institutionalization or are not assertive enough, problems arise in company continuity and achieving sustainable growth.  Since these companies comprise a large segment of the Turkish economy, enabling family companies to make effective use of the latest management tools and methods, and increasing their competitive strength will have significant contributions to the growth of these companies with sustainable profitability, and the part they play in the Turkish economy.  We are beyond discussing the necessity of change and sustainability, and looking into ways of enabling these.  Therefore, as EDU, we are happy to be a part of our ‘learning partner’ Akbank’s Family Company Academy to play our part in this important initiative.

“Akbank Family Company Academy was designed completely with family companies in mind, bringing the most relevant content together with the most effective learning approaches.  Family companies taking part in this program will have taken an important step towards keeping up with the evolving world and becoming a business based on sustainability.” 

The three-month program between April and June 2014 is open to family company owners or family members working in their family companies.  The “Akbank Family Company Academy” will begin on April 1^st, and applications may be made through www.akbank.com.

SABANCI UNIVERSITY 

GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SOCIAL  SCIENCES

GRADUATE PROGRAMS

2015 – 2016 FALL APPLICATIONS

The following programs leading to  MA and PhD degrees are accepting applications for  2015-2016 academic year Fall semester.

Contact names for each program have been provided for academic inquiries only. For administrative or procedure related questions, please contact Student Resources Office.

Conflict Analysis and Resolution (MA) www

Contact: Emre Hatipoğlu, (216) 483 92 60, ehatipoglu@sabanciuniv.edu

Cultural Studies (MA) www

Contact: Sibel Irzık, (216) 483 93 32, sibeli@sabanciuniv.edu

Economics (MA/PhD) www 

Contact: Özgür Kıbrıs, (216) 483 92 67, ozgur@sabanciuniv.edu

European Studies (MA) www

Contact(s): Meltem Müftüler Baç, (216) 483 92 47,  muftuler@sabanciuniv.edu

History (MA/PhD) www

Contact: Halil Berktay, (216) 483 92 37, hberktay@sabanciuniv.edu

Public Policy (MA) www

Contact:  Abdurrahman Aydemir, (216) 483 93 44, aaydemir@sabanciuniv.edu

Political Science (MA/PhD) www 

Contact: Ersin Kalaycıoğlu, (216) 483 93 45, kalaycie@sabanciuniv.edu

Turkish Studies (MA) www

Contact: Halil Berktay, (216) 483 92 37, hberktay@sabanciuniv.edu

Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design  (MA) www

Contact: Onur Yazıcıgil, (216) 483 93 34, oyazicigil@sabanciuniv.edu

Applicants must have completed their previous degree programs by August 31, 2015, at latest.

Admission Requirements

Admission Requirements for Graduate School of Social Sciences

Financial Support

A limited number of scholarships based on academic achievement are available in the form of partial or full tuition waivers and/or stipends.

Click for SU Graduate Scholarships.

Click for Graduate Funding, Other Opportunities and Awards

Please note that those candidates who fail to submit a sufficient English proficiency exam score and thus attend the course of English Language Preparation will receive no scholarship until they successfully complete the course.

Deadline

April 17, 2015 is the deadline for applications to Cultural Studies, History and Turkish Studies programs.

May 4, 2015 is the deadline for applications to Conflict Analysis and Resolution, Economics, European Studies, Public Policy, Political Science and Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design programs.

For History, Political Science, Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design programs, all applicants should attend and take the written exam, afterwards eligible candidates are invited for an interview via e-mail. For other programs, after an initial screening, eligible candidates are invited for an interview via e-mail.

Please note that applications from abroad will not be required to take the written exam; they will be interviewed via phone or net meeting (Skype, etc.) if they’re found eligible after the initial screening.

The Graduate Admissions Calendar

Economics (MA/PhD)

Interview** : May 18, 2015 (FASS 2056) at 9:00

European Studies (MA)

Interview** : May 21, 2015 (FASS 2056) at 9:00

Cultural Studies (MA)

Interview** : May 6-7, 2015 (FASS 2056) at 9:00

Conflict Analysis and Resolution (MA)

Interview**: May 14, 2015 (FASS 2056) at 9:00

History (MA/PhD)

Written Exam* : May 4, 2015 (FASS 1008A / 2034) at 9:30

Interview** : May 6-7, 2015 (FASS 2054) at 9:30

Public Policy (MA)

Interview**: May 13, 2015 (FASS 2054) at 9:00

Political Science (MA/PhD)

MA Written Exam / PhD Gateway Exam * : May 11, 2015 (FASS 1103) at 10:00

Interview** : May 14-15, 2015 (FASS 2054) at 10:00

Turkish Studies (MA)

Interview** : May 5-6, 2015  (FASS 2054) at 9:30                  

Visual Arts and Visual Communication Design (MA)

Written Exam*: May 18, 2015 (FENS L048) at 10:00

Interview** : May 20, 2015 (FASS 2056) at 10:00

*All candidates are required to attend the admission exam / interview at the given date.

Applicants for more than one program must get in touch with the contact names of those programs and petition to take the entrance exams in a different time period to avoid possible time conflicts. 

 **Eligible candidates are going to be invited via e-mail for the interview.

Applications:

Online applications are accepted via http://admission.sabanciuniv.edu/ . Application documents (official exam results, transcript, etc..) should be uploaded on the online system and application packages be submitted either in person or post by mail to the address below. Please note that print-out of the completed application form should also be added to the application package. The packages sent via mail must arrive at the department by the application deadline. Applications sent via e-mail are not accepted.

Warning! All the application documents become property of Sabancı University. It is suggested to keep the original reports of TOEFL, GRE and ALES scores, and apply with the copies of those test scores. But please note that the originals must be produced at the time of registration to Sabancı University.

Student Resources Office
Sabancı University, Orhanlı
34956, Tuzla/ İstanbul-Turkey
www.sabanciuniv.edu
Phone: +90 (216) 483 9093
Facsimile: +90 (216) 483 90 73
E-mail: studentinfo@sabanciuniv.edu

Sabancı University hosted a conference by MIT faculty member Peter Fisher on "Physics Appreciaton and Education in an Engineering Environment." The conference was held at the Karaköy Minerva Palas on the evening of Friday, March 27, and attending were deans, department heads and faculty from the physics and engineering departments of universities across Turkey.

Sabancı University President Nihat Berker delivered introductory remarks. Eight first-year students of MIT, visiting Turkey as part of an exchange program for the top students in class between MIT and Sabancı University, also attended the conference.

Peter Fisher started by introducing himself and discussing the difference between physics and engineering. Fisher's conceptual description of the difference between physics and engineering was complemented by practical examples. On the difference, Fisher said, “Physics is experiment-based while engineering is experience-based. Physics wants to understand; engineering wants to do. General rules apply to physics; solid information is valid in engineering. Physics wants to break the boundaries while engineering acts within them. Physics thinks it can do anything, engineering knows it can do something."

Peter Fisher also emphasized the importance of storytelling and real-world examples when helping people appreciate the importance of physics. Fisher shared some examples of his own.

Faculty of Engineering & Natural Sciences
Sabancı University, Istanbul, Turkey
April, 2015

The Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences (FENS) at Sabancı University invites applications for multiple full-time faculty positions effective with the Fall 2015 term. Applications are sought in interdisciplinary fields relevant to Energy Systems, Technologies & Materials, including but not limited to renewable energy systems, wind energy, photovoltaics, power electronics and energy distribution systems. Successful candidates are expected to develop externally-funded, internationally-recognized research programs; teach courses and supervise students at both undergraduate and graduate levels; and undertake citizenship activities for the benefit of Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences in Sabanci University as a faculty member and science and engineering community as a scholar. Candidates must hold a Ph.D. degree in a related discipline and have a strong research background.

Energy is adopted as a pioneering research area for further growth and progress. Existing competencies and current research interests are listed in the document published on our web-site:  http://fens.sabanciuniv.edu/en/energy-research-in-fens.

Applicants must provide a cover letter, current curriculum vitae, statements of research and teaching plans, and at least three professional references, including addresses, e-mails and telephone numbers.

Sabancı University, a privately funded premier academic institution, started instruction in the 1999-2000 academic year on its new state-of-the-art campus located in suburban Istanbul. The University offers 12 undergraduate programs and 23 graduate programs in three faculties (Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, School of Management). The University aims at establishing a high standard of academic excellence and a research-oriented atmosphere both for its faculty and for its students, while nurturing productive relationships particularly with the industries in the region which constitute the industrial heartland of Turkey. The medium of instruction is English.

Sabancı University has been ranked as 182nd in the Times Higher Education (THE) rankings and 15th in BRICS & Emerging Economies Rank 2015.

Detailed information about Sabancı University is available at the web site: 

http://www.sabanciuniv.edu/en

The applicants should submit their materials through the online application system indicating the closest academic program to their background

http://fens.sabanciuniv.edu/en/academic-job-applications

On April 22, 2015, an exhibition by famous documentary maker / photographer, especially focusing on environmental issues, Yann-Arthus Bertrand, will be organized as part of the Young Scholars Workshop titled “Beyond Special Circumstances: Turkey and Global Climate Change Politics” which was convened by Assoc. Prof. Semra Cerit Mazlum, Marmara University Research Center for International Relations (MURCIR) and Dr. Ethemcan Turhan, Istanbul Policy Center (IPC) on April 17, 2015.

Venue: FASS Art Gallery

Program:

11.00 - 11.15: IPC, Dr. Ethemcan Turhan Vital signs of climate change. What we should expect from COP 21

11.15 - 11.30: AFD, Bertrand Willocquet, AFD Country Director Information about the exhibition which is prepared by AFD- GoodPlanet cooperation in the context of COP 21

Yann-Arthus Bertrand is a famous documentary maker / photographer focusing on environmental issues.

Bertrand created the Goodplanet Foundation that aims to raise public awareness of environmental issues, implement carbon offset programmes and fight deforestation with local NGOs. He was designated Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Environment Programme on Earth Day (April 22nd, 2009). In 2006, Yann started the series Vu Du Ciel, a television documentary series of several one-and-a-half hour episodes, each dealing with a particular environmental problem.

Yann Arthus-Bertrand undertook the production of a full-length feature film, HOME, that deals with the state of our planet (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqxENMKaeCU). In 2011, Yann directed two films for the United Nations : the film Forest, official film of the 2011 International Year of the Forest, and the film Desertification. Both were screened during UN General Assemblies.

For the First Rio Conference in 1992, Yann-Arthus Bertrand prepared a big work for the year 2000 on the state of the planet: it is The Earth From the Air. For the World Water Forum in March 2012, Yann-Arthus Bertrand, Thierry Piantanida and Baptiste Rouget-Luchaire directed a film narrating the history of water and reminding us that reasoned management of water is a crucial challenge for our century. This documentary was broadcast on French national television on the 20 th of March 2012.

For Rio + 20, Yann directed the film "Planet Ocean" with Michael Pitiot. This film aims to promote understanding of the importance of oceans in the ecosystem. In the same time, the GoodPlanet Foundation initiated a “Ocean Programme”, to raise awareness of the importance of marine ecosystems. At the heart of this programme, the publication of the book “L’Homme et la Mer” by the Editions de la Martinière, available in bookstores from the 18 th of October 2012.

In 2012, Yann began filming his next feature film called "Human." At the crossroads of "Home" and the project "7 Billion Others", "Human" is comprised of interviews with people from all conditions in over 45 countries, and aerial images gleaned all over the world. Filming takes place in very diverse landscapes since June 2012. Particular, from January 2014, Thailand, Antarctica, Dubai, Brazil, Pakistan, Cuba or Japan.