Leyla Uysal is a Kurdish-Turkish-American researcher and urban designer whose work focuses on environmental planning, landscape architecture, and climate justice. She is a recipient of the MIT Presidential Fellowship and the Aga Khan Fellowship, and is the founder of Bajer Watches, a design company integrating Kurdish cultural heritage with sustainable production practices.
Uysal was also a Climate Corps Fellow at the Environmental Defense Fund and participated in the Emerging Climate Leader program.
Her research examines climate transitions, environmental justice, and Rights of Nature frameworks, including comparative analysis of river personhood cases in New Zealand, Colombia, and Ecuador. She has been affiliated with the MIT Resilient Communities Lab and has contributed to research on urban climate adaptation and ecological planning.
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