Kardelen Köylü is an early childhood educator, education coordinator, and researcher based in Turkey, with a background in Anhtropology, primatologist, and a strong interest in natüre based, experiential, and non formal education.
She has worked on national and international projects connecting children, nature, education, ecological awareness. She contributed and researcher to the Children and Nature research project led by Leipzig University, Germany and is a co-author of the cross cultural study: Children and adult across 15 countries believe in human uniqueness of mind: A cross-cultural investigation of cross- species mind perception, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102861
She also experience primatology, and study with baboons in South Africa for 6 months, enviromental education initiatives in the UK, butterfly observation and field based learning, she is member of Roots and Shoots Türkiye, she wrote a book with friends about explores primatology and includes a foreword by Dr. Jane Goodall. She is currently involved with Moni Bostan. Developing alternative learning approaches that bring children, educators.