Department of Development Studies

Post-Doctoral Research Associate

Neoliberalism, Globalisation, and States

Research Cluster Member

Centre for Ottoman Studies

Associate Member

London Middle East Institute (LMEI)

Member

Name:

Dr Veli Yadirgi

Email address:

vy1@soas.ac.uk

Office No:

289

Academic Support Hours:

Wednesday 12-2pm

Biography

Veli holds a B.A. in Philosophy (King’s College, London), an MSc. in Global Politics (LSE), and a PhD (SOAS), and has worked as a political correspondent and editor in different media companies in Europe.  

Publications

• The Political Economy of the Kurds of Turkey: From the Ottoman Empire to the Turkish Republic. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (2017).
• ‘The Political Economy of the Kurdish Question in Turkey: De-development in Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia’ in Routledge Handbook of Kurdish Studies ed. Michael M. Gunter (2017).

• Theory, Policy and Practice of Development (Tutor 18/19)
• Globalisation and development (Tutor 18/19)
• Critical Reasoning in Contemporary Development Studies (Tutor)
• Problems of Development in the Middle East and North Africa (Tutor)

During 2010-13 Veli taught on the following postgraduate programmes:

• Globalisation and Development
• Problems of Development in the Middle East and North Africa

His expertise and research interests include: Political, Economic and Social History of Turkey and the Middle East with special reference to the Kurdish Question in Turkey, Iran, Iraq and Syria; Politics and Development Economics of the Countries of the Middle East; Social Change and Social Theory.