Department of Development Studies

Dr Veli Yadirgi

Key information

Roles
Department of Development Studies Senior Teaching Fellow & Research Admissions Tutor Research Cluster Member Centre for Ottoman Studies Associate Member Member
Qualifications
BA MSc (London) PhD (London)
Office
289
Email address
vy1@soas.ac.uk

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.  

Research interests

His expertise and research interests include: the political economy of developing countries; politics of development; nationalism and ethnic politics; social change and social theory; development economics; and social, economic and political history of Turkey and the Middle East. 

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