Hasret SAYGI

Dr. Hasret Saygı is an Assistant Professor at Istanbul 29 Mayıs University, specializing in sociolinguistics with a focus on multilingualism, migration, and intercultural communication. She holds a PhD from Boğaziçi University (2019), an MSc from King’s College London (2012), and a BSc from Middle East Technical University (2010). Her research employs discourse-analytical and ethnographic methods, examining language use among refugees, migrants, students, and workers across domestic, workplace, and academic settings.

Dr. Saygı has held visiting researcher positions at the Universitat de Lleida (Spain) and completed postdoctoral research at University College London (UCL). She currently serves as an Honorary Research Fellow at UCL while maintaining her primary academic affiliation at Istanbul 29 Mayıs University.

• Education:
• Bachelor’s: Middle East Technical University (2010)
• Master’s: King’s College London (2012)
• PhD: Boğaziçi University (2019)
• Research Focus: Language and identity dynamics in multilingual contexts, migration studies, and sociocultural dimensions of language use.
• Awards: Recognized for her award-winning doctoral dissertation.