معرفی
Dr. Hayal Akarsu is an Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Utrecht University's Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences. Her research focuses on policing practices, security policies, environmental governance, and transnational governance dynamics. She holds a PhD from the University of Arizona (2018), MA from NYU (2012), and BA from Sabanci University (2006). Her work combines ethnographic methods with interdisciplinary approaches to explore how security reforms intersect with authoritarian governance and environmental justice.
Education:
- PhD in Anthropology, University of Arizona (2018)
- MA in Near Eastern Studies, NYU (2012)
- BA in Cultural Studies, Sabanci University (2006, valedictorian)
Research Interests: Police reforms, digital policing, green criminology, environmental governance, human rights, and Middle Eastern studies. Her current projects include analyzing Turkey's EU-inspired police reforms and investigating environmental justice through legal anthropology frameworks.
Awards:
- Rice University's Chair's Lecture Prize (2021)
Collaborations: Co-editing a special issue on policing ethnographies across Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Engages in cross-regional collaborations to reorient Euro-American-centric security research.
Labs/Teams: Active in Utrecht University's Governing the Digital Society and Institutions for Open Societies (IOS) initiatives, focusing on security in open societies and migration studies.
