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Dr. Oznur Yardimci is a Research Fellow at the University of York’s School for Business and Society, affiliated with the ESRC Vulnerabilities and Policing Futures Research Centre. With a PhD in Sociology from Lancaster University, she holds interdisciplinary expertise in Political Science and International Relations (Middle East Technical University). Her work focuses on urban marginalities, citizenship, and belonging, combining qualitative methods from political geography and urban studies.
Education: BSc International Relations (Middle East Technical University), MSc Political Science, PhD Sociology (Lancaster University). Professional roles include visiting research fellow at York’s Sociology department, chief field researcher in the ‘Citizenship Futures’ project, and ESRC White Rose postdoctoral fellow. Her current projects explore urban religious architecture’s role in belonging and state-led urban redevelopment’s impact on citizenship.
Research outputs span peer-reviewed journals (e.g., European Urban and Regional Studies), op-eds, and book reviews. Awards include the 2020 ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship. She collaborates with institutions in London, Mumbai, Paris, and North Yorkshire, addressing issues like pandemic-era civic activism and mosque planning’s sociopolitical dimensions.
