İhsan Ercan SADİ

İhsan Ercan SADİ serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Antalya Bilim University, Antalya, Turkey. His academic foundation includes a Bachelor's degree in Economics from Middle East Technical University and advanced Sociology degrees from New York University, supported by prestigious fellowships and NSF funding.

Education:

• Bachelor's in Economics, Middle East Technical University
• Master's (M.A. and M.Phil.) in Sociology, New York University
• Doctorate in Sociology, New York University

Research Interests: Dr. Sadi's work critically examines the state-finance nexus in global capitalism through Political Sociology and International Political Economy frameworks. His expertise spans Qualitative Methodology, Social Theory, and Turkish historical-comparative analysis, with focus on political stability, regulatory dynamics, corruption, and debt-driven state transformation in Turkey since 1980.

Scientific Recognition:

• McCracken Fellowship for graduate studies at NYU

Research Funding: National Science Foundation (NSF) support for doctoral dissertation research on Turkey's political economy.

Core Scholarship: His dissertation 'Political Stability in the Age of Global Capitalism: Finance, Debt, and the Transformation of the State in Turkey, 1980–2019' provides a comprehensive historical analysis of privatization, financial regulation, and debt dynamics reshaping Turkish statehood, establishing him as a significant contributor to Turkish political economy studies.