Deniz Kandiyoti

Professor of Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.

Deniz Kandiyoti is Emeritus Professor of Development Studies at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London and editor-in-chief of Central Asian Survey. She holds degrees from the University of Paris (Sorbonne) and the London School of Economics and Political Science. She was also on the faculty of the Middle East Technical University (1969-74) and Boğaziçi University (1974-1980) in Turkey.

Kandiyoti is the author of Concubines, Sisters and Citizens: Identities and Social Transformation (in Turkish, 1997) the editor of Fragments of Culture: The Everyday of Modern Turkey (2002), Gendering the Middle East (1996), Women, Islam and the State (1991) and numerous articles on gender, women’s rights, Islam, development and state policies. She has also acted as consultant for UNDP, UNESCO, OSCE, UNIFEM, British Council and the World Bank.