- Profile
- Research
- Publications
- Supervision
- Teaching
- Activities
- Conferences
Profile
Dr Has is a Teaching Fellow in Politics & International Relations at the University of Leicester. He holds a PhD that focused on urban securitization and the Kurdish Question in Türkiye. His research delves into critical urban studies, international political economy and identity politics examining power, inequality and resistance. He has published on related topics contributing to discussions on gentrification, identity struggles and societal security. Dr Has takes a research-informed approach to teaching encouraging students to engage critically with contemporary issues through an interdisciplinary lens.
Research
Dr Has's primary research focuses on critical urban studies, international political economy and securitization theory with a keen interest in themes of conflict, development and identity politics. He examines how urban environments are shaped by conflict dynamics and the resulting development challenges particularly in regions experiencing political instability. His work explores the intersections of various identities analysing how individuals, especially women and marginalized groups, navigate and resist socio-political and economic forces that impact their lives. By utilizing a ‘glocal securitization (glosec)’ framework, Dr Has aim to uncover complex interactions between local and global processes revealing how these dynamics influence societal security and urban transformation. Committed to social justice, his research seeks to illuminate the ways in which power, identity and inequality intersect that fosters critical dialogue on the challenges faced by marginalized communities striving for resilience in the face of oppression. Through this lens, Dr Has emphasizes the importance of understanding how diverse identities (class, race, gender) mutually shape individual experiences and collective movements simultaneously within (in)securitized urban space.
Publications
Has, I. (2025) The Divergent Paths: The Statal Securitization of the Kurdish Question and the Struggle for Kurdish Societal Security in Türkiye. World Affairs 188(1): p.1-12.
Has, I. (2022) Glocal Securitization of Urban Space in Turkey. Istanbul: Kalkedon Publication.
Supervision
- Critical Urban Studies
- International Political Economy
- Securitization Theory (security studies)
- Inequality and Development
- Identity Politics
- Conflict and Resistance
- Emancipatory Politics and Grassroots Organisations
Teaching
- PL2029 Politics of the Global South
- PL1015 The Global Cold War: International Relations 1945-1989
- PL7161 International Relations After the Cold War
- PL3060 Feminism
- PL3094/3095 Dissertation
Activities
Research Associate, Centre for Urban Research on Austerity (CURA), De Montfort University
Conferences
May 2024 Kurdish Studies Conference, University of Sheffield
April 2023 Kurdish Studies Conference, London School of Economics
June 2022 Towards the post-pandemic city?, De Montfort University
June 2019 Urban methodologies summer school, De Montfort University
Nov 2017 Austerity, resistance and emergent imaginaries, University of Essex
June 2015 Summer school on institutions, justice and democracy, Boğaziçi University (Istanbul-Türkiye)