Dr. Zeynep Kaya

Biography

Zeynep Kaya is a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science, specializing in International Relations. Her research primarily focuses on borderlands, territoriality, conflict, gender, and legitimacy within the context of the Middle East. She has published a monograph titled 'Mapping Kurdistan: Territory, Self-Determination, and Nationalism' through Cambridge University Press and served as co-editor of the Kurdish Studies Series at I.B. Tauris-Bloomsbury. Her academic contributions include substantial work as an Academic Associate at Pembroke College, University of Cambridge, and as a Research Fellow at the LSE Middle East Centre for six years. Zeynep has led research projects funded by the UK Department for International Development, exploring gendered drivers of conflict in Iraq, the impact of genocide on the Yezidi community, and women's political participation in Kuwait. Her publications encompass articles and reports on Kurdish politics, and she has previously worked as a Specialist Adviser to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the UK Parliament, focusing on issues related to the Middle East, Kurdish identity, nationalism, Iraq, and Turkey.

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