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Dr Duygu Ozaltin
Room: 3.07, 29/30 Tavistock Square
Email: duygu.ozaltin.13@ucl.ac.uk
Biography
I am an Associate Lecturer and the Deputy Director of the Security Studies MSc Programme in the Department of Political Science. Previously, I was a Teaching Fellow at King’s College London in the Department of Political Economy and a Senior Teaching Fellow in the SOAS Department of Politics and International Studies. I hold a Ph.D. in International Relations from The University of Kent, where I also worked as a Post-Doctoral Researcher for the Sustainable Security Index project. Additionally, I hold an MSc in Security Studies from UCL, an MA in Mediterranean Studies from King’s College London and a BA in Economics and international Relations from Tulane University. Before transitioning to academia, I worked in Alternative Investments at JP Morgan Chase in New York, Chicago and London.
Research
My research focuses on the intersections of political violence, forced migration, and human security. I am particularly interested in how armed conflicts drive forced displacement, integrating large-scale quantitative analyses with qualitative methods, including surveys and interviews with displaced populations. My work also examines the economic, social, and political factors influencing migration decisions, challenging dominant narratives about refugees and asylum seekers. Additionally, I explore sustainable security as a research area, investigating how key indicators of instability inform policy and practice in addressing global security challenges.
Publications
• Ozaltin, D. (2024) 'The Sustainable Security Index: A new measure for research and policy analysis', Conflict, Security & Development, pp 317-338.
• Ozaltin, D., Shakir, F. and Loizides, N. (2019) 'Why do people flee? Revisiting forced migration in post-Saddam Baghdad', International Migration and Integration, Volume 21, pp 587-610 (2020). Presented at the Politics, Policies and Diplomacy of Diaspora Governance: New Directions in Theory and Research, London, 12/2018.
Teaching
This academic year, I am co-teaching two postgraduate modules: “Violent and Non-Violent Conflict” (PUBL0083) and “International Public Policy” (PUBL0090). I am also teaching an undergraduate module titled “Spread of Conflict International Relations” (POLS0072).
At King’s College London, I designed and taught the postgraduate module, “The United States in the Middle East: Intervention and Mediation since 1945”. At SOAS, I designed and taught International Migration and Diaspora Studies (postgraduate) and Going Global: An Introduction to International Migration (undergraduate) modules.