Dr Kevin Yildirim

Kevin is a Social Anthropologist specialising in the study of labour, migration, citizenship, and morality. After obtaining his undergraduate and master’s degrees at Concordia University and Istanbul Technical University, he completed an MPhil at Girton College and PhD at Darwin College, both at the University of Cambridge. His PhD (2023) was based on ethnographic research conducted within the vast informal recycling sector in Turkey. It asked how the newfound presence of migrant workers in the recycling industry has changed how citizens of Turkey conceive of economic and political justice.