Duygu D. Avci
PhD Researcher
Social Studies
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Netherlands
Biography
Her current research is on environmental conflicts around large-scale mining projects in Ecuador and Turkey. Her focus is on understanding local struggles over environment by situating them in larger state and society relations, and by analyzing how they transform political subjectivities of the social actors involved. More broadly, she is interested in political economy of environment and development.
Research Interest
Social Studies
Publications
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D. Avci, F. Adaman & B. Özkaynak (2010). Valuation languages in environmental conflicts: how stakeholders oppose or support gold mining at Mount Ida, Turkey. Ecological Economics, 70 (2), 228-238. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2010.05.009
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D. Avci & C. Fernández-Salvador (2016). Territorial dynamics and local resistance: Two mining conflicts in Ecuador compared. The Extractive Industries and Society: an International Journal (print), 3 (4), 912-921. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2016.10.007[go to publisher's site]