Hossein Sadri

Dr. Hossein Sadri (born October 9, 1979) is an Iranian architect, critic and activist. He is currently holding the position of the dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Design & Fine Arts at Girne American University.^[1] He studied architecture and received his Master of Science degree at Islamic Azad University of Tabriz in 2005. He completed his Ph.D. studies at Gazi University in 2010 with a TUBITAK Ph.D. Fellowship.,^[2][3] His Ph.D. dissertation entitled Architecture and Human Rights was an interdisciplinary studies and the first thesis which introduced the main motivation of human rights in the field of architecture.^[4] He is one of the founding members of AUMME (Architecture and Urbanism in the Mediterranean and the Middle East),^[5] the regional academic and professional network in the field of architecture and the chair of its 2nd conference in 2014.^[6] As the chair of the second CAUMME-Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism in the Mediterranean and the Middle-East International Conference, he introduced the concept of Post-Professionalism in the field of architecture.^[7]

As a human rights activist he is the member of Amnesty International and since 2006 he worked respectively as Ankara Coordinator, National Coordinator of Urgent Action in Turkey, National Coordinator of Counter Terror with Justice Campaign, Coordinator of Istanbul, EU Contact Person of Amnesty International Turkey, Member of International Relations Group and National Coordinator of Human Rights Education in Turkey.^[8]

Selected Publications

• “Mimarlık, Mekan – Kent, Kentsel Dönüşüm ve İnsan Hakları” (Architecture, Space – City, Urban Transformation & Human Rights), Collaboratively with Senem Zeybekoğlu Sadri, ISBN 9786050104448, Antalya Chamber of Architects Publication, 2013
• “Kent Hakkından Kentte İnsan Haklarına" (From the Right to the City to Human Rights in the City), chapter in the book entitled “Kentsel Dönüşüm ve İnsan Hakları”,^[9] ISBN 9786053992745, Istanbul Bilgi University Publications, 2013
• "Özgürleştirici Mimarlık Eğitimi" (Liberating Architectural Education),^[10] Journal of Critical Pedagogy, 2013
• “Etik Bir Sorun Olarak Mimarlar İş-Galindeki Mimarlik" (Architecture Under the Occupation of Architects as an Ethical Problem),^[11] Serbest Mimar Journal, 2013
• “Professional Ethics in Architecture and Responsibilities of Architects towards Humanity”,^[12](Turkish Journal of Business Ethics, 2012
• “Mimarlık ve İnsan Hakları” (Architecture and Human Rights),^[13] Mimarlik Journal of Architecture, 2012
• “Şark Şehrinin Uyanışı: Nakş-I Cihan Meydanının İnşası ve Şehircilikte İfahan Okulu” (Revival of an Eastern City: Construction of Naqsh-e Jahan Square and Isfahan School of Urbanism),^[14] Mimarlik Journal of Architecture,2011
• “Mekan ve İnsan Hakları” (Space and Human Rights),^[15] 2011
• “Kadınların Kent Hakkı” (Women's Right to the City),^[16] 2011

Awards

• - First Prize and Letter of Honor in Study and Research, Ministry of Education (Iran), 1994
• - First Prize and Letter of Appreciation in Study and Research, Ministry of Education (Iran), 1996
• - First Prize and Letter of Appreciation in Study and Research, Ministry of Education (Iran), 1997
• - Ph.D. Fellowship, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey - TUBITAK, 2006-2010
• - Workshop Scholarship, Dignity International, 2007
• - Summer School Fellowship, Central European University, 2007
• - Conference Grant, European Science Foundation, 2008
• - Summer School Fellowship, UNDP Regional Office and Central European University, 2008 ^[17]

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