Hossein Sadri


Dr. Hossein Sadri is an Iranian-Turkish scholar, architect, urban designer and activist. He is currently working as an associate professor of architecture and urban design at Girne American University where he was holding the position of the dean of the Faculty of Architecture, Design & Fine Arts between 2012-2016 He held academic teaching and research positions at Islamic Azad University of Tabriz in IRAN, National Academy of Sciences in AZERBAIJAN, The American University in Canterbury - UK, and The City University of New York in the USA. He studied undergraduate and graduate courses in the departments of Architecture, Philosophy, and Environmental Sciences and Policy at Islamic Azad University of Tabriz in IRAN, Gazi University, Hacettepe University, and Yildiz Technical University in TURKEY, and Central European University in HUNGARY. His Ph.D. dissertation entitled Architecture and Human Rights was an interdisciplinary studies on the spatiality of human rights. He is one of the founding members of AUMME , the regional academic and professional network in the field of architecture and the chair of its 2nd conference in 2014. As the chair of the second CAUMME-Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism in the Mediterranean and the Middle-East International Conference, he opened up discussions regarding the end of the era of professionalism in architecture by introducing the term “Post-Professionalism”.
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.

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