Hossein Sadri

Hossein SADRI
Personal details
Born (1979-10-09) 9 October 1979
Tabriz, Iran
Residence Kyrenia, Cyprus
Alma mater Islamic Azad University of Tabriz (M.Sc. in Architecture)
Gazi University(Ph.D.)
Website http://hsadri.gau.edu.tr

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]

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