Hulya Seyidoglu

Email: lwhse@leeds.ac.uk
Thesis title: Crime and routine activities in England and Wales during the Covid-19 pandemic
Supervisors: Professor Graham Farrell, Professor Jose Pina-Sánchez, Professor Nicolas Malleson

Profile

I graduated from Istanbul University Faculty of Law in 2017. After completing my legal internship, I received my attorney’s license. Following that, I began a master's programme in criminology and criminal justice at Istanbul University, from which I graduated in 2020. In the same year, I was accepted into the Turkish Ministry of National Education’s overseas postgraduate scholarship programme. With the foundation provided by this scholarship, I am currently undertaking my PhD.

Research interests

My work is fundamentally interested in understanding how crime trends evolve over time during external disruptions, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes examining changes in crime rates under varying social conditions like lockdowns and mobility restrictions, which significantly altered routine activities. I focus on understanding how changes in human mobility impact crime rates as well as spatial and temporal variation in crime, emphasising the routine activities theory to link mobility patterns with crime occurence.

Qualifications

MA Criminology and Criminal Justice, Istanbul University
BA Law, Istanbul University