Duygu joined the team as a Research Fellow in 2021. She gained a PhD in Sociology and Social Policy at the University of Southampton in 2019, an MSc in Engineering Systems and Management st the Masdar Institute for Science and Teachnology, Abu Dhabi in 2011, having previously been awarded a BSc in Manufacturing Systems Engineering at Sabanci University, Istanbul.
The WorldPop research programme, based in the School of Geography and Environmental Sciences at the University of Southampton, is a multi-sectoral team of researchers, technicians and project specialists that produces data on population distributions and characteristics at high spatial resolution.
Initiated in October 2013 to combine The AfriPop Project, AsiaPop and AmeriPop projects, we have a diverse portfolio of projects, including large multi-million-pound collaborative projects with partner organisations, commercial data providers and international development organisations.
