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I am Professor of Political Economy of Sustainable Development at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam. My doctoral education was at the University of Cambridge. I was a post-doctoral lecturer at the University of Chicago. I have held the Keyman Family Visiting Professorship at Northwestern University and I am Adjunct Professor at Universidad San Francisco de Quito. I am the Chair of the Editorial Board of Development and Change.
Situated firmly within development studies and informed by political ecology, heterodox economics, social theory, and agrarian political economy, my work focuses on the tensions between nature, capitalism, and emancipatory socio-economic change.
- L. Pellegrini, M. Arsel, M. Orta-Martinez, C.F. Mena & G. Muñoa (2020). Institutional mechanisms to keep unburnable fossil fuel reserves in the soil. Energy Policy:112029. doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2020.112029
- B. Akbulut, F. Adaman & M. Arsel (2020). Turkey’s Authoritarian Regime of Accumulation: Development by Dislocation. Journal of Australian political economy, 86, 280-303.
- L. Pellegrini, M. Arsel, M. Orta-Martinez & C.F. Mena (2020). International Investment Agreements, Human Rights, and Environmental Justice: The Texaco/Chevron Case From the Ecuadorian Amazon. Journal of International Economic Law, 23 (2), 455-468. doi: 10.1093/jiel/jgaa016
- C.F. Mena, M. Arsel, L. Pellegrini, M. Orta-Martinez, P. Fajardo, E. Chavez, A. Guevara & P. Espin (2019). Community-Based Monitoring of Oil Extraction: Lessons Learned in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Society & Natural Resources: an international journal. doi: 10.1080/08941920.2019.1688441
- M. Orta-Martínez, L. Pellegrini & M. Arsel (2018). The squeaky wheel gets the grease”? The conflict imperative and the slow fight against environmental injustice in northern Peruvian Amazon. Ecology and Society, 23 (3), 7. doi: 10.5751/ES-10098-230307 [go to publisher's site]
- L. Pellegrini & M. Arsel (2018). Oil and Conflict in the Ecuadorian Amazon: An Exploration of Motives and Objectives. European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 106 (July-December), 209-218. doi: 10.32992/erlacs.10413 [go to publisher's site]
- F. Adaman, M. Arsel & B. Akbulut (2018). Neoliberal developmentalism, authoritarian populism, and extractivism in the countryside: the Soma mining disaster in Turkey. Journal of Peasant Studies. doi: 10.1080/03066150.2018.1515737
- M. Arsel, B. Hogenboom & L. Pellegrini (2016). The extractive imperative in Latin America. The Extractive Industries and Society: an International Journal (print), 3 (4), 880-887. doi: 10.1016/j.exis.2016.10.014
- M. Arsel, B. Hogenboom & L. Pellegrini (2016). The extractive imperative and the boom in environmental conflicts at the end of the progressive cycle in Latin America. The Extractive Industries and Society: an International Journal (print), 3 (4), 877-879. doi: 10.1016/j.exis.2016.10.013
- M. Arsel & A. Dasgupta (2015). Critique, Rediscovery and Revival in Development Studies. Development and Change, 46 (4), 644-665. doi: 10.1111/dech.12183
- M. Arsel, B. Akbulut & F. Adaman (2015). Environmentalism of the malcontent: anatomy of an anti-coal power plant struggle in Turkey. Journal of Peasant Studies. doi: 10.1080/03066150.2014.971766
- L. Pellegrini, M. Arsel, F. Falconi & R. Muradian (2014). The Demise of a New Conservation and Development Policy? Exploring the Tensions of the Yasuní ITT Initiative. The Extractive Industries and Society: an International Journal (print), 1 (2), 284-291. doi: 10.1016/j.exis.2014.05.001
- R. Muradian, L. Pellegrini, M. Arsel & A.L. et (2013). Payments for ecosystem services and the fatal attraction of win-win solutions. Conservation Letters, 6 (4), 274-279. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00309.x
- M. Arsel & A. Dasgupta (2013). Structural Change, Land Use and the State in China: Making Sense of Three Divergent Processes. European Journal of Development Research, 25 (1), 92-111. doi: 10.1057/ejdr.2012.26
- M. Arsel & N. Avila Angel (2012). ''Stating'' Nature's Role in Ecuadorian Development : Civil Society and the Yasuní-ITT Initiative. Journal of Developing Societies, 28 (2), 203-227. doi: 10.1177/0169796X12448758
- M. Arsel & B.E. Buscher (2012). Nature¿ Inc: Changes and Continuities in Neoliberal Conservation and Environmental Markets. Development and Change, 43 (1), 53-78. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2012.01752.x
- B.E. Buscher & M. Arsel (2012). Introduction: neoliberal conservation, uneven geographical development and the dynamics of contemporary capitalism. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 103 (2), 129-135. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2012.00712.x
- M. Arsel (2012). Between 'Marx and Markets'? The State, the 'Left Turn' and Nature in Ecuador. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 103 (2), 150-163. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2012.00709.x
- L. Pellegrini, M. Arsel & C.F. Mena (2011). Ecología Política de las Industrias Extractivas y el Desarrollo Dirigido por el Estado en Ecuador: Conflicto y Cooperación. Ventana a la Cooperacion, 4-11.
- M. Arsel (2011). Fuelling misconceptions: UNEP, natural resources, the environment and conflict. Development and Change, 42 (1), 448-457. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2011.01684.x
- M. Arsel (2010). ¿Una verdad cómoda?: el espectro de la catástrofe ambiental global y el desarrollo sostenible en China. Revista CiDOB d'Afers Internacionals, 89-90, 85-101. Retrieved from http://www.cidob.org/en/publications/journals/cidob_journal_of_afers_internacionals/asia_en_desarrollo_escenarios_de_riesgos_y_oportunidades [go to publisher's site]
- M. Arsel (2009). Ekologi politik: dimanya ekonomiya. Jurnal Tanah Air, 2009 (Oktober-Desember), 10-17.
- M. Arsel (2009). Michael Watts. Development and Change, 40 (6), 1191-1214.
- F. Adaman & M. Arsel (2008). The European Union and Turkey: Who defines environmental progress? International Journal of Middle East Studies, 40 (4), 541-543. doi: 10.1017/S0020743808081427
- M. Arsel (2004). Some states are greener than others: Can we explain why? Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning, 6 (3), 305-311. doi: 10.1080/1523908042000344104
- M. Arsel & M. Spoor (2010). Water, environmental security and sustainable rural development : conflict and cooperation in Central Eurasia (Routledge ISS studies in rural livelihoods, 5). London and New York: Routledge
- M. Arsel (2005). Risking Development or Development Risks? Probing the Environmental dilemmas of Turkish Modernisation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
- F. Adaman, B. Akbulut & M. Arsel (2020). The Political Economy of Environmental Policymaking in Turkey: A Vicious Cycle. In G.M. Tezcür (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Turkish Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190064891.013.24
- M. Arsel, L. Pellegrini & C.F. Mena (2019). Maria’s Paradox: Oil Extraction and the Misery of Missing Development Alternatives in the Ecuadorian Amazon. In P. Shaffer, R. Kanbur & R. Sandbrook (Eds.), Immiserizing Growth: When Growth Fails the Poor. Oxford: Oxford University Press [go to publisher's site] doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198832317.003.0009
- B. Akbulut, F. Adaman & M. Arsel (2018). Troubled Waters of Hegemony: Consent and Contestation in Turkey’s Hydropower Landscapes. In F. Menga & E. Swyngedouw (Eds.), Water, Technology and the Nation-State (Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management) (pp. 96-114). Abington, UK: Routledge [go to publisher's site]
- F. Adaman, M. Arsel & B. Akbulut (2017). Introduction: Neoliberal Developmentalism in Turkey: Continuity, Rupture, Consolidation. In F. Adaman, B. Akbulut & M. Arsel (Eds.), Neoliberal Turkey and its Discontents: Economic Policy and the Environment under Erdogan (pp. 1-17). London: IB Tauris
- B. Akbulut, F. Adaman & M. Arsel (2017). The Radioactive Inertia: Deciphering Turkey’s Anti-Nuclear Movement. In F. Adaman, B. Akbulut & M. Arsel (Eds.), Neoliberal Turkey and its Discontents: Economic Policy and the Environment under Erdogan (pp. 175-190). London: IB Tauris
- M. Arsel, F. Adaman & B. Akbulut (2017). 'A Few Environmentalists?' Interrogating the 'Political' in the Gezi Park. In F. Adaman, B. Akbulut & M. Arsel (Eds.), Neoliberal Turkey and its Discontents: Economic Policy and the Environment under Erdogan (pp. 191-206). London: IB Tauris
- F. Adaman, M. Arsel & B. Akbulut (2017). Conclusion: Neoliberal Modernisation Cast in Concrete. In F. Adaman, B. Akbulut & M. Arsel (Eds.), Neoliberal Turkey and its Discontents: Economic Policy and the Environment under Erdogan (pp. 246-253). London: IB Tauris
- M. Arsel, C. Mena, L. Pellegrini & I. Radhuber (2014). Property rights, nationalization and extractive industries in Bolivia and Ecuador. In M. Bavinck, L. Pellegrini & E. Mostert (Eds.), Conflicts over Natural Resources in the Global South – Conceptual Approaches (pp. 109-128). Leiden: CRC Press/Balkema [go to publisher's site]
- F. Adaman & M. Arsel (2012). Environment. In S. Sayari & M. Heper (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Modern Turkey (pp. 317-327). London: Routledge
- M. Spoor, M. Arsel & P. JIang (2012). Local Climate Change and Water Distribution in Xinjiang. In M. Salih (Ed.), Local Climate Change and Society (pp. 74-89). London and New York: Routledge
- M. Arsel & M. Spoor (2010). Securing the future, democratizing development : the role of water. In M. Arsel & M. Spoor (Eds.), Water, environmental security and sustainable rural development : conflict and cooperation in Central Eurasia (Routledge ISS studies in rural livelihoods, 5) (pp. 269-284). London and New York: Routledge
- M. Arsel & M. Spoor (2010). Follow the water. In M. Arsel & M. Spoor (Eds.), Water, environmental security and sustainable rural development : conflict and cooperation in Central Eurasia (Routledge ISS studies in rural livelihoods, 5) (pp. 3-17). London and New York: Routledge
- M. Arsel & M. Spoor (2010). Preface. In M. Arsel & M. Spoor (Eds.), Water, environmental security and sustainable rural development : conflict and cooperation in Central Eurasia (pp. xiv-xv). London and New York: Routledge
- F. Adaman & M. Arsel (2010). Globalization, Development and Environmental Policies in Turkey. In T. Çetin & F. Yilmaz (Eds.), Understanding the process of economic change in Turkey : an institutional approach (Economic issues, problems and perspectives series) (pp. 319-335). New York: Nova Science Publishers
- E. Josh & M. Arsel (2010). Political ecology of marshland restoration in Iraq. In M. Arsel & M.N. Spoor (Eds.), Water, environmental security and sustainable rural development : conflict and cooperation in Central Eurasia (pp. 49-74). London and New York: Routledge
- M. Arsel & J. Ellis (2009). Political ecology of marshland restoration in Iraq. In M. Arsel & M. Spoor (Eds.), Water, Environmental Security and Sustainable Rural Development (pp. 49-74). London: Routledge
- F. Adaman & M. Arsel (2008). Kuresellesme ve Kalkinma Surecinde Turkiye'de Cevre Politikalari: Aktorler ve Faktorler. In Ibrahim Öztürk (Ed.), Türkiye’nin küreselleşmesi : fırsatlar ve tehditler : ekonominin küreselleşmesi ve sürdürülebilir kalkınma. Istanbul: Istanbul Ticaret Odası Yayinlari
- K. Kaygusuz & M. Arsel (2005). Energy politics and policy. In F. Adaman & M. Arsel (Eds.), Environmentalism in Turkey : Between democracy and development? (Ashgate studies in environmental policy and practice) (pp. 149-165) Aldershot/Burlington: Ashgate
- M. Arsel (2005). The Bergama Imbroglio. In F. Adaman & M. Arsel (Eds.), Environmentalism in Turkey : Between democracy and development? (pp. 263-275) Aldershot/Burlington: Ashgate
- F. Adaman & M. Arsel (2005). Development and democratization in an era of environmental crisis. In M. Dr. Arsel & F. Adaman (Eds.), Environmentalism in Turkey : between democracy and development? (Ashgate studies in environmental policy and practice) (pp. 293-298) Aldershot/Burlington: Ashgate
- M. Arsel (2005). Reflexive developmentalism? Toward an environmental critique of modernization. In F. Adaman & M. Arsel (Eds.), Environmentalism in Turkey : Between democracy and development? (pp. 15-34) Aldershot/Brookfield: Ashgate
- F. Adaman & M. Arsel (2005). Introduction. In F. Adaman & M. Arsel (Eds.), Environmentalism in Turkey : Between democracy and development? (pp. 1-11) Aldershot/Burlington: Ashgate
- M. Arsel (2003). Risk society at Europe's periphery? Reflections on the Bergama resistance in Turkey. In Fatoş Gökşen (Ed.), Integrating and articulating environments : a challenge for Northern and Southern Europe (Integrated assessment studies, 3) (pp. 29-50). Lisse: Swets and Zeitlinger
- M. Arsel (2012). Opposition to Gold Mining at Bergama, Turkey (EJOLT Factsheet). In B. Özkaynak & B. Rodriguez-Labajos (Eds.), Mining Conflicts around the World: Common Grounds from Environmental Justice Perspective (EJOLT Report, 7) (pp. 124-129) [go to publisher's site]
- F. Adaman, B. Akbulut & M. Arsel (Ed.). (2017). Neoliberal Turkey and its Discontents: Economic Policy and the Environment Under Erdogan. London: IB Tauris
- F. Adaman & M. Arsel (Ed.). (2005). Environmentalism in Turkey: Between Democracy and Development? (Ashgate studies in environmental policy and practice). Aldershot/Burlington: Ashgate
- M. Arsel (2010). E. Fuat Keyman, Remaking Turkey: Globalization, Alternative Modernities and [Bespreking van het boek Remaking Turkey: Globalization, Alternative Modernities and Democracy]. International Journal of Turkish Studies, 16(1-2).
- M. Arsel (2009). An Introduction to Sustainable Development by Peter P. Rogers, Kazi F. Jalal and John A. Boyd. [Bespreking van het boek An Introduction to Sustainable Development by Peter P. Rogers, Kazi F. Jalal and John A. Boyd]. Development and Change, 40(2), 399-401.
- M. Arsel (2002). Book Review of "Political Ecology: Science, Myth and Policy" (Stott, P and Sullivan eds) [Bespreking van het boek Book Review of "Political Ecology: Science, Myth and Policy" (Stott, P and Sullivan eds)]. Government and Policy, 20(6), 933-934.
- M. Arsel (1999). Book Review of "The Global Politics of the Environment -L Elliott" [Bespreking van het boek Book Review of "The Global Politics of the Environment -L Elliott"]. Cambridge Review of International Affairs, XII, 2.
- M. Arsel (1998). Book Review of "Dependency Theory: Scholarship and Politics in Latin American Studies" (R. Packenham ed.) [Bespreking van het boek Book Review of "Dependency Theory: Scholarship and Politics in Latin American Studies" (R. Packenham ed.)]. Journal of International Studies, 27, 404-406.
- M. Arsel & B.E. Buscher (Eds.). (2012-2012) Development and Change, 43(1).
- B.E. Buscher & M. Arsel (Eds.). (2012-2012) Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 103(2).
- B.N.F. White, M. Arsel & S. Afiff (Eds.). (2009-2009) Jurnal Tanah Air, Oct-Dec.
- M. Arsel, B. Hogenboom & L. Pellegrini (Eds.). (2016-2016) The Extractive Industries and Society: an International Journal (print), 3(4).
- M. Arsel & A. Dasgupta (Eds.). (2015-2015) Development and Change, 46(4).
- M. Arsel (2020). The myth of global sustainability : Environmental limits and (de)growth in the time of SDGs. (Preprints, ISS working papers. General series, no 662). The Hague: International Institute of Social Studies
- M. Arsel & A. Dasgupta (2010). Structural change, land use and the state in China: making sense of three divergent processes. (Preprints, ISS working papers series. General series, no 509). The Hague: International Institute of Social Studies
- B. Özkaynak, B. Rodriguez-Labajos, M. Arsel, D. Avci, M.H. Carbonell, B. Chareyron, G. Chicaiza, M. Conde, F. Demaria, R. Finamore, B. Kohrs, V.V. Krishna, M. Mahongnao, D. Raeva, A.A. Singh, T. Slavov, T. Tkalec & I. Yánez (2012). Mining conflicts around the world: Common grounds from an Environmental Justice perspective. (Extern rapport, EJOLT Report, no 7). : Environmental Justice Organisations, Liabilities and Trade (EJOLT) (FP7-Science in Society-2010-1)
- M. Arsel (2012). Reflexive modernization of the developmental state. Building Interdisciplinarity in Middle East Studies.3rd Annual Mediterranean Program Summer School, European University Institute: Florence.
- M. Arsel (2010). State Power, Nature and Development under ‘Socialism of the 21st Century’ in Ecuador: From Tragedy to Farce? International Conference: University of Groningen, The Netherlands (2010, november 18 - 2010, november 19).
- M. Arsel (2008). Irrigation agriculture and sustainable development in Xinjiang. Greening Asian Growth. Economic Transition and Sustainable Agricultural Development in East and Southeast Asia: Nanjing, China (2008, oktober 29 - 2008, oktober 30).
- M. Arsel (2008). The end of sustainable development: capitalism, economic growth, and global inequality. Is Development Sustainable? A conference in honor of Ted Steck’s retirement: Chicago (2008, mei 9 - 2008, mei 10).
- M. Arsel & J. Sowers (2007). Environmental narratives, national imaginaries, and transformation of nature in the Middle East. Middle East Studies Association Annual Conference: Montreal (2007, november 17 - 2007, november 20).
- M. Arsel (2006). 'We will not become Africa' : Turkish environmentalism at the gates of European civilization. RGS-IBG Annual International Conference: London (2006, augustus 30 - 2006, september 1).
- M. Arsel (2006). Is there a fixed trajectory to societal transformation: A critique of totalizing environmental sociology. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting: Chicago, IL (2006, maart 9 - 2006, maart 13).
- M. Arsel (2006). Environmental human rights in the risk society. Conflict and human security. Development Studies Association Workshop, St. Edmunds College, Cambridge: Cambridge (2006, juni 3).
- M. Arsel (2006). Restoration as liberation? Political ecology of the reconstruction of Iraqi marshes. The Last Drop? Water, Security and Sustainable Development in Central Eurasia: The Hague (2006, december 1 - 2006, december 2).
- M. Arsel (2004). Environment, Development and Human Rights in Turkey. Human Rights Program, University of Chicago: Chicago.
- M. Arsel (2004). German Espionage or ANZAC Revenge. Environmental Nationalism and Risk Politics in Turkey. 19th Middle East History and Theory Conference, University of Chicago: Chicago (2004, april 30 - 2004, mei 1).
- M. Arsel (2003). German Espionage or ANZAC Revenge? Environmental Nationalism and Risk Politics in Turkey. 18th Middle East History and Theory Conference, University of Chicago: Chicago (2003, mei 9 - 2003, mei 10).
- M. Arsel (2003). Transnational activist networks and energy politics: Three case studies from Middle East and Central Asia. Environmental Workshop, University of Chicago: .
- M. Arsel (2001). Golden futures? Prospects for Turkish Environmentalism in an Era of Economic Crisis. Modern Turkish Studies Lecture Series, London School of Economcis: London.
- M. Arsel (2000). Mining for change: The triple transformation of state, society and business in Turkey. International Society for Ecological Economics Conference: Canberra.
- M. Arsel (2000). Risking development or development risks: Probing the environmental dilemmas of Turkish modernization. ESF Envrionmental workshop, Bogazici University: Istanbul.
- M. Arsel (1999). Ecological modernization in Turkey? A case study of Ovacik gold mine. International Sociological Association Annual Conference: Chicago.
- M. Arsel (2012). Environment, development and human rights: Contested choices, unavoidable costs? Regional Perspectives on Globalization and Human Rights, Workshop for Educators, University of Chigaco: Chicago.
- B.E. Buscher, M. Arsel, L. Pellegrini & W. Harcourt (2012). Environmental Studies Colloquium series: 'Critical Engagements with the Green Economy'. A series of three colloquia and a conference organized (March, June, October and November): .
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