Biography
Ilaha Abasli is a PhD researcher at the International Institute of Social Studies (Erasmus University Rotterdam). She holds a Master’s degree in International Development and Emerging Economies from King’s College London. She is also engaged in international development and sustainability consultancy work with FAO (UN), GIZ and local NGOs.
Ilaha’s research interests include circular economy in Global South, specially the social dimension of Circular Economy; and fostering sustainability through science driven and participatory policies.
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Work
- Joram Groen, Ilaha Abasli, Ellen Loots & Lija Groenewoud van Vliet (2025) - Fair Repair: Centring Labour in Just Transitions - [link]
- Ilaha Abasli, Ellen Loots, Solange Hai , Karlheinz Samenjo, Lija Groenewoud van Vliet & Joram Groen (2025) - Valuing "repair" in just labour transitions in the Rijnmond region
- Ilaha Abasli & Farhad Mukhtarov (2025) - Old Habits Die Hard: How Narratives on Social Aspects of Circular Economy (Re)Produce Global Inequalities - Circular Economy and Sustainability, 5 (2), 1219 - 1244 - doi: 10.1007/s43615-024-00470-7 - [link]
- Ilaha Abasli, Ahmed El Assal & Yasmine Hafez (2025) - Why are you not doing research in your home country?: dissecting expectations of southern researchers - Development in Practice, 35 (8), 1259-1271 - doi: 10.1080/09614524.2025.2481519
- Oane Visser, Ilaha Abasli & Nina Swen (2024) - How artisanal fishers across the world are trying to turn the tide by adapting to climate and anthropogenic change - [link]
- Ilaha Abasli (2024) - Afrofuturism’s Reflection on Waste And Climate Crisis - [link]
- Ahmed Elassal & Ilaha Abasli (2023) - “Why are you not doing research in your home country?” – The complexities of being from and doing research in the Global South - [link]
- David Simon, Oscar Gómez, Des Gasper, Kate Bennett, Carla Leanne Washbourne, Ilaha Abasli, Sonia Dias, Amitabha Sakar & Farhad Mukhtarov (2023) - Global Social Challenges for Development Studies in the Crisis in the Anthropocene - Global Social Challenges Journal, 2 (2), 229-246 - doi: 10.1332/27523349Y2023D000000004 - [link]
- Ilaha Abasli (2021) - Not "Self-Employed," Informal Workers - [link]
- Ilaha Abasli (2021) - Transition to Sustainability in Azerbaijan: Policy Review and Analysis - [link]
