Murat Arsel is an Associate Professor of Environment and Development at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam. His current research projects concern the nationalisation of extractive industries in Latin America and the political economy of energy in Turkey. He is one of the editors of the interdisciplinary development studies journal Development & Change. During the Spring 2014 term, he’s the Keyman Visiting Professor of Modern Turkish Studies at Northwestern University.