Tegan Hadisi

Tegan is a DPhil candidate in International Development at the University of Oxford. Her research is funded in part by the Oxford Department of International Development and the W.L. Mackenzie King Trust.

Building directly on her MPhil research, Tegan’s work lies at the intersections of large-scale infrastructure (and their political life) and the politics of futurity in the Middle East. Her doctoral work provides an examination of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030, focusing specifically on its temporal and promissory dimensions. This research investigates how imagined futures are constructed and mobilised in post-oil contexts. This work is contextualised within the broader urban redevelopment projects currently reshaping the Saudi landscape.

Prior to her DPhil, Tegan completed an MPhil in Development Studies at Oxford, for which she was awarded the Examiner’s Award. Her master’s thesis examined the intersection of political power and mega-infrastructure, analysing how the Saudi Arabian project, The Line, functions as a tool to legitimise centralised governance.

Beyond her doctoral work, she is co-authoring a book ‘Migrant TikTok: The Struggle for Digital Power’, which explores the effects of digital platforms on forced migration and its subsequent narratives. For the research underpinning this project, she was honoured with the Gil Loescher Memorial Fund Award.