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I am an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Trinity College Dublin. I received my B.A. and M.A. degrees from Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey and my Ph.D. from Stony Brook University, NY, USA.

My main fields of study are political psychology and political attitudes. My substantive research interests include religiosity, authoritarian values, and attitudes towards democracy. I also conduct research on attitudes towards economic inequality and political attitudes of religious-minority immigrants.

My work has been published in American Political Science Review, British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, Political Psychology, and Political Behavior among others. I am also winner of Turkish Academy of Sciences 2015 Young Scientist Outstanding Achievement Award (GEBIP) and Science Academy Young Scientist Award 2016.

I am actively engaged with the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP). I am currently the Director of the ISPP Academy (formerly Summer Academy), which trains early career scholars in cutting-edge research in the area of political psychology.