New year, new publication! 🎆 Thrilled to kick off 2026 by sharing our latest work with Bilge Yabancı (@bilgeyabanci.bsky.social) in the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (@scmrjems.bsky.social). Full text: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#OpenAccess in our latest issue - "Civic Opposition and Democratic Backsliding: Mobilization Dynamics and Rapport with Political Parties" - tinyurl.com/bdbb2jhd by @bilgeyabanci.bsky.social

Conference alert in Bilbao! 👋 Join us Oct 27-28 at Univ. of Deusto to explore radical right narratives, conspiracy theories & vigilantism. Please share and submit an abstract by 23 May!

Mülteci hakları alanında çalışan herkesin bildigi MHM’nin neden oldugu bu hak gasbı maalesef çok yakınımdan birini etkilediği için doğruluğuna şahidim. Maalesef Tr’de herkes yönettiği alanın otokratı olma peşinde, hak savunuculuğu yapan STKlarda bile… sendika.org/2025/04/mult...

#OpenAccess from @govandopp.bsky.social - Civic Opposition and Democratic Backsliding: Mobilization Dynamics and Rapport with Political Parties - cup.org/4ie3Fpd - @bilgeyabanci.bsky.social #FirstView

CfP is out for the upcoming conference I co-organise with @bilgeyabanci.bsky.social & Sonia Alonso Sáenz de Oger in Bilbao this coming October. Those working on radical right movements, conspiracy theories, and societal violence, send an abstract here 👇 agenda.deusto.es/en/conferenc...

Third World Quarterly's #SpecialIssue explores how political parties and #socialmovements resist autocratisation in #Africa, #Asia, #LatinAmerica, and #SoutheastEurope, with insights from Guest Editors @bilgeyabanci.bsky.social, @karabekir.bsky.social, and @keremoxford.bsky.social 🔽

🚨 Autocratisation is not inevitable! ✋ Our Special Issue with @bilgeyabanci.bsky.social & @keremoxford.bsky.social explores its limits through the actors & institutions of democratic resistance & opposition from an interregional, interdisciplinary perspective: 🧵 www.tandfonline.com/toc/ctwq20/4...

How do authoritarian regimes create societal consent? In this paper, I examine the use of camps and summer schools as strategic sites for politicized leisure. Theorizing leisure as a tool of ideological engineering enhances our understanding of autocratization. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/87IX8...

🚨🚨Job opportunity! @bilgeyabanci.bsky.social is looking for a postdoc for her project "Re-shaping Attitudes about Refugees and Gender Minorities in Spain and Portugal" at the University of Deusto. The application deadline is 28 March 2025. For details: deusto.talentclue.com/en/node/1136...

📢 Hiring! I am seeking a Postdoc for the project Re-shaping Attitudes about Refugees & Gender Minorities in Spain & Portugal 📍 Bilbao, Spain 📆 12 months (+6m extension possible) 🔍 PhD & strong quantitative skills (esp. survey experiments) 🔗 Details: deusto.talentclue.com/en/node/1136...

Talk about the future of Syrians in Turkey has spiked. Let's also keep focus on current conditions of migrants under AKP rule - factors that can shape Syrians' decisions to stay or return. @bilgeyabanci.bsky.social adds a digital authoritarianism perspective. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/CRBRH...

The Keyman Modern Turkish Studies Program at the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs at Northwestern University invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in the study of Turkey. For more information please visit: northwestern.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...