Welcome,
I will join the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC) School of Public Policy as a Postdoctoral Research Associate for the 2026–2027 academic year. I received my Ph.D. in Political Science from Rutgers University in 2026. My research examines how contemporary geopolitical and environmental risks reshape strategic behavior in international politics, with a focus on territorial disputes, energy/climate politics, and corporate political activity.
Methodologically, I combine computational text analysis, survey experiments, and quantitative models to capture how citizens, states, and firms adapt to shifting distributions of power, risk, and regulation. My research has previously appeared in Economics & Politics and Turkish Studies.
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Taking Sides: Corporate Social Responsibility and Political Ideology
Turkey's Isolation from the Eastern Mediterranean Gas Forum: Ideational Mechanisms and Material Interests
Revise & Resubmit
Loss Aversion and Energy Security: Public Support for Use of Force
Corporate Political Activity, Partisanship, and Foreign Firms
Working Papers
Losing Territorial Sovereignty and Resource Access: Computational Text Evidence from Turkiye
How Oil Fuels Maritime Sovereignty: Presence, Prices and Volatility
Asymmetric Exposure to Climate Change Risks and Corporate Self-Regulation
Home-Country Geopolitical Risks and Dynamic Foreign Lobbying
Geopolitical Risk Exposure and Corporate Political Activity: Evidence from Earnings Calls and Regulatory Filings
Reputational Risks and Corporate Climate Lobbying
Teaching
Instructor of Record
- International Security DIPL630 · Graduate · Spring 2026 Seton Hall University, School of Diplomacy and International Relations
- Strategy in International Relations 790:322 · Fall 2025 Rutgers University
- Oil and International Politics 790:253 · Spring 2024, Fall 2025, Spring 2026 Rutgers University
- Introduction to International Relations 790:102 · Summer 2023, Summer 2025 Rutgers University
Teaching Assistant
- Issues in American Foreign Policy 790:319 · Spring 2026 Rutgers University
- Nature of Politics 790:101 · Fall 2023, Spring 2024 Rutgers University
- Introduction to International Relations 790:102 · Fall 2022, Spring 2023 Rutgers University
- Energy Security and Foreign Policy Spring 2020 Bilkent University
CV
Last updated September 2026.
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Get in Touch
Mailing Address
Department of Political Science, Rutgers University,
89 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA