In his dissertation, Mehmet works on the role of ideology in authoritarian regimes, where he is trying to understand whether authoritarian regimes' use of ideological claims as a communication tool makes them more stable and popular. His dissertation research employs several techniques, such as expert surveys, text-as-data approaches, and econometric tools. His broader research interests include authoritarian regimes, autocratization, quantitative methods in political science, and causal inference in observational studies. He is currently working on publishing his dissertation papers as journal articles.
During this seminar, Mehmet will deliver a presentation on the broader text-as-data methods using R, an approach that he deploys in his own research!