Asli Unan is an Assistant Professor of European Political Economy in the European Studies Department at the University of Amsterdam. Before joining this position, she was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Comparative Political Behavior at Humboldt University of Berlin. Asli obtained her PhD in Political Economy from King's College London, focusing on the dynamics of policy-making, particularly policy reversals and their connection to transboundary crises.
Her research centers on understanding how transboundary crises shape people's attitudes and behavior. She studies the dynamics of attitude and policy position changes among political elites and citizens, specifically on multilayered policy issues such as immigration and climate change. Asli examines ways to build broad public support for these often costly policies and investigates potential (mis)alignments in these positions. She specializes in causal methods and is conducting survey and field experiments. Her geographical interest lies in Europe and the MENA region. Asli is a regular co-author of internationally peer-reviewed journal articles in political science and political economy, and her work has been featured in journals such as the British Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Political Behavior, and Regulation & Governance, among others.
More details about her research can be found on her website: www.asliunan.com