Metehan Tekinirk

Comparative Politics, Nationalism, Populism, Democratic Erosion, Turkish politics and society.

• Ph.D. in Political Science, 2022, Boston University
  • Fields: Comparative Politics, International Relations
• M.A. in Political Science, 2018, Boston University
  • Master's thesis: "Eroding American Democratic Ideal and the Twenty-first Century Crisis of Liberal Democracy"
• B.A. in Economics, 2015, Koç University
• B.A. in International Relations, 2015, Koç University

Visiting Lecturer, Boston University (2022-2023), Department of Political Science, Department of Sociology
Courses: Critical Perspectives on Nationalism and Populism, Globalization of Nationalism, Political Violence, Democracy and Protest in the Global South, Globalization and World Poverty

Senior Teaching Fellow, Boston University (2021-2022), Department of Political Science
Courses: Democratic Erosion, Introduction to International Relations

Teaching Fellow, Boston University (2016-2021), Department of Political Science
Courses: Introduction to International Relations, Introduction to Public Policy, International Politics

I mainly study culture and institutions. My top research interests are nationalism and national identities, populist leadership and mobilization, democratic erosion and resilience, social movements, and party politics. I also have a background in political economy, and I'm interested in neoliberalism and neoliberal restructuring, globalization and its implications, and hegemony and great power competition.

Democratic Erosion Consortium, Team Populism, Association for the Study of Nationalities, Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Program (MIST)