Biography
Dr. Arikan received her B.A. and M.A. degrees from Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey and her Ph.D. from Stony Brook University, NY, USA. Her main fields of study are comparative political behavior and political psychology. Dr. Arikan's work focuses on the psychological processes and mechanisms that underlie the effect of religiosity on political attitudes using both cross-national survey data and experiments carried out in multiple political settings. Her works have appeared in journals such as American Political Science Review, British Journal of Political Science, Political Behavior, and International Journal of Public Opinion Research. She is the winner of Turkish Academy of Sciences 2015 Young Scientist Outstanding Achievement Award and Science Academy's Young Scientist Award 2016.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Arikan, Gizem and Pazit Ben-Nun Bloom, Religion and Political Protest: A Cross-Country Analysis, Comparative Political Studies, 52, (2), 2019, p246 - 276
Democratic Norms and Religion in, editor(s)Paul A. Djupe, Mark J. Rozell, and Ted Jelen , Oxford Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion, Oxford University Press, 2019, [Arikan, Gizem and Pazit Ben-Nun Bloom]
Arikan, Gizem and Eser Sekercioglu, Authoritarian Predispositions and Attitudes towards Redistribution, Political Psychology, 2019
Ben-Nun Bloom, Pazit, Gizem Arikan, and Gallya Lahav, The Effect of Perceived Cultural and Material Threats on Ethnic Preferences in Immigration Attitudes, Ethnic and Racial Studies, 38, (10), 2015, p1760 - 1778
Ben-Nun Bloom, Pazit, Gizem Arikan, and Marie Courtemanche, Religious Social Identity, Religious Belief, and Anti-Immigration Sentiment, American Political Science Review , 109, (2), 2015, p203 - 221
Values, Religiosity and Support for Redistribution and Social Policy in Turkey in, editor(s)Cengiz Erisen , Political Psychology of Turkish Political Behavior, London, Routledge, 2015, [Arikan, Gizem]
Arikan, Gizem and Pazit Ben-Nun Bloom, Social Values and Cross-National Differences in Attitudes towards Welfare, Political Studies , 63, (2), 2015, p431 - 448
Ben-Nun Bloom, Pazit, Gizem Arikan, and Udi Sommer, Globalization, Threat and Religious Freedom, Political Studies , 62, (2), 2014, p273 - 291
Arikan, Gizem and Eser Sekercioglu, Türkiye'de Muhafazakarlasma: Kuşak Farki Var mi? (Rising Conservatism in Turkey: Is There a Generation Gap?), Alternatif Politika , 6, (1), 2014, p63 - 93
Does Faith Limit Immorality? The Politics of Religion and Corruption in, editor(s)Jeffrey Haynes , Religion and Political Change in the Modern World, London, Routledge, 2014, pp49 - 72, [Sommer, Udi, Pazit Ben-Nun Bloom, and Gizem Arikan]
Sommer, Udi, Pazit Ben-Nun Bloom, and Gizem Arikan, Does Faith Limit Immorality? The Politics of Religion and Corruption, Democratization, 20, (2), 2013, p287 - 309
Arikan, Gizem, Values, Religiosity and Support for Redistribution and Social Policy in Turkey, Turkish Studies , 14, (1), 2013, p34 - 52
Arikan, Gizem and Pazit Ben-Nun Bloom, The Influence of Societal Values on Attitudes towards Immigration, International Political Science Review, 34, (1), 2013, p210 - 226
Ben-Nun Bloom, Pazit and Gizem Arikan, Religion and Support for Democracy: A Cross-national Test of Mediating Mechanisms, British Journal of Political Science , 43, (2), 2013, p375 - 397
Ben-Nun Bloom, Pazit and Gizem Arikan, Priming Religious Belief and Religious Social Behaviour Affects Support for Democracy, International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 25, (3), 2013, p368 - 382
Arikan, Gizem, Attitudes towards the EU in Turkey: The Role of Perceived Threats and Benefits, Perceptions: Journal of International Affairs , 17, (3), 2012, p81 - 103
Ben-Nun Bloom, Pazit and Gizem Arikan, A Two-edged Sword: The Differential Effect of Religious Belief and Religious Social Context on Attitudes towards Democracy, Political Behavior , 34, (2), 2012, p249 - 276
Arikan, Gizem, Economic Individualism and Government Spending, World Values Research, 4, (3), 2011, p73 - 95
Sekercioglu, Eser and Gizem Arikan, Trends in Party System Indicators for the July 2007 Turkish Elections, Turkish Studies , 9, (2), 2008, p213 - 231
Research Expertise
Recognition
Awards and Honours
The Science Academy of Turkey Young Scientists Award
Turkish Academy of Sciences Outstanding Young Scientist Award
Memberships
American Political Science Association
International Society of Political Psychology
(Elected) Governing Council member, International Society of Political Psychology