Dr. Gizem Arikan
Assistant Professor, Political Science
Biography
Dr. Arikan received her B.A. and M.A. degrees from Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey and her Ph.D. from Stony Brook University, USA. Her main fields of study are political psychology and comparative political behavior. 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, Comparative Political Studies, Political Psychology, and Political Behavior. 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
Gizem Arikan and Defne Gunay, Public attitudes towards climate change: A cross-country analysis, The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 23, (1), 2021, p158 - 174
Crepaz, Michele and Gizem Arikan, Information Disclosure and Political Trust during the Covid-19 Crisis: Experimental Evidence from Ireland, Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, 2021
Pazit Ben-Nun Bloom, Gizem Arikan, Allon Vishkin, Religion and Democratic Commitment: A Unifying Motivational Framework, Advances in Political Psychology, 2021
Kimmo Eriksson, Pontus Strimling, Michele Gelfand, Junhui Wu, Jered Abernathy, Charity S. Akotia, Alisher Aldashev, Per A. Andersson, Giulia Andrighetto, Adote Anum, Gizem Arikan, ... & Paul A. M. Van Lange , Perceptions of the appropriate response to norm violation in 57 societies, Nature Communications, 12, 2021, p1481-
Gizem Arikan, Gizem Melek, Defne Gunay, Emotions in Climate Change Communication: An Experimental Investigation., Communications: European Journal of Communication Research, 2021
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, 2020, pp241 - 261, [Arikan, Gizem and Pazit Ben-Nun Bloom]
Gizem Arikan and Pazit Ben-Nun Bloom, "I was Hungry and You Gave Me Food": Religiosity and Attitudes toward Redistribution, PLoS ONE, 14, (3), 2019, pe0214054-
Arikan, Gizem and Pazit Ben-Nun Bloom, Religion and Political Protest: A Cross-Country Analysis, Comparative Political Studies, 52, (2), 2019, p246 - 276
Arikan, Gizem and Eser Sekercioglu, Authoritarian Predispositions and Attitudes towards Redistribution, Political Psychology, 40, (5), 2019, p1099 - 1118
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
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]
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
Arikan, Gizem and Pazit Ben-Nun Bloom, Social Values and Cross-National Differences in Attitudes towards Welfare, Political Studies , 63, (2), 2015, p431 - 448
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]
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
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
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
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
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
Arikan, Gizem, Values, Religiosity and Support for Redistribution and Social Policy in Turkey, Turkish Studies , 14, (1), 2013, p34 - 52
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
Representations
International Society of Political Psychology Summer Academy Director, 2020-2025
Editorial Board member, Political Behavior (journal)
Editorial board member, Cambridge Elements in Political Psychology (monograph series), 2019-present
Editorial Board member, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion
American Political Science Association (APSA) Religion and Politics Section Aaron Wildavsky Best Dissertation Award Committee Member
Awards and Honours
The Science Academy of Turkey Young Scientists Award
Turkish Academy of Sciences Outstanding Young Scientist Award
Memberships
Political Science Association of Ireland
European Political Science Association
International Society of Political Psychology (Elected Governing Council Member, 2015-2018)
American Political Science Association