Aslı Unan
Assistant Professor in European Political Economy
University of Amsterdam
Email: a.unan@uva.nl
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Research Projects
I have contributed to interdisciplinary projects spanning political science, economics, law, and public policy, in collaboration with scholars based in the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, the US, Greece, and Turkey, and continue to maintain active collaborations within and beyond these projects.
Breaking news, breaking barriers?
Principal Investigator. A Fair and Resilient Societies UvA funded project (€40,000) exploring media representations of immigrants through journalistic and citizen lenses with a specific focus on the perceptions of skills, in collaboration with Kathleen Beckers (Media Studies) and Maja Hertoghs (Anthropology).
Understanding the Just Transition
Co-Investigator. An ENLENS UvA funded project (€45,000) examining energy transition through wellbeing, justice, and fairness perspectives, with Matteo Fermeglia (Law), Colin Hickey (Political Philosophy) and Christina Eckes (Law).
COVIDEU
Postdoctoral Research Fellow. A Volkswagenstiftung funded project at Humboldt University of Berlin (2022-2023), studying how crises affect the EU, with a focus on policy coordination among member states and crisis communication. In collaboration with Heike Klüver (Political Science), Sara Hobolt (Political Science), Theresa Kuhn (Political Science), Toni Rodon (Political Science), Michal Krawczyk (Economics), Lisa Herbig (Political Science) and Irene Rodríguez (Political Science).
Gender Norms and Policy Change
Co-Investigator. An LSE & Templeton funded project studying the relationship between gender norms and progressive policies. In collaboration with Sevinc Bermek (Political Science) and Kostas Matakos (Political Economy).
Register to Vote
Project Member. Series of digital field experiments on voter registration through social media and text messages in the UK, in collaboration with Florian Foos (Political Science), Peter John (Public Policy), and Vanessa Cheng-Matsuno (Public Policy).
Multidimensional Policy Responses to COVID-19
Project Member. Collaborative project funded by King's Together Award (£18,424) examining health-wealth preferences and policy implications during the pandemic, together with Shaun Hargreaves Heap (Economics), Christel Koop (Public Policy), Kostas Matakos (Political Economy) and Nina Weber (Political Economy).