Samet Apaydın

Samet Apaydın holds a PhD in Political Science from Sabancı University and works as a research assistant at the same institution. His research sits at the intersection of migration governance, foreign policy, the rise of the extreme right, and voting behaviour. His dissertation combined neighbourhood-level observational data and survey evidence to examine the consequences of shifts in Türkiye’s migration governance and their limited effects on electoral behaviour. During his doctoral studies, he contributed to several international research projects funded under the European Union’s Horizon Europe programme. He was a member of the research consortia for Migration Governance and Asylum Crises (MAGYC) and Decentring the Study of Migrant Returns and Return Policies (GAPs), and served as a country expert for the Measuring Irregular Migration (MIrreM) project. He also spent a year as a research assistant at the University of Glasgow, working on multiple projects while completing his PhD.

Samet primarily employs quantitative methods, working with both observational and survey data, while also drawing on qualitative interviews in his research. His methodological interests include causal inference, spatial modelling, web-based data collection, and data visualisation. He is particularly interested in combining different forms of empirical evidence to examine how migration and public policy shape political behaviour and outcomes.