Enes Ataç
@ienesatac.bsky.social
PhD student in Sociology and Social Data Analytics at Penn State | Prev. University of Mannheim & Bogazici University
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Enes Ataç
@ienesatac.bsky.social
· Nov 2
Thrilled to share that our paper (w/ @garyadler.bsky.social) in Social Forces, “Religious Rebound, Political Backlash, and the Youngest Cohort: Understanding Religious Change in Turkey,” received the Distinguished Article Award from @sssreligion.bsky.social!
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Our recent article tackles this question directly. TL;DR: Turkey is not secularizing like Europe, where each younger generation is less religious. Instead, religiosity is being reshaped by political polarization, with decline concentrated among non-AKP supporters. A 🧵
The rule of the AK Party in Turkey and the ayatollahs in Iran is rapidly persuading Turks and Iranians that a strictly sexual approach to government is best and that those who talk non-stop religion are usually both inept and corrupt. Iran and Turkey are both experiencing rapid secularization.
February 13, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Our recent article tackles this question directly. TL;DR: Turkey is not secularizing like Europe, where each younger generation is less religious. Instead, religiosity is being reshaped by political polarization, with decline concentrated among non-AKP supporters. A 🧵
Our recent article tackles this question directly. TL;DR: Turkey is not secularizing like Europe, where each younger generation is less religious. Instead, religiosity is being reshaped by political polarization, with decline concentrated among non-AKP supporters. A 🧵
The rule of the AK Party in Turkey and the ayatollahs in Iran is rapidly persuading Turks and Iranians that a strictly sexual approach to government is best and that those who talk non-stop religion are usually both inept and corrupt. Iran and Turkey are both experiencing rapid secularization.
February 13, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Our recent article tackles this question directly. TL;DR: Turkey is not secularizing like Europe, where each younger generation is less religious. Instead, religiosity is being reshaped by political polarization, with decline concentrated among non-AKP supporters. A 🧵
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NEW: How Measurement Changes Can Exaggerate the Growth of Religious “Nones”
from Matthew Conrad & me https://sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13-5-89/
from Matthew Conrad & me https://sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13-5-89/
February 4, 2026 at 8:26 PM
NEW: How Measurement Changes Can Exaggerate the Growth of Religious “Nones”
from Matthew Conrad & me https://sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13-5-89/
from Matthew Conrad & me https://sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13-5-89/
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🚨 New publication: “The Wages of Ethnic Power: Socioeconomic Status, Group Threat, and Anti-Immigrant Attitudes in Western Europe” 🚨
Just published in the International Journal of Comparative Sociology with Charles Seguin and Brandon Gorman.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Just published in the International Journal of Comparative Sociology with Charles Seguin and Brandon Gorman.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
The wages of ethnic power: Socioeconomic status, group threat, and anti-immigrant attitudes in Western Europe - Ibrahim Enes Atac, Charles Seguin, Brandon Gorman, 2025
Group threat theories explain anti-immigrant attitudes as emerging from threats to the perceived or actual power of one’s ethnic group. Studies also show that i...
journals.sagepub.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:58 PM
🚨 New publication: “The Wages of Ethnic Power: Socioeconomic Status, Group Threat, and Anti-Immigrant Attitudes in Western Europe” 🚨
Just published in the International Journal of Comparative Sociology with Charles Seguin and Brandon Gorman.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Just published in the International Journal of Comparative Sociology with Charles Seguin and Brandon Gorman.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Thrilled to share my new article in Political Psychology: “The psychology of political attitudinal volatility.” In it, I attempt to answer why do some people change their political views more than others? Open access at: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
@ispp-pops.bsky.social
@ispp-pops.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Thrilled to share my new article in Political Psychology: “The psychology of political attitudinal volatility.” In it, I attempt to answer why do some people change their political views more than others? Open access at: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
@ispp-pops.bsky.social
@ispp-pops.bsky.social
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NEW -
A Meta-Analysis of Attitudes Towards Migrants and Displaced Persons - https://cup.org/3K67rG6
- @swebera.bsky.social, Nik Stoop, Peter van der Windt & Haoyu Zhai
#OpenAccess
A Meta-Analysis of Attitudes Towards Migrants and Displaced Persons - https://cup.org/3K67rG6
- @swebera.bsky.social, Nik Stoop, Peter van der Windt & Haoyu Zhai
#OpenAccess
November 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
NEW -
A Meta-Analysis of Attitudes Towards Migrants and Displaced Persons - https://cup.org/3K67rG6
- @swebera.bsky.social, Nik Stoop, Peter van der Windt & Haoyu Zhai
#OpenAccess
A Meta-Analysis of Attitudes Towards Migrants and Displaced Persons - https://cup.org/3K67rG6
- @swebera.bsky.social, Nik Stoop, Peter van der Windt & Haoyu Zhai
#OpenAccess
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Congratulations to @ienesatac.bsky.social & Gary J. Adler Jr, winners of the SSSR’s 2025 Distinguished Article Award for ‘Religious rebound, political backlash, and the youngest cohort: understanding religious change in Turkey,’ published in @sfjournal.bsky.social sssreligion.org/awards-grant...
November 15, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Congratulations to @ienesatac.bsky.social & Gary J. Adler Jr, winners of the SSSR’s 2025 Distinguished Article Award for ‘Religious rebound, political backlash, and the youngest cohort: understanding religious change in Turkey,’ published in @sfjournal.bsky.social sssreligion.org/awards-grant...
🚨 New publication: “The Wages of Ethnic Power: Socioeconomic Status, Group Threat, and Anti-Immigrant Attitudes in Western Europe” 🚨
Just published in the International Journal of Comparative Sociology with Charles Seguin and Brandon Gorman.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Just published in the International Journal of Comparative Sociology with Charles Seguin and Brandon Gorman.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
The wages of ethnic power: Socioeconomic status, group threat, and anti-immigrant attitudes in Western Europe - Ibrahim Enes Atac, Charles Seguin, Brandon Gorman, 2025
Group threat theories explain anti-immigrant attitudes as emerging from threats to the perceived or actual power of one’s ethnic group. Studies also show that i...
journals.sagepub.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:58 PM
🚨 New publication: “The Wages of Ethnic Power: Socioeconomic Status, Group Threat, and Anti-Immigrant Attitudes in Western Europe” 🚨
Just published in the International Journal of Comparative Sociology with Charles Seguin and Brandon Gorman.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Just published in the International Journal of Comparative Sociology with Charles Seguin and Brandon Gorman.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Thrilled to share that our paper (w/ @garyadler.bsky.social) in Social Forces, “Religious Rebound, Political Backlash, and the Youngest Cohort: Understanding Religious Change in Turkey,” received the Distinguished Article Award from @sssreligion.bsky.social!
November 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Thrilled to share that our paper (w/ @garyadler.bsky.social) in Social Forces, “Religious Rebound, Political Backlash, and the Youngest Cohort: Understanding Religious Change in Turkey,” received the Distinguished Article Award from @sssreligion.bsky.social!
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Research + teaching + student = great partnership. Also why I love my job @pennstateuniv.bsky.social
Keep an eye on @ienesatac.bsky.social!
It was a fun weekend at @sssreligion.bsky.social
Keep an eye on @ienesatac.bsky.social!
It was a fun weekend at @sssreligion.bsky.social
Thrilled to share that our paper (w/ @garyadler.bsky.social) in Social Forces, “Religious Rebound, Political Backlash, and the Youngest Cohort: Understanding Religious Change in Turkey,” received the Distinguished Article Award from @sssreligion.bsky.social!
November 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Research + teaching + student = great partnership. Also why I love my job @pennstateuniv.bsky.social
Keep an eye on @ienesatac.bsky.social!
It was a fun weekend at @sssreligion.bsky.social
Keep an eye on @ienesatac.bsky.social!
It was a fun weekend at @sssreligion.bsky.social
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Thrilled and honored that my book Religion for Realists was given the 2025 Distinguished Book Award by @sssreligion.bsky.social last night.
It’s vital that we understand religion and religious people. The social sciences are remiss to ignore either.
Hire more religion specialists.
It’s vital that we understand religion and religious people. The social sciences are remiss to ignore either.
Hire more religion specialists.
November 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Thrilled and honored that my book Religion for Realists was given the 2025 Distinguished Book Award by @sssreligion.bsky.social last night.
It’s vital that we understand religion and religious people. The social sciences are remiss to ignore either.
Hire more religion specialists.
It’s vital that we understand religion and religious people. The social sciences are remiss to ignore either.
Hire more religion specialists.
Thrilled to share that our paper (w/ @garyadler.bsky.social) in Social Forces, “Religious Rebound, Political Backlash, and the Youngest Cohort: Understanding Religious Change in Turkey,” received the Distinguished Article Award from @sssreligion.bsky.social!
November 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Thrilled to share that our paper (w/ @garyadler.bsky.social) in Social Forces, “Religious Rebound, Political Backlash, and the Youngest Cohort: Understanding Religious Change in Turkey,” received the Distinguished Article Award from @sssreligion.bsky.social!
I’m teaching a Social Problems class this summer and wondering how others address AI use in their syllabi. I don’t want to ban it because it feels inevitable and not realistic. But I want students to focus on their ideas and use AI only for minor things. Maybe this is too naive I don’t know.
June 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I’m teaching a Social Problems class this summer and wondering how others address AI use in their syllabi. I don’t want to ban it because it feels inevitable and not realistic. But I want students to focus on their ideas and use AI only for minor things. Maybe this is too naive I don’t know.
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This is up there with the craziest survey design I’ve seen.
May 24, 2025 at 1:26 AM
This is up there with the craziest survey design I’ve seen.
I am thrilled to share that I received the Lombra Outstanding Graduate Research Award from @psuliberalarts.bsky.social for the best article published by a graduate student in the social sciences. I’m incredibly grateful to Charles Seguin and @garyadler.bsky.social for their support and nomination.
May 12, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I am thrilled to share that I received the Lombra Outstanding Graduate Research Award from @psuliberalarts.bsky.social for the best article published by a graduate student in the social sciences. I’m incredibly grateful to Charles Seguin and @garyadler.bsky.social for their support and nomination.
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Excited to share my new article in the American Journal of Political Science (@ajpseditor.bsky.social)! "Endogenous Opposition: Identity and Ideology in Kuwaiti Electoral Politics" explores how authoritarian elections generate opposition to incumbent autocrats. Link: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ukrer...
February 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Excited to share my new article in the American Journal of Political Science (@ajpseditor.bsky.social)! "Endogenous Opposition: Identity and Ideology in Kuwaiti Electoral Politics" explores how authoritarian elections generate opposition to incumbent autocrats. Link: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ukrer...
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Fascinating paper: partisan segregation is not due to sorting/migration. Counties trending Democratic tend to so because of generational change; Counties trending Republican tend to do so because of party switching.
www.nber.org/papers/w33422
www.nber.org/papers/w33422
Causes and Extent of Increasing Partisan Segregation in the U.S. – Evidence from Migration Patterns of 212 Million Voters
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
February 13, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Fascinating paper: partisan segregation is not due to sorting/migration. Counties trending Democratic tend to so because of generational change; Counties trending Republican tend to do so because of party switching.
www.nber.org/papers/w33422
www.nber.org/papers/w33422
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There's a new invite from @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social to submit to @sssreligion.bsky.social's 2025 Annual Meeting in your email inboxes. I'm the program chair this year! Wanted to highlight one key quote for #socsky people here interested in religion - we want your cool ideas!
February 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
There's a new invite from @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social to submit to @sssreligion.bsky.social's 2025 Annual Meeting in your email inboxes. I'm the program chair this year! Wanted to highlight one key quote for #socsky people here interested in religion - we want your cool ideas!
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I’m thrilled to share that my first academic publication is out @sfjournal.bsky.social In this paper, with @garyadler.bsky.social, we analyze religious identity and behavior over time to analyze the secularization question in Turkey. 1/n
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Religious rebound, political backlash, and the youngest cohort: understanding religious change in Turkey
Abstract. We distinguish two streams of theory that dominate explanations of religious change: cohort-based cumulative decline theory, which emphasizes sma
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July 19, 2024 at 8:29 PM
I’m thrilled to share that my first academic publication is out @sfjournal.bsky.social In this paper, with @garyadler.bsky.social, we analyze religious identity and behavior over time to analyze the secularization question in Turkey. 1/n
academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...
academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...
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November 27, 2024 at 3:21 PM
I’ve decided it’s time to invest in an ergonomic office setup (as a broke grad student). Despite exercising regularly, I’ve been dealing with shoulder and lower back pain, likely from long hours of sitting. What are your fav desks, chairs, monitors, etc. Would love to hear what’s worked for you!
December 11, 2024 at 3:15 PM
I’ve decided it’s time to invest in an ergonomic office setup (as a broke grad student). Despite exercising regularly, I’ve been dealing with shoulder and lower back pain, likely from long hours of sitting. What are your fav desks, chairs, monitors, etc. Would love to hear what’s worked for you!
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Ok:
1 like = 1 demographic fact*
* may include estimates, generalizations, dataviz, or unsubstantiated claims
1 like = 1 demographic fact*
* may include estimates, generalizations, dataviz, or unsubstantiated claims
November 30, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Ok:
1 like = 1 demographic fact*
* may include estimates, generalizations, dataviz, or unsubstantiated claims
1 like = 1 demographic fact*
* may include estimates, generalizations, dataviz, or unsubstantiated claims
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In a classic experiment, 12 articles were resubmitted to same journals in which they had already been published -
- 3 were recognized as resubmissions. ✅
- 8 of the 9 articles reviewed again were rejected, often due to "serious methodological flaws"! 😮 😕 ⁉️
www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 🧪
- 3 were recognized as resubmissions. ✅
- 8 of the 9 articles reviewed again were rejected, often due to "serious methodological flaws"! 😮 😕 ⁉️
www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 🧪
December 4, 2024 at 12:04 AM
In a classic experiment, 12 articles were resubmitted to same journals in which they had already been published -
- 3 were recognized as resubmissions. ✅
- 8 of the 9 articles reviewed again were rejected, often due to "serious methodological flaws"! 😮 😕 ⁉️
www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 🧪
- 3 were recognized as resubmissions. ✅
- 8 of the 9 articles reviewed again were rejected, often due to "serious methodological flaws"! 😮 😕 ⁉️
www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 🧪
Now, I know what ‘lake effect’ means :)
November 30, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Now, I know what ‘lake effect’ means :)