Ulaş Erdoğdu
@ulaserdogdu.bsky.social
PhD Candidate at Northwestern @polisciatnu.bsky.social. IEL'13, Boğaziçi Politika. Researching political violence, political order, civil wars, contentious politics.
My reflections on using AI for qualitative comparative political science: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗔𝗜 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲?: 𝗔 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
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𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗔𝗜 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲?: 𝗔 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
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𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗔𝗜 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲?: 𝗔 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
There’s been a lot of talk recently about using AI tools in quantitative social science, with some fol...
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January 18, 2026 at 10:58 AM
My reflections on using AI for qualitative comparative political science: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗔𝗜 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗤𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲?: 𝗔 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
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Applications for the Keyman Early-Career Scholars Article Workshop Spring 2026 are open until February 20. For more information, please visit: keyman.buffett.northwestern.edu/.../early-ca....
January 14, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Applications for the Keyman Early-Career Scholars Article Workshop Spring 2026 are open until February 20. For more information, please visit: keyman.buffett.northwestern.edu/.../early-ca....
Although arrest of a sitting president isn’t the same as arrest of an armed group leader, my work on leadership decapitation has some parallels for thinking through Maduro's arrest/kidnapping by the US since arrest shapes incentives and bargaining dynamics doi.org/10.1017/S026....
January 3, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Although arrest of a sitting president isn’t the same as arrest of an armed group leader, my work on leadership decapitation has some parallels for thinking through Maduro's arrest/kidnapping by the US since arrest shapes incentives and bargaining dynamics doi.org/10.1017/S026....
Ruşen Çakır'la @rusencakir.bsky.social süreç üzerine keyifli bir sohbet yaptık. Sürecin başarıya ulaşma ihtimalini arttıran faktörleri, başarısızlıkla sonuçlanmasını neden daha olası gördüğümü ve başarılı olursa bile demokratikleşme getirme ihtimalini neden düşük gördüğümü anlattım.
Ulaş Erdoğdu ile söyleşi | Süreç başarılı olur mu? Olursa demokrasi de gelir mi?
Ulaş Erdoğdu ile söyleşi | Süreç başarılı olur mu? Olursa demokrasi de gelir mi?
Ruşen Çakır, akademisyen Ulaş Erdoğdu ile birlikte Türkiye’deki çözüm sürecini, PKK ve Öcalan’ın rolünü değerlendirdi.
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October 23, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Ruşen Çakır'la @rusencakir.bsky.social süreç üzerine keyifli bir sohbet yaptık. Sürecin başarıya ulaşma ihtimalini arttıran faktörleri, başarısızlıkla sonuçlanmasını neden daha olası gördüğümü ve başarılı olursa bile demokratikleşme getirme ihtimalini neden düşük gördüğümü anlattım.
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'Leadership decapitation in civil war: Leadership arrest and the negotiations between the state and the insurgents.' @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org 📚
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Leadership decapitation in civil war: Leadership arrest and the negotiations between the state and the insurgents.
Ulaş Erdoğdu discusses the key points from his new Review of International Studies article.
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July 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
'Leadership decapitation in civil war: Leadership arrest and the negotiations between the state and the insurgents.' @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org 📚
@risjnl.bsky.social #openaccess article by @ulaserdogdu.bsky.social out NOW 🎉
Read Ulaş's key arguments 👉 buff.ly/0rLXs9e
DOI 👉 buff.ly/Z3NPCdV
@risjnl.bsky.social #openaccess article by @ulaserdogdu.bsky.social out NOW 🎉
Read Ulaş's key arguments 👉 buff.ly/0rLXs9e
DOI 👉 buff.ly/Z3NPCdV
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July 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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Leadership decapitation in civil war: Leadership arrest and the negotiations between the state and the insurgents - cup.org/4kI3i7j
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#FirstView
Excited and honored that my paper Nearly Realized Cases received an Honorable Mention for the 2024 Kendra Koivu Paper Award from @apsa.bsky.social’s Qualitative and Multi-Method Research Section. Grateful to be recognized by a section central to my work and my department
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July 2, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Excited and honored that my paper Nearly Realized Cases received an Honorable Mention for the 2024 Kendra Koivu Paper Award from @apsa.bsky.social’s Qualitative and Multi-Method Research Section. Grateful to be recognized by a section central to my work and my department
@polisciatnu.bsky.social!
@polisciatnu.bsky.social!
I’m happy to share that my article, Democratization, Foreign Military Intervention, and Rebel Fragmentation in Civil War: Evidence from the PKK Insurgency in Turkey, has won the Best Article Award in Kurdish Studies, given by the Kurdish Political Studies Program at the University of Central Florida
My first post here!
Check out my recently published and very first solo-authored article on how democratization and foreign military intervention can result in rebel fragmentation in Journal of Global Security Studies.
@polviolencepapers.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
Check out my recently published and very first solo-authored article on how democratization and foreign military intervention can result in rebel fragmentation in Journal of Global Security Studies.
@polviolencepapers.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
Democratization, Foreign Military Intervention, and Rebel Fragmentation in Civil War: Evidence from the PKK Insurgency in Turkey
Abstract. In this paper, by studying the fragmentation of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in 2004, I identify two distinct pathways to rebel fragmentati
doi.org
February 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I’m happy to share that my article, Democratization, Foreign Military Intervention, and Rebel Fragmentation in Civil War: Evidence from the PKK Insurgency in Turkey, has won the Best Article Award in Kurdish Studies, given by the Kurdish Political Studies Program at the University of Central Florida
Reposted by Ulaş Erdoğdu
My first post here!
Check out my recently published and very first solo-authored article on how democratization and foreign military intervention can result in rebel fragmentation in Journal of Global Security Studies.
@polviolencepapers.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
Check out my recently published and very first solo-authored article on how democratization and foreign military intervention can result in rebel fragmentation in Journal of Global Security Studies.
@polviolencepapers.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
Democratization, Foreign Military Intervention, and Rebel Fragmentation in Civil War: Evidence from the PKK Insurgency in Turkey
Abstract. In this paper, by studying the fragmentation of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in 2004, I identify two distinct pathways to rebel fragmentati
doi.org
December 4, 2024 at 11:23 AM
My first post here!
Check out my recently published and very first solo-authored article on how democratization and foreign military intervention can result in rebel fragmentation in Journal of Global Security Studies.
@polviolencepapers.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
Check out my recently published and very first solo-authored article on how democratization and foreign military intervention can result in rebel fragmentation in Journal of Global Security Studies.
@polviolencepapers.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
My first post here!
Check out my recently published and very first solo-authored article on how democratization and foreign military intervention can result in rebel fragmentation in Journal of Global Security Studies.
@polviolencepapers.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
Check out my recently published and very first solo-authored article on how democratization and foreign military intervention can result in rebel fragmentation in Journal of Global Security Studies.
@polviolencepapers.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
Democratization, Foreign Military Intervention, and Rebel Fragmentation in Civil War: Evidence from the PKK Insurgency in Turkey
Abstract. In this paper, by studying the fragmentation of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in 2004, I identify two distinct pathways to rebel fragmentati
doi.org
December 4, 2024 at 11:23 AM
My first post here!
Check out my recently published and very first solo-authored article on how democratization and foreign military intervention can result in rebel fragmentation in Journal of Global Security Studies.
@polviolencepapers.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/jogs...
Check out my recently published and very first solo-authored article on how democratization and foreign military intervention can result in rebel fragmentation in Journal of Global Security Studies.
@polviolencepapers.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/jogs...