Dr. Aylin Cakir

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Aylin Cakir is an Assistant Professor at the Erasmus School of Law, specializing in Law and Politics with a focus on quantitative methods. She previously served as an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Yeditepe University in Turkey from 2014 to 2020. In recognition of her contributions to the field, she received the Young Scientist Award (BAGEP) from the Science Academy in 2017. Aylin was awarded the Re:Constitution Fellowship by Stiftung Mercator and worked as a visiting research fellow at Utrecht University School of Law from 2020 to 2021. From 2021 to 2023, she served as a Senior Lecturer in the Political Science program at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Her research interests encompass judicial politics, comparative political institutions, comparative constitutional law, and public opinion, employing quantitative approaches, observational data, experiments, and causal inference designs. Her work has been published in various academic journals, including the Journal of European Public Policy, Political Research Quarterly, and International Political Science Review.

Research Interests

Requirements for Erasmus University Rotterdam

Master Program
Requirements
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:6.5
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:22
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:91
Prerequisites
Bachelor degree in Econometrics, Mathematics, Statistics or Industrial Engineering Advanced Mathematics (Calculus, Linear Algebra) Applied Statistics Econometrics and Time-series analysis
Application Checklist
  • Bachelor diploma or graduation statement
  • Official academic transcript
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Proof of English proficiency
  • Course descriptions for Mathematics prerequisites
Specialization Notes

Department of Econometrics / MSc Econometrics and Management Science.