Dr. Şule Yaylacı

Biography

Şule Yaylacı is a political scientist specializing in comparative politics with a focus on the Global South. Her research explores the intersection of conflict, identity, and migration, particularly emphasizing trust dynamics in civil wars and strategies to improve social cohesion within host communities. She employs a mixed-methods approach that includes both quantitative and qualitative methodologies, conducting fieldwork in Turkey and Peru. Her work has been published in leading journals such as the Journal Politics and the American Journal of Sociology. Yaylacı is currently working on a book project titled 'Civil Wars Trust,' which examines how geography and identity shape social and political trust in the context of civil wars. Additionally, she addresses anti-immigrant attitudes and develops AI-driven interventions designed to foster personalized dialogues that reduce prejudice and promote social cohesion. Furthermore, she teaches courses on migration and conflict, alongside research methods, integrating her fieldwork experience into her interdisciplinary teaching approach. Yaylacı holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of British Columbia, an MSc in Public Policy and Administration from the London School of Economics, and a BSc in Political Science and Public Administration from the Middle East Technical University. Before joining the University of New Brunswick, she served as a predoctoral fellow at Yale University and as a Banting postdoctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania and a postdoctoral researcher at Georgetown University.

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