Ekrem Baser

Assistant Professor @BilkentIRDept. International Relations, Political Economy.

[Ekrem Baser @ekrembaser]

Excited to share that my paper "Reputations and Change in IR" is now online @ISQ_Jrnl
https://t.co/Ocj8XNBvKb

Interested in how reputations work in IR?

Here's a very short thread 1/5🧵

[Ekrem Baser @ekrembaser]

@MyungJungKim1 Congrats Myung Jung! 👏🎉

[Myung Jung Kim @MyungJungKim1]

Who says int'l law is irrelevant? My new article, “Crumbling Safe Havens” shows that the ICC and universal jurisdiction can make foreign sanctuary less secure for rebel groups—pushing them to seek amnesties for serious crimes to return home. https://t.co/HvPpvV3wiY

[Pedro H. C. Sant'Anna @pedrohcgs]

Our paper “Difference-in-Differences Designs: A Practitioner’s Guide” is now published in the Journal of Economic Literature. It took us a while but we are happy!

We put together a lot of material to make the paper useful in practice: https://t.co/30TbAgihlz

Hope you like!

[Ekrem Baser @ekrembaser]

@minjulisettekim Congrats Minju, great to see this in print!

[Ekrem Baser @ekrembaser]

Great work on bureaucracy and foreign policy

[Minju Kim @minjulisettekim]

My book will be published by Cambridge University Press this September! There is growing debate over whether federal employees should be easier to dismiss in order to make them more responsive to presidential directives. What would be the consequences of such a change?

[Ryan D. Griffiths @RyeGriffiths]

Do states create systems, or do systems create states? Michael McCall and I provide an answer in our new EJIR article.

[Yiqing Xu @xuyiqing]

I started a substack... https://t.co/O7LnewLiz9

[Ömer Faruk Örsün @OmerFOrsun]

New paper with @muhammet_a_bas, out today in Political Analysis:

📄 "Democracy Manifest or Democracy Latent? A Unified Framework for Identifying Regime Types and Transitions"

The setup: democracy measurement has two related problems. 🧵

[Ekrem Baser @ekrembaser]

@OmerFOrsun @muhammet_a_bas Great paper, congrats!

[Chris Blattman @cblatts]

Like any profession, economics has a hidden curriculum—for how to succeed (plus how to help others succeed).

@marcfbellemare's new book pulls back the curtain.

A thread on some of my favorite advice and insights from the book.

https://t.co/SPdSog5Uy8

[Çağlayan Başer @CaglayanBaser]

Many thanks to the Science Academy of Turkiye for a great awards ceremony. Receiving the BAGEP Young Scientist Award in Political Science and International Relations is really meaningful and motivating. Thanks to everyone who contributed!

[Çağlayan Başer @CaglayanBaser]

📢The deadline for the IR MA & PhD programs at Bilkent University is May 15.

Please share widely 📢

The Bilkent IR Dept offers generous funding, including a stipend and student housing 🏡

All classes are taught in English.

More information here: https://t.co/hObPWfxpRD

[Ekrem Baser @ekrembaser]

Apply to work with us at Bilkent IR. Generous packages for admitted students are available for both the MA and PhD programs!

[Bilkent IR/Bilkent Uluslararası İlişkiler @BilkentIRDept]

Call for applications for our MA & PhD programs: Admitted students are eligible for tuition waiver, monthly stipend, housing opportunities and health insurance!

Don't miss this opportunity 👇

[Ekrem Baser @ekrembaser]

Both the stand-alone MA and PhD programs in Bilkent IR typically provide a generous package to admitted students, including stipend and student housing. Consider applying!

Open house info below.

[Bilkent IR/Bilkent Uluslararası İlişkiler @BilkentIRDept]

Lisansüstü programlarımız hakkında bilgi almak için online bilgilendirme toplantımıza katılabilirsiniz.

Feel free to join our online open house meeting to get information about our graduate programs.

For registration:

[Emily Oster @ProfEmilyOster]

Advice for PhD students in economics about using AI, from the brilliant Isaiah Andrews. This should probably be circulated to all PhD cohorts

https://t.co/07xEbmx5n5

[Çağlayan Başer @CaglayanBaser]

🎉Bilim Akademisi tarafından düzenlenen Genç Bilim İnsanları (BAGEP) 2026 Ödülü’ne layık görülmekten büyük mutluluk duydum.☺️ @BilimAkademisi’ne ve çalışmalarım boyunca destek olan herkese çok teşekkürler! 🙋‍♀️ #BAGEP2026

[Akin Unver @AkinUnver]

Güne güzel haberle başladık. Hazırlığı 2 yıl süren ve alanın Türkiye'de en önemli isimlerini içinde barındıran Sosyal Veri Bilimi kitabımız sonunda yayında.

Hesaplamalı sosyal bilimler, sosyal yapay zeka çalışmaları ve dijital beşeri bilimler konusunda Türkiye'de yapılan en geniş ölçekli araştırmaları içermesi açısından çok önemli bir bilim metni.

Emeği geçen bütün hocalarıma teşekkürler

[jkc @jcanfil]

1/ Technology is always advancing. So what does it take to future-proof the law? My latest research in @IntOrgJournal argues that efforts to maximize legal clarity can actually undermine the law’s resilience.

https://t.co/RWqsiqEEsq

[Ekrem Baser @ekrembaser]

@jcanfil @IntOrgJournal Congrats, very cool!

[Efe Tokdemir @efetokdemir]

🚨 Our new article on political economy of conflict with @SerayYalaz and Seden Akcinaroglu is now online first @JPR_journal. Also a proud moment to have another innovatice piece with an emerging scholar and great student.

It is open access via https://t.co/FMghKgzorI