Mert Moral

E-Mail

mertmoral@sabanciunivedu

Phone

(216) 483 9240

Title

Faculty Member

Areas of Interest

Voting behavior, political participation, democratic representation, political polarization, political and survey methodology, and comparative and Turkish politics

Awards

TÜAD 12. Baykuş Ödülleri, Altın Akademik Baykuş Ödülü - Türkiye Araştırmacılar Derneği (TÜAD) 2024
Sakıp Sabancı International Research Award - Sabancı University 2022
TÜBA-GEBİP Outstanding Young Scientists Award (TÜBA-GEBİP Genç Bilim İnsanı Ödülü) - Turkish Academy of Sciences 2020
American Political Science Association Travel Grant - American Political Science Association 2018
Bilim Akademisi BAGEP Ödülü - Bilim Akademisi 2018
Richard I. Hofferbert Best Paper Award - Binghamton University Foundation 2018
TUBITAK 2224A Yurt Dışı Bilimsel Etkinliklere Katılımı Destekleme Programı - TÜBİTAK 2018

Memberships

American Political Science Association, Midwest Political Science Association, European Political Science Association, Turkish Political Science Association, International Relations Council of Turkey, Turkish Academy of Sciences Youth Academy, Young Science Academy

Publications

Article
Zhirnov, Andrei and Moral, Mert and Sedashov, Evgeny (2023) "Taking distributions seriously: on the interpretation of the estimates of interactive nonlinear models", Political Analysis, Vol.31, No.2, 213-234 (SSCI)
Moral, Mert and Best, Robin E. (2023) "On the relationship between party polarization and citizen polarization", Party Politics, Vol.29, No.2, 229-247 (SSCI)
Moral, Mert and Tosun, Yasemin and Topçu, Şeyma (2023) "2018 Milletvekili genel ve Cumhurbaşkanlığı seçimlerinde elit karşıtı tutumlar ve seçmen davranışı ilişkisi", Liberal Düşünce Dergisi, Vol.28, No.109, 185-218 (NA)
Aydaş, İrem and Moral, Mert and Tosun, Yasemin (2022) "Türkiye'de seçim anketlerinin toplam anket hatası perspektifinden bir incelemesi", Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, Vol.51, 87-110 (NA)
Moral, Mert (2022) "Siyaset biliminde etkileşimli modeller üzerine", Pamukkale Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, Vol.51, 111-128 (NA)
Sedashov, Evgeny and Moral, Mert (2022) "The reliability of COVID-19 data in the shadow of anti-pandemic measures' cancellation", Siyasal: Journal of Political Sciences, Vol.31, No.1, 91-114 (ESCI)
Moral, Mert and Zhirnov, Andrei (2018) "Issue voting as a constrained choice problem", American Journal of Political Science, Vol.62, No.2, 280-295 (SSCI)
Book Section / Chapter
Moral, Mert, "Kültür çatışması (Kulturkampf): coğrafi kutuplaşma ve seçmen davranışı ilişkisi üzerine bir deneme", Türkiye Siyasetinin Sınırları: Siyasal Davranış, Kurumlar ve Kültür - Ersin Kalaycıoğlu'na Armağan, Çarkoğlu, Ali and Erdoğan, Emre and Moral, Mert (eds.), İstanbul: Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, January 2023, 185-206
Moral, Mert, "Politics as (un)usual? An overview of the June 2018 presidential and parliamentary elections in Turkey", Elections and Public Opinion in Turkey: Through the Prism of the 2018 Elections, Çarkoğlu, Ali and Kalaycıoğlu, Ersin (eds.), London: Routledge, December 2021, 22-50
Moral, Mert, "The story of electoral alliances", Elections and Public Opinion in Turkey: Through the Prism of the 2018 Elections, Çarkoğlu, Ali and Kalaycıoğlu, Ersin (eds.), London: Routledge, December 2021, 51-69
Moral, Mert, "A comparative study of the individual and contextual determinants of invalid votes in Europe", SAGE Research Methods Cases Part 2, Figiel, Kasia (ed.), London: SAGE Publishing, January 2019
Volumes Edited / Special Issues
Çarkoğlu, Ali and Erdoğan, Emre and Moral, Mert, Türkiye siyasetinin sınırları: siyasal davranış, kurumlar ve kültür - Ersin Kalaycıoğlu'na armağan, İstanbul: Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, January 2023
Before SU Publications

2017 Moral, Mert. “The Bipolar Voter: On the Effects of Actual and Perceived Party Polarization on Voter Turnout in European Multiparty Democracies.” Political Behavior 39 (4): 935-65.

2017 Moral, Mert, and Efe Tokdemir. “Justices ‘en Garde’: Ideological Determinants of the Dissolution of Anti-Establishment Parties.” International Political Science Review 38 (3): 264-80.

2016 Moral, Mert. “The Passive-Aggressive Voter: The Calculus of Casting an Invalid Vote in European Democracies.” Political Research Quarterly 69 (4): 732-45.

2015 Moral, Mert, H. Ege Özen, and Efe Tokdemir. “Bringing the Incumbency Advantage into Question for Proportional Representation.” Electoral Studies 40: 56-65.

2012 Çarkoğlu, Ali, Thomas Vitiello, and Mert Moral. “Voter Advice Applications in Practice: Answers to Some Key Questions from Turkey.” International Journal of Electronic Governance 5 (3/4): 298-317.

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