Kutlu Acun
E-Mail: k.acun.1@research.gla.ac.uk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kutluacun/
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0395-6900
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Research summary
Kutlu Acun's research scrutinizes the relationship between federalism and democratic backsliding using three distinct methods from comparative politics: large-N analysis, case study, and online survey experiment. While the large-N analysis focuses on the structural relationship between federal constitutional features and democratic backsliding, shedding light on whether subnational autonomy and parties could ease backsliding pressures, the case study examines Indian federalism and reveals the mechanisms through a process-tracing approach. The online survey experiment forms the individual-level analysis of the research and questions the citizens' perception of federal norms and their erosion.
Supervisors
Grants
Research Support Grant 2026
Conferences
ECPR General Conference 2026, "Establishment Parties in Opposition: A Comparative Perspective on the Cases of the Congress Party (INC) in India and the Republican People’s Party (CHP) in Turkey" (with Prof. Kursat Cinar)
Scotland Network of Turkish Politics 2026, "Federalism, Subnational Autonomy, and Democratic Backsliding: A Large-N Analysis"
Turkish Political Science Association 2025, "Establishment and Anti-establishment Parties: The Cases of India and Turkey"