Emre Amasyali

I am a social sciences researcher specializing in the analysis of nation-building dynamics and their long-term effects on ethnic group relations, conflict, and socio-political change. My work adopts a comparative perspective on the consequences of Western (e.g., British, French) and non-Western (Ottoman Empire) models of nation- and empire-building. By combining Geographic Information System (GIS) tools, quantitative methods, and archival research with traditional qualitative analysis, I employ innovative methodologies to advance historical and comparative studies. I hold a PhD from McGill University, where my research and teaching earned multiple awards for excellence, and a Master’s degree from the University of Oxford. I am currently a Juan de la Cierva Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals (IBEI) and a Postdoctoral Researcher for the ERC-funded ETHNICGOODS project. My current work includes a series of collaborative research articles on post-Soviet nation-building policies, language grievances and ethnic conflict, and the pitfalls of anachronism in social science.