Dr. A. (Asli) Unan
- Kloveniersburgwal 48
- Room number: D3.03
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Postbus 1619
1000 BP Amsterdam
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Profile
Asli Unan is an Assistant Professor of European Political Economy in the European Studies Department at the University of Amsterdam. Before joining this position, she was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Comparative Political Behavior at Humboldt University of Berlin. Asli obtained her PhD in Political Economy from King's College London, focusing on the dynamics of policy-making, particularly policy reversals and their connection to transboundary crises. She is also affiliated with Amsterdam Centre for European Studies (ACES) as theme leader and Humboldt-Governance Lab as researcher.
Her research centers on understanding how transboundary crises shape people's attitudes and behavior and affect policies. She studies the dynamics of attitude and policy position changes among political elites and citizens, specifically on multilayered policy issues such as immigration and climate change. Asli examines ways to build broad public support for these often costly policies and investigates potential (mis)alignments in these positions. She specializes in causal methods, large-scale data analysis, and experimental research. Her geographical interest lies in Europe and the MENA region. Asli is a regular co-author of internationally peer-reviewed journal articles in political science and political economy, and her work has been featured in journals such as the British Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, European Journal of Political Research, and Political Behavior among others.
More details about her research can be found on her website: www.asliunan.com
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Publications
2025
- Herbig, L. J., Unan, A., Kuhn, T., Rodriguez, I., Rodon, T., & Kluever, H. (2025). Closed borders, closed minds? COVID-related border closures, EU support and hostility towards immigrants. European Journal of Political Research. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.70025
Rodríguez, I., Rodon, T., Unan, A., Herbig, L., Klüver, H., & Kuhn, T. (2025). Benchmarking pandemic response: How the UK’s COVID-19 vaccine roll-out impacted popular support for the EU. British Journal of Political Science, 55, Article e35. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007123424000802 [details]- Unan, A. (2025). Preference reversals in early policy adoption. Policy and politics. https://doi.org/10.1332/03055736Y2025D000000076
- Unan, A., Kluever, H., Hobolt, S., & Rodon, T. (2025). The political effects of communicative interventions during crises. European Journal of Political Research. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.70020
2024
- Unan, A. (2024). Media Exposure to Highly Skilled Immigrants and Attitudes Toward Immigration. Political Behavior. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-024-09983-1
- Unan, A., & Klüver, H. (2024). Europeans' attitudes toward the EU following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Political Science Research and Methods. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2024.62
- Unan, A., John, P., Foos, F., & Cheng-Matsuno, V. (2024). Null effects of social media ads on voter registration: Three digital field experiments. Research and Politics, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/20531680231225316
2023
- Cheng-Matsuno, V., Foos, F., John, P., & Unan, A. (2023). Do text messages increase voter registration? Evidence from RCTs with a local authority and an advocacy organisation in the UK. Electoral Studies, 81, Article 102572. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2022.102572
- Fabbe, K., Kyrkopoulou, E., Matakos, K., & Unan, A. (2023). Control and Fairness: What Determines Elected Local Leaders’ Support for Hosting Refugees in Their Community? Journal of Politics, 85(2), 778-783. https://doi.org/10.1086/723809
2021
- Hargreaves Heap, S. P., Koop, C., Matakos, K., Unan, A., & Weber, N. (2021). Good news reduces trust in government and its efficacy: The case of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine announcement. PLoS ONE, 16, Article e0260216. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260216
- Özel, I. D., & Unan, A. (2021). Decoupling trends: Drivers of agency independence in telecommunications: An analysis of high and middle-income countries. Regulation and Governance, 15(1), 32-62. https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.12246
2020
- Hargreaves Heap, S., Koop, C., Matakos, K., Unan, A., & Weber, N. (2020). COVID-19 and peoples' health-wealth preferences: information effects and policy implications. Covid Economics : Vetted and Real-Time Papers, 22, 59-116. https://cepr.org/publications/covid-economics-issue-22
2025
- Unan, A., Klüver, H., Hobolt, S. & Rodon, T. (2025). Replication Data for: 'The political effects of communicative interventions during crises'. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/jfymok
2024
- Unan, A. (2024). Replication Data for: Media exposure to highly skilled immigrants and attitudes toward immigration. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/donus3
- Unan, A. & Klüver, H. (2024). Replication Data for: Europeans’ attitudes toward the EU following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/wrlxwi
2023
- Unan, A., John, P., Foos, F. & Cheng-Matsuno, V. (2023). Replication Data for: Null Effects of Social Media Ads on Voter Registration: Three Digital Field Experiments. Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/7sppei
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Rodríguez, I., Rodon, T., Unan, A., Herbig, L., Klüver, H., & Kuhn, T. (2025). Benchmarking pandemic response: How the UK’s COVID-19 vaccine roll-out impacted popular support for the EU. British Journal of Political Science, 55, Article e35.