Research Positions
Visiting Researcher, Center for Figurational Research, University of Warsaw [Spring 2023]
Affiliate, Center for Innovation in Social Sciences, Boston University [Since 2022]
Published Papers
Kaftan, G. (2025). Anti-LGBTQIA+ Laws. In L. K. Roberts (Ed.), The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Politics and Gender. SAGE.
Kaftan, Gizem (2021). Flexible Nation: Turkish Nation Under Justice and Development Party (AKP) Rule. Nationalities Papers, 50(6), 1232 – 1244. https://doi.org/10.1017/nps.2021.40
Kaftan, Gizem (2020). The Turkish Women’s Movement in Abeyance. Journal of International Women’s Studies, 21(6), 184-195. https://vc.bridgew.edu/jiws/vol21/iss6/11
Moghadam, Valentine M., & Kaftan, Gizem (2019). Right-wing Populisms North and South: Varieties and Gender Dynamics. Women’s Studies International Forum, 75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wsif.2019.102244
Working Papers
Gender, Democracy, and Democratic Backsliding (Revise & Resubmit)
Shaming or Taxing? Enforcing Norm Compliance in the European Union (Revise & Resubmit)
Political Competition and Government Change in Competitive-Authoritarian Regimes
Enforcing Equality: Women and LGBTQ+ Rights in the European Union Member Countries
Text-as-Data Mapping of EU Institutions to the Rule of Law Crisis in Poland and Hungary
Explaining Mechanisms Behind the European Union’s Inefficiency During the Rule of Law Crisis: An Institutional Approach