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Political Science New Faculty Member
Welcome Dr. İpek Ece Şener!
We are thrilled to welcome Dr. İpek Ece Şener as the newest member of our department! Dr. Sener comes to us with a PhD from Washington University in St. Louis, and more recently from Harvard University’s Department of Government where she was a College Fellow. Her research has been published in top outlets such as the Journal of Conflict Resolution, the Journal of Peace Research, and World Politics.
Dr. Sener conducts research in the area of International Relations, broadly, and has specific expertise on topics such as radicalization, activist-militant relations, state repression and civil conflict. She has three streams of active research: the interaction between activist actions, support for militancy and state actions; the strategy behind militant propaganda; and how international actors and institutions influence civil wars. She is also involved with the Data-driven Analysis of Peace Project.
We are very excited about the contributions Dr. Sener will make to our department. In 2026-7, Dr. Sener will be teaching Politics of the Middle East (PS3329f), Global Security (4408g) and PS9516b (Survey Design).