Güneş Ertan

Güneş Ertan serves as an Assistant Professor in the College of Liberal Arts at California Polytechnic State University, where she conducts interdisciplinary research bridging public policy and social sciences. She holds a PhD from the University of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs.

Her research portfolio centers on critical governance dynamics:

• Public Policy & Decision-Making Frameworks
• Social Network Analysis (Online/Offline)
• Collective Action Mechanisms
• Political Polarization Effects
• Civil Society Influence Strategies
• Cognitive Bias Impacts on Policy

Professor Ertan's work systematically examines how stakeholders collaborate in policy processes, when civil society actors successfully shape agendas, and how cognitive factors facilitate or hinder policy effectiveness. Her interdisciplinary approach reveals complex interactions between organizational behavior, network structures, and governance outcomes in contemporary political environments.