Asli Ceren Cinar

Asli Ceren Cinar is an Assistant Professor in Political Science at Trinity College Dublin, specializing in experimental and computational analysis of voter behavior and candidate evaluation. Previously, she completed her PhD in Political Science at the London School of Economics in December 2024 after earning master's and bachelor's degrees in economics from Sabanci University and Bogazici University in Istanbul.

Education:

• PhD in Political Science, London School of Economics (2024)
• MA in Economics, Sabanci University
• BA in Economics, Bogazici University, Istanbul

Research Interests:
Dr. Cinar investigates how demographic and physiological candidate characteristics—including gender, voice pitch, and facial features—influence electoral outcomes through experimental methodologies. Her work spans political representation, social identity dynamics, and gender politics across the United States, Germany, and Turkey, utilizing survey experiments, field campaigns, and AI-driven audiovisual analysis. Key innovations include computational modeling of nonverbal communication and synthetic media applications in political research.

Publication Trends:
Her recent work reveals consistent patterns in candidate evaluation biases, particularly regarding voice pitch persistence against policy differences and facial masculinity effects. She pioneers methodological advances through field experiments on identity priming with German women candidates, 'vocal chameleon' dynamics in U.S. campaigns, and AI-generated visuals for social science. Her research challenges assumptions about GOTV interventions' impact on turnout inequality while establishing new frameworks for analyzing nonverbal political communication.