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Professor Ihsan Yilmaz is a Research Professor of Political Science and International Relations and Chair of Islamic Studies at Deakin University's Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation. He also serves as a Visiting Professor at Oxford’s Regents Park College and a Non-Resident Senior Researcher at the European Center for Populism Studies (ECPS). His research focuses on authoritarianism, civilizational populism, digital technologies, and political Islam, with an emphasis on Turkey, Pakistan, Indonesia, India, and Australia.
Education: PhD in Political Science from the University of London, BA from Bogazici University. Languages: English (peer review), Turkish (peer review), Arabic (peer review), French (read).
Research interests span authoritarian practices, disinformation, diaspora politics, and legal pluralism. Key outputs include books like Weaponizing Civilizationalism for Authoritarianism (2025) and Islamist Parties and Power in Democratic Nation-States (2024). His work bridges political science, media studies, and digital humanities, analyzing how authoritarian regimes leverage civilizational narratives and digital tools.
- Awards: Recognized as Australia’s Research Leader in Religion (2023, 2024).
- Grants: Includes ARC Discovery Projects on digital authoritarianism and religious populism.
- Teaching: Courses on comparative politics, Middle East politics, and religion in politics.
Supervises doctoral research on topics like diasporic political behavior, digital governance, and transnational repression. Active in media commentary and public engagement via international outlets and social media.
