Melike Arslan

Melike Arslan is a Lecturer at the Institute for International Management and Entrepreneurship of Loughborough University in London. She previously held postdoctoral positions at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (2022–2024) and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University (2021–2022).

Educational Background

• PhD in Sociology from Northwestern University (2021)

Research Focus Her work examines the legal and regulatory infrastructure of market economies, with comparative studies on competition laws in Turkey and Mexico. She investigates globalization's impact on legal professions and leads collaborative projects on subsidy policies and long-term climate change strategies.

Publications & Projects

• Antitrust enforcement in developing countries
• Policy paradigm dynamics in U.S. antitrust law
• Protectionist motivations in international legal diffusion
• World Bank legal indicators' validity
• Monetary sovereignty in digital economies
• Posterity Projects (Book-in-progress): Sociological analysis of long-term climate planning
• Subnational investment subsidies typology in the U.S.

Methodological Approach Combines empirical analysis of legal documents, comparative case studies, and institutionalist frameworks to explore state-market interactions, regulatory harmonization, and intergenerational policy challenges.