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Melike Arslan is a Lecturer at the Institute for International Management and Entrepreneurship, Loughborough University (since 2024). She holds a PhD in Sociology from Northwestern University (2021) and previously served as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (2022-2024) and a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University's Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (2021-2022).
- Research Focus: Legal and regulatory frameworks of market economies through comparative and international lenses
- Key Publications: Socio-Economic Review, Review of International Political Economy, Journal of Public Policy
- Methodologies: Expert interviews, archival research, organizational ethnography, law enforcement data analysis
Her work examines antitrust laws, corporate bankruptcy regulations, transnational legal indicators, and monetary foundations. Recent research explores reputation-based autonomy in bureaucratic enforcement, policy paradigm modes, and the paradoxical protectionist motivations behind antitrust norm diffusion. Current work-in-progress projects analyze long-term climate change planning, U.S. subnational investment subsidies, and the role of economic consultants in global antitrust regulation.
She has published in leading journals including Annual Review of Law and Social Science and International Journal of Law in Context. Her research bridges sociological and political economic perspectives through empirical analysis of legal institutions and market governance mechanisms.
