H. Akın Ünverمشاهده پروفایل
دانشیار
H. Akın Ünver is an Associate Professor in the Department of International Relations at Ozyegin University, specializing in conflict research, computational methods, and digital crisis communication. He coordinates DE-CONSPIRATOR , a HorizonEU project involving 15 European institutions combating foreign information manipulation. He also serves as a fellow at the Carnegie Endowment's Digital Democracy Network and advises TikTok's MENA-T Security Advisory Council. PhD in Government, University of Essex (2010) Postdoctoral research: University of Michigan (2010-2012), Princeton University (2012-2014) Former Research Associate at Oxford University's Center for Technology and Global Affairs Senior Research Fellow at Alan Turing Institute's GUARD program His research spans conflict modeling , digital disinformation , and energy politics , with recent publications focusing on AI weaponization, LLM applications in social science, and technology's role in information warfare. He founded the Istanbul Twitter Developers' Community and organizes SICSS (Summer Institute in Computational Social Science) in Istanbul. Recent article trends highlight his work on: Computational approaches to diplomatic text analysis Geopolitical implications of AI trade Human rights impacts of authoritarian technologies Agent-based modeling of nonstate armed groups Automated fact-checking systems Scientific recognition includes: MESA Malcolm H. Kerr Award (2010) TÜBA Promising Scientist Award (2019) Alan Turing Institute Defense Modeling Award (2019) Society for Digital Diplomacy Best Article (2017) Oxford Cybersecurity Showcase Award (2017) He supervises research through Ozyegin's Cyber Research Program and contributes to institutions like EDAM think tank and Doğruluk Payı fact-checking initiative.









