Yusuf Evirgen

I am a post-doctoral fellow at the Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention at Binghamton University. I completed my Ph.D. in Political Science at Binghamton University in 2025. I received my B.A. in Political Science from Işık University in 2016.

My research focuses on contentious politics, coups, human rights, and state repression. Broadly, I study when and how leaders employ state apparatuses to repress opposition in authoritarian countries, combining quantitative methodologies with in-depth interviews and fieldwork.

My work has been published in the Conflict Management and Peace Science. My work has been recognized with several awards, including Northeastern Political Science Association Best Paper Award in 2024.