Dr D. (Deren) Onursal
Lecturer
Faculty of Humanities
Europese studies
Area of expertise: Protest, social movements, state repression, political psychology, emotions, democratic institutions, causal inference, rational choice theory, game theory
Visiting address
- Kloveniersburgwal 48
Postal address
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Postbus 1619
1000 BP Amsterdam
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Publications
Published Works
- Deren Onursal. "The Forgotten Protest Dynamics: The Politics of Non-Repressive State Responses to Mobilization." Forthcoming at International Political Science Review.
- Deren Onursal. "Emotional Protesters: Protest out of Anger or Stay Home in Fear?" British Journal of Politics and International Relations. 2025.
- Deren Onursal and Adam Hobbs. “The Dynamics of Protest Radicalization.” Terrorism and Political Violence. 2025.
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Deren Onursal, Adam Hobbs, and Catherine Wright. “Violence, What is It Good for? Waves of Riotous-Violent Protest and Democracy.” Democratization. 2024.
Under Review
- Shaun Bowler, Adam Hobbs, and Deren Onursal. "When Social Contract Breaks: Experimental Evidence on Tax Morale." Under Review at Research and Politics.
- Deren Onursal and Adam Hobbs. “Handcuffs and Backlash: Arrest, Radical Protesters, and Democracy.” Under Review at Conflict Management and Peace Science.
- Deren Onursal. "All Talk No Action? Repression by Law-And-Order Governments in Democracies." Under Review at Political Studies.
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Deren Onursal and Adam Hobbs. “The Unemployed and the Restless: Protest Participation Among the Unemployed.” Under Review at Political Research Quarterly.
Working Papers
- Deren Onursal and Indridi H. Indridason. “When Institutions Matter: Repression, Regime Type, and Mobilized Dissent.” Working Paper.
- Deren Onursal and Adam Hobbs. “Too Damn High! Housing Affordability and Protest Participation.” Working Paper.
- Deren Onursal. “Emotionally Rational Protesters: A Formal Analysis of Protest Participation.” Working Paper.
- Deren Onursal. “Democratic Regimes and Protest: Direct and Indirect Effects Through Repression.” Working Paper.
Work in Progress
- Deren Onursal, Alex Ross, and Adam Hobbs. “When there’s blood in the streets, buy property? Real estate values and Civic unrest.” Work in Progress.
- Deren Onursal and Indridi Indridason. “Far-Right and the Fight: Protest Dynamics in Radical Right Cabinets.” Work in Progress.
- Deren Onursal and Adam Hobbs. ”Emotional Framing of Tax Regimes and (Absence of) Protest.” Work in Progress.
- Theresa Kuhn, Armin Seimel, and Deren Onursal. "Forged in Crisis: The Causal Impact of Crisis on European Identity Formation." Work in Progress.
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Ancillary activities
No ancillary activities