Perisa Davutoglu

Welcome! I am a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Pittsburgh and an Andrew W. Mellon Predoctoral Fellow for the 2024-2025 academic year. I specialize in international relations and political methodology with a focus on political violence, civil wars, forced displacement, and refugee policies. My research has recently been published in the Review of International Organizations and International Interactions.

My dissertation investigates the conditions under which refugee-hosting states might circumvent their asylum obligations by forcibly repatriating those under their protection. I analyze the influence of both political and economic factors through various research methods including cross-national statistical analysis, survey experiments, and elite interviews. My research applies across countries, though I am especially interested in the Middle East and North Africa.