Ömer Faruk Örsün

Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science Affiliation: NYU Abu Dhabi
Education: MA University of Essex; PhD Koç University; Postdoc Harvard University

Research Areas: International Security; Machine Learning


Ömer F. Örsün (Phd, 2015, Koç University) is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science at New York University Abu Dhabi. Prior to joining New York University, he held pre-doctoral fellowships (2013-2014) and a postdoctoral fellowship (2016-2017) at the Harvard University Department of Government and Harvard Institute of Quantitative Social Science. Furthermore, he served as an Assistant Professor of International Politics (2016-2019) at Istanbul University. He teaches both empirical and theoretical models in international relations at the graduate and undergraduate levels.

Örsün's research interests encompass international security and machine learning. His recent research has been published in  International Studies Quarterly, International Interactions, Democratization, Oxford Research Encyclopedia, Uluslararasi Iliskiler, All Azimuth, and as various book chapters.

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