Danial Vahabli

I’m a political sociologist interested in the intersection of resistance, culture, and globalization. I’m currently a sociology PhD candidate at Stony Brook University, NY and a graduate fellow of Institute for Advanced Computational Science.

In my dissertation project I focus on international support to domestic social movements. I investigate how and why domestic dissidents seek international support, how domestic concerns are represented in the international media, and lastly the impact of international support on domestic movements. Additionally, I am interested in conceptualizing the popular resistance culture under authoritarianism, by focusing on public yet transgressive spaces. In my research I rely on a mixed methods approach combining computational methods with qualitative analysis.

Prior to finding my way to sociology, I earned a Bachelor of Science in physics from Middle East Technical University in Turkey. During my undergraduate studies, my academic focus centered on analyzing the collective behavior of complex systems using CUDA-accelerated agent-based simulation models.

​

Contact: danial.vahabli@stonybrook.edu