Articles by Elif Şeyma Şişman

October 7, 2026

🎈 Supporting democracy while tolerating autocracy: who is most at risk?

Elif Şeyma Şişman
Evelyn De Simone, Sergio Martini, Federico Russo and Elif Şeyma Şişman find little evidence that Europeans are abandoning democracy. But democratic support often coexists with openness to authoritarian alternatives. This ambivalence is socially structured, with education emerging as the most consistent dividing line
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Elif Şeyma Şişman
Research Fellow, Department of Human and Social Studies, University of Salento / PhD Candidate, International Relations, Department of European Union and International Economic Relations, Ankara University

Elif 's research interests focus on EU politics, governance, policies and discourses of climate change, and political representation.

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