Dr.Suat Alper Orhan

Suat Alper Orhan is a Research Associate and Postdoctoral Affiliate at Europa-Universität Flensburg. His doctoral research focuses on social democratic parties in Western Europe, particularly their positions on immigration and related policy-making processes, with an emphasis on internal party dynamics and the perceptions of political actors.

He completed his PhD at Europa-Universität Flensburg with a dissertation titled Intra-Party Dynamics of Social Democrats and Immigration: Dilemmas, Policy Shifts and Constraints. He also earned his Master’s degree in European Studies from the EUF, where his thesis examined radical right-wing parties in the United Kingdom and their economic and immigration policies. Before that, he graduated from Koç University in Istanbul with a degree in International Relations and Political Science.

His research interests include social democracy, political parties and political actors, and intra-party dynamics.

Orhan, S. A. (2024). From dissent to cohesion: Immigration policy shift and intra-party dynamics in the Danish Social Democratic Party. Party Politics, 1-12. doi: 10.1177/13540688241234785

Orhan, S. A. (2024). How do intra-party dynamics impact the party elite’s immigration policy manoeuvres? The Case of German Social Democrats. Acta Politica, 1-23. doi: 10.1057/s41269-024-00330-0

Orhan, S. A. (2023). The Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) and Immigration Policies: An Intra-Party Perspective. German Politics, 1-29. doi: 10.1080/09644008.2023.2227136