2023-Present: PhD candidate, CeSCuP – Université Libre de Bruxelles
2020-2022: Psychology, Master’s – Sabanci University
2014-2019: Psychology, Bachelor’s – Middle East Technical University
Intergroup Relations, Diversity, Prejudice, Toleration, Ideological Climates, Individual Differences
Acar, B., & Van Assche, J. (2025). The more you want to fit in, the more similar you become: How others’ ideologies relate to our own intergroup attitudes. Political Psychology, 00, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.70020
Acar, B., Van Assche, J., Ardaya Velarde, S., Gonzalez, R., Lay, S., Rao, S., & McKeown, S. (2024). R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to mixing: Testing novel emotional mediators of intergroup contact effects. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 103. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2024.102070
Acar, B., Bagci, S. C., & Verkuyten, M. (2023). Toleration, discrimination, or acceptance? How majorities interpret and legitimize minority toleration depends on outgroup threat. British Journal of Social Psychology, 63(3), 1053-1072. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12715
Bagci, S. C., Stathi, S., & Acar, B. (2022). Intergroup contact among majority and minority status groups in Turkey: Extending
theory and practice. In H. Cakal, & S. Husnu Raman (Eds.), Examining Complex Intergroup Relations: Through the lens of
Turkey. Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003182436-14
Bagci, S. C., Acar, B., Eryuksel, E., & Ustun, E. G. (2022). Collective narcissism and ingroup satisfaction in relation to collective
action tendencies: The case of LGBTI individuals in Turkey. Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology,
29, 23-38. https://doi.org/10.4473/TPM29.1.3
Kunuroglu, F., Acar, B., & Dönmez, U. B. (2022). Göç araştırmalarında kesişimsellik [Intersectionality in migration studies].
Nesne, 9(22), 1013-1026. https://doi.org/10.7816/nesne-09-22-15
