Seyhun Orcan Sakalli received a a PhD. in Economics from Paris School of Economics in December 2015. Then, he worked as a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Lausanne, before joining King's Business School in September 2019. His research focuses on the implications of cross-cultural interactions between different ethnic and religious groups. He is also interested in understanding the effectiveness of nation-building policies, shedding light on conditions under which they succeed or fail.