Suleyman Kiroglu
Academic Profile

Suleyman
Kiroglu

PhD student in Sociology at the University of Colorado Boulder, studying how social structures shape health, migration, and political life.

Department of Sociology, University of Colorado Boulder
suleyman.kiroglu@colorado.edu
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Suleyman Kiroglu
I About

Sociology at the
intersection of data
and social life

I am a PhD student in Sociology at the University of Colorado Boulder. My research sits at the intersection of public health, social demography, migration, and computational social science.

I am currently a Research Assistant at the University of Colorado Population Center (CUPC), working on a project examining early life mortality trends in the United States between 1980 and 2024.

My work draws on large-scale demographic datasets, computational methods, and sociological theory to understand how social structure shapes health, migration, and political organization. I have published in European Politics and Society and Turkish Studies.

"How do social structures — political networks, migrant organizations, economic inequalities — shape health and life outcomes across populations?"

University of Colorado Population Center
American Sociological Association
Population Association of America
II Research Interests

Areas of inquiry

  1. Public Health
  2. Social Demography
  3. Medical Sociology
  4. Migration
  5. Computational Social Science
III Publications

Peer-reviewed work

2026
European Politics and Society
"Rural Notables, Professionals, and Ideologues: The Social Bases of AKP Local Power."
Kıroğlu, Süleyman & Hüseyin Zeyd Koytak. pp. 1–13.
doi:10.1080/23745118.2026.2620579 ↗
2024
Turkish Studies
"Mapping Solidarity: Organizational Density of Hometown Associations in Istanbul."
Kıroğlu, Süleyman & Hüseyin Zeyd Koytak. 25(4):652–672.
doi:10.1080/14683849.2024.2340497 ↗
Working Papers
  • In preparation

    Masters, Ryan K. & Süleyman Kıroğlu. "The Effects of Immigration and Domestic Migration on U.S. State Life Expectancy Trends."
  • In preparation

    Kıroğlu, Süleyman & Hüseyin Zeyd Koytak. "Poverty, Health, and Social Bridges: U.S. County-Level Evidence on Economic Connectedness."
IV Education

Academic training

In Progress
Ph.D., Sociology
University of Colorado Boulder
2023
M.A., Near Eastern Studies
New York University
2020
M.A., Sociology
Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
2018
B.A., Theology
Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
Study Abroad: The National University of Malaysia
V Contact

Get in touch

I welcome inquiries about research, collaborations, or academic matters.

suleyman.kiroglu@colorado.edu