Asst. Prof. Erdem Ayçiçek completed undergraduate studies in 2011 in the Department of International Relations at Bolu Abant İzzet Baysal University. Ayçiçek graduated from the master’s programme at the same university in 2013 and went on to complete a doctorate in Political and Social Sciences at Gazi University in 2020. Ayçiçek currently works as a faculty member in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Ankara Medipol University. Ayçiçek’s academic and research interests include forced migration studies, the history of modernisation, identity politics, radicalisation and humanitarian aid studies. Alongside an academic career, Ayçiçek has played an active role in national and international civil society organisations working in humanitarian aid, and has led numerous research, programme development and implementation projects in different sectors of humanitarian aid. The author of articles and book chapters published in national and international peer-reviewed journals, Ayçiçek has also presented papers at various national and international congresses.