Deniz S. Sert is a Professor at the Department of International Relations, Ozyegin University, Istanbul. Before joining OzU, she was a Senior Research Associate at the Migration Research Center, Koç University, MiReKoc. An expert on migration issues in Turkey and globally, she has taught and researched at several institutions domestically and abroad. She received her BA in International Relations from Koç University, an MSc in European Union Policy Making from the London School of Economics, and an MPhil in Political Science from the City University of New York. She got her PhD in Comparative Politics from the City University of New York. She has published extensively on international migration within Turkey and its regions. She was a Jean Monnet Chair on Migration and Mobility (CHARM) in 2019–2022. She is also an editor at the IOM's renowned SSCI journal, International Migration, and a founder and the current chair of the Association for Migration Research, GAR.