Ayşem Biriz Karaçay is an Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Istanbul Ticaret University. Before joining Istanbul Ticaret University, she was a Senior Research Associate at the Migration Research Centre, Koç University, Istanbul. In 2012-2013, she was a visiting fellow at University of Oxford. She received her BA and MA in International Relations from Bilkent University. Her PhD on Turkish-Russian migratory system isfrom Marmara University. She has published extensively on international migration within Turkey.
