Çağla Demir is an Assistant Professor in the Department of International Relations at Bilkent University. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Arizona State University, where she specializes in international relations and comparative politics. Her research lies at the intersection of public opinion, foreign policy analysis, political psychology, role theory, and the international politics of China. She has received numerous fellowships and awards throughout her academic career, including a Fulbright Ph.D. scholarship, the Stephen G. Walker Graduate Fellowship, and the Graduate College Excellence Award at Arizona State University. She has experience in research projects funded by TUBITAK and a National Science Foundation-funded panel study on the integration of Syrian refugees in Europe and Turkey. Her international experience includes academic exchanges and internships at institutions such as the European Parliament in Latvia, the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Turkey, and the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) in Ethiopia. She is fluent in Turkish and English, professionally proficient in Chinese, and has a working knowledge of French and Ottoman paleography. Her research was published in the Journal of Global Security Studies.