After earning her bachelor’s degree from the Department of International Relations at Istanbul University and her master’s degree from the EU Politics and International Relations program at Marmara University, she completed her Ph.D. in 2016 at the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Istanbul University with a dissertation titled “The Formation of the European Union’s Climate Change Policy and Civil Society Organizations.” Şekercioğlu Bozacıoğlu, who has been a faculty member in the Department of International Relations (English) at Istanbul Arel University since 2018, served as Deputy Director of the Center for Applied Research in International Strategic Studies at the same university from 2021 to 2025. As of 2025, she has been serving as the Associate Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences. Şekercioğlu Bozacıoğlu’s primary areas of research include the European Union, climate and food policies, and international relations; she has authored book chapters and articles in both English and Turkish in these fields. Şekercioğlu Bozacıoğlu has also authored an international book titled “Civil Society Impact on the European Union Climate Change Policy” and edited a national book titled “Change in Diplomacy.” Translated with DeepL.com (free version)