He completed his undergraduate, graduate and doctoral studies at Istanbul University in the field of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations. As a second undergraduate degree, she graduated from Istanbul University, Department of Social Work. She also completed the 1130-hour Family Counselling certificate programme at Istanbul Gedik University and received the title of Family Counsellor.

She completed her master's thesis titled ‘Social Services for Social Assistance and Disasters’ and her doctoral thesis titled ‘The Effect of Social Work Practices in the Workplace on Employees’ Job Satisfaction and Organisational Commitment'.

She worked as a research assistant at Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University, Department of Social Work between 2013-2019, and as an Assistant Professor at Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University Vocational School of Health Services, Department of Social Work and Counselling between 2019-2022. Since 2022, he has been working as an Associate Professor at Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Social Work.

He has articles and book chapters published in national and international refereed journals within the framework of his fields of study.

Mehmet Fatih Aysan is a Professor of Sociology at Marmara University and the director of the Center for Population and Social Policies, Institute of Population and Social Research. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Western Ontario (2011) and taught sociology at the same university (2010-2012). He previously worked as a faculty member in the Department of Sociology (2012-2020) and as the director of the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences (2016-2020) at İstanbul Şehir University. His sociological interests are rooted at the intersection of demography, family, sociology of work, and social policy. His study centers on how changes in demographics, labor markets, and social policies combine to influence the welfare of societies. His research projects were supported by the TÜBA, EU, ERC, IDRC, and TÜBİTAK. Dr. Aysan’s works are published in edited books and peer-reviewed journals such as Routledge, Palgrave, Springer, Population & Development Review, The Canadian Journal of Sociology, and Emerging Markets & Finance.

Gloria Manyeruke was born in Zimbabwe in 1991. She has 2 sisters and a brother. she was born and raised in Masvingo. She attended Chikato Primary School before proceeding to Zimuto High School. After high school, in 2010 she pursued her undergraduate studies at the University of Zimbabwe (BSc Psychology). In 2014 she moved to KKTC for her graduate studies, firstly Master in General Psychology then PhD in Psychological Counselling and Guidance in 2016.
In 2018 she began to work at Near East University as a research assistant and she continues her career as an assistant professor at the same institution. 

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Emrah Utku Gökçe is an academic specialised in Political Science Methodology and International Relations Theories. He completed his PhD at Yıldız Technical University and continues his academic career at Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University. His research interests include Turkish foreign policy, international relations theories, scientific methods and qualitative research techniques. He has undertaken various tasks in TUBITAK projects both as an executive and as a trainer.

Graduating in 1999 from Galatasaray High School, Mustafa Islamoğlu graduated from the Department of Economics at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University in 2006. He completed his PhD at Istanbul University Institute of Social Sciences with his thesis titled ‘Rationality in Adam Smith’. He is currently a lecturer at Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University, Department of Economics and head of the Department of Economic History.