Prof. Esra Albayrakoğlu is Vice Dean of the Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences and Director of the International Leadership Research Center at Bahçeşehir University. She received her PhD from the Department of International Relations at Bilkent University. Alongside her full-time career at various private and public universities, she served as an adjunct lecturer at the Turkish War Academies and the National Defense University from 2010 to 2023. Since 2021, she has taught the “Human Security” course at the NATO School as an invited lecturer.
Her expertise covers hybrid warfare, conflict transformation, and human and societal security, with a focus on Türkiye and the Middle East.