Short Bio

Dr. Çiğdem Bozdağ is an associate professor at the Research Centre for Media and Journalism Studies at the University of Groningen. She is the principal investigator of the NWO Vidi project DigiMig (2024-2028, University of Groningen), which consists of three sub-projects focusing on digital inclusion and migration, specifically in the contexts of families, policies, and education. Previously, Dr. Bozdağ held a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship in the Faculty of Education at the University of Bremen, where she led the INCLUDED project (2019-2023). She also served as an assistant and associate professor and head of the New Media department at Kadir Has University and was part of the Mercator-IPC Fellowship Programme (2013-2014) at the Istanbul Policy Center of Sabanci University. Dr. Bozdağ completed her Ph.D. in Communication and Media Studies in January 2013 at the University of Bremen. Bozdağ has a bachelor degree in Political Science and International Relations from the Boğazici University, Istanbul and a master's degree in Media Culture from the University of Bremen.

Bozdağ´s research interests include media and migration, digital media use, digital literacy, inter- and transcultural communication, digital inclusion, and media education in schools.