Short Bio

Dr. Çiğdem Bozdağ is an assistant professor at the Research Centre for Media and Journalism Studies at the University of Groningen. Bozdağ is at the same time a Marie Sklodowska Curie Fellow in the Faculty of Education at the University of Bremen with her project INCLUDED (2019-2023). Bozdağ previously worked as an assistant professor and head of the New Media department at the Kadir Has University. Between September 2013 and September 2014, she worked as a postdoctoral research fellow in the Mercator - IPC fellowship programme in Istanbul Policy Center of the Sabanci University. Bozdag finished her Ph.D. in Communication and Media studies in January 2013 at the University of Bremen. During her doctoral studies, she worked in the DFG (German Research Foundation) funded research project „Communicative connectivity of ethnic minorities“ (2008-2010, ZeMKI, University of Bremen). Bozdag has a bachelor degree in political science and international relations from the Bogazici University in Istanbul and a master's degree in Media Culture from the University of Bremen.

Bozdağ’s research interests include digital media use, media and migration, inter- and transcultural communication, digital media literacy and media education.