Dr. Özüm Sezin Uzun was graduated from Bilkent University (Ankara, Türkiye), Department of International Relations. She completed her MA degree at the MIIS (Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, California, USA) Department of International Politics, specializing on Nonproliferation. MIIS is now called as Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey. Then, she received her PhD degree from Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Türkiye), Department of International Relations. Since 2013 she has been faculty member at different universities, teaching core courses of International Relations and Middle East politics. Dr. Uzun was also Vice Dean of Economics and Administrative Sciences in İstanbul Aydın University between 2014-2019 and held UNESCO Chair on Education for Sustainable Peace between 2016-2019. In 2021, she received Associate degree. While teaching online courses at different universities, Dr. Uzun founded Urla Institute of International Studies (UIIS) which leads projects and offers education modules on different fields of studies at the national and international level for professionals, students and companies.