Ayça is a multidisciplinary researcher and a lawyer. She currently works as a postdoc researcher at the University of Edinburgh, where she also has a researcher co-lead role focusing on data protection and data ethics.

She also works as a consultant at the Digital Futures for Children centre, LSE (a joint research centre with 5Rights Foundation), working on generative AI, child rights, and Aİ and data use in education.

For her PhD, she conducted interdisciplinary research at the intersection of law, education, and human-computer interaction, focusing on data protection fairness and ethical data practices in AI-EdTech design. She received a PhD enrichment award from the Alan Turing Institute, where she worked with the Public Policy Children’s Rights and AI team on child-centred AI projects, including mapping studies on legal frameworks relating to AI and children’s rights with the Council of Europe.

Ayça has experience working as a consultant, adviser, and researcher at NGOs, international organisations, and research institutions focusing on Aİ-EdTech, responsible generative AI use in schools, data protection and human rights law. She also worked in different roles as a consultant focusing on gender equality, migration, AI governance, and data protection at UN Women for several years. Most recently, she worked as an evaluation researcher contributing to regional and corporate-level evaluations at UN Women Europe & Central Asia Regional Office.