Gözde Böcü is a Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science at the University of Toronto specializing in Comparative Politics and International Relations. Her research interests include comparative politics of migration and diasporas, transnational authoritarianism and digital politics. In her dissertation project, Gözde explores Turkey’s authoritarian diaspora policies and their effects on diasporas from a comparative perspective. Her work has been published in Social Forces, Ethnopolitics, Middle East Critique among other outlets. Currently, she is a Doctoral Fellow at the Citizen Lab in the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy where she conducts research at the intersection of digital authoritarianism, cybersecurity and human rights. Prior to joining the Ph.D. program, Gözde held several research fellowships and national scholarships in Germany. She has a B.A. and an M.A. in Sociology and Political Science from the Humboldt University of Berlin in Germany.