Azize Sargin completed her PhD in International Relations with a focus on Migration Studies at the University of Kent, Brussels School of International Studies. Her interest covers migrant belonging and integration, diversity and cities, and transnationalism. She is a freelance research fellow and consultant of external relations for non-governmental organisations. Azize Sargin had a 15-year-long professional career as a diplomat in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, where she worked in different positions and was posted to various countries, including Romania, the United States, and Belgium.