Ayça is a multidisciplinary researcher and a lawyer working with and for children. She is a certified data privacy and management expert in the EU and the UK. She currently works as a post-doc researcher in the Grasping Data Project at the University of Edinburgh, where she also has a researcher co-lead role focusing on data protection and data ethics. For her PhD at the University of Edinburgh, she conducted interdisciplinary research at the intersection of law, education, and child-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. She has work as a research associate in the BRAID project on co-creation with young people for embedding Responsible GenAI into schools at the University of Edinburgh and as a consultant focusing on children's rights-respecting AI regulation, AI use in education at the Digital Futures for Children centre (a joint research centre, LSE and 5Rights Foundation). She held research and teaching positions at the University of Edinburgh and Bilgi University Law School, BILGI IT Law Institute, and various consultancy roles 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.