Gamze Erdem Turkelli is a Post-Doctoral Fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) at the Law and Development Research Group, Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium. She works on human rights and development within international legal debates, with a particular focus on children's rights, business and human rights, hybrid actors and development financing. She holds degrees in Political Science, International Relations (Bogazici University, B.A.; Yale University, Connecticut M.A. as a Fulbright Fellow) and Law (Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium, Ph.D.).