Çerağ Esra Çuhadar

Esra Cuhadar is associate professor at Bilkent University in Turkey and head of research at Ottawa Dialogue. In 2023, she worked as senior mediation adviser on the standby team of the Mediation Support Unit, United Nations. She has more than twenty years of experience in researching, teaching, and practicing dialogue facilitation, mediation, and inclusion in various conflict contexts. She worked as senior expert on dialogue and inclusion at the United States Institute of Peace (2020-2023), as regional mediator for the World Bank (2011-2020) and is a member of the Mediterranean Women Mediators Network since 2019. Esra holds an MA and Ph.D. from Syracuse University.