Prof. Dr. Ayhan Kaya is a faculty member in the Department of International Relations and Political Science at Istanbul Bilgi University. He is also the Director of the European Union Institute at the same university. In 2011, he was honored as a Jean Monnet Professor by the European Commission. Kaya has been awarded the Social Sciences Association Research Award in 2003 and the Turkey Academy of Sciences Award in 2005. In 2012, he was elected as a member of the Science Academy. In 2024, he was selected as a member of the British Royal Academy.