Prof. Dr. Hande Eslen-Ziya is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Stavanger in Norway and an internationally recognized researcher specializing in gender, digital activism, populism, and anti-gender movements. She holds a PhD in Sociology from the Polish Academy of Sciences and an MA in Social Psychology from Boğaziçi University. She also completed a Gender Specialization at the Central European University. Her research takes a comparative and interdisciplinary approach, analysing how gender justice, digital spaces, and state power intersect across diverse cultural and political contexts. Eslen-Ziya's work is particularly known for its critical focus on masculinist restoration, digital misogyny, and state-sanctioned gendered violence. She is a leading expert on online anti-feminist and incel communities, examining their visual cultures, political rhetoric, and radicalization pathways. Her research, often centered on Turkey and Norway, extends to global feminist movements and transnational anti-gender mobilizations. She is also engaged in a Hoziron Europe SKILLS4JUSTICE project on migration, labour markets, and skills mismatches, which investigates the integration of migrant workers in health and social care sectors.Her work has been widely published in leading academic journals, including Gender, Work & Organization, Feminist Media Studies, Social Politics, and Social Movement Studies. She has authored and co-edited several books, such as Politics and Gender Identity in Turkey: Centralized Islam for Socio-Economic Control (Routledge), The Aesthetics of Global Protest: Visual Culture and Communication (Amsterdam University Press), and Populism and Science in Europe(Palgrave Macmillan). Eslen-Ziya has received multiple awards, including the Young Outstanding Researcher Award from the University of Stavanger (2020). She served as the Director of the Populism, Anti-Gender, and Democracy Research Group (2020–2024) and is currently an Honorary Research Associate at the Durban University of Technology. She actively supervises PhD students and postdoctoral fellows, including those funded by Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA). As a sought-after speaker, she frequently presents at international conferences and contributes to public debates on gender, politics, and social justice.