Tutku Ayhan is a Fellow in International Security at IBEI. Before joining IBEI, she was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention at State University of New York, Binghamton.

Tutku's research examines gendered dimensions of war from an intersectional framework. She is mainly interested in post-conflict gender dynamics and women's post-conflict experiences, particularly their experience of resilience and empowerment. She has conducted field research among Yezidi and Rohingya communities in Iraq, Europe, United States and Bangladesh.

At IBEI, she is teaching courses on Research Methods, International Security, and Gender and Development. She is the coordinator of The Securitization of Migrants and Ethnic Minorities and the Rise of Xenophobia in the EU (SECUREU) project.