Hande is a Research Affiliate at the Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge. She holds a PhD from the same Department, titled "Becoming-Virgin: Re-Virginisation Practices in Turkey". Prior to coming to Cambridge, she studied Political Science and International Relations at Bogazici University (BA), and Comparative Studies in History and Society at Koc University (MA by research). Hande is also a research mentor and fellow at the Cambridge Centre for International Research, and research consultant for the End Everyday Racism project. Hande also holds a research grant from the British Institute at Ankara for her project titled “Migration and Medicine: Bridging the Gap between Patients and Migrant Doctors”.