Semra Ece Akat graduated from İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Political Science and Public Administration in 2024. She is currently pursuing her Master's degree in Peace and Conflict Studies at the Department of International Relations, Institute of Social Sciences, Ankara Social Sciences University. Her main areas of interest are the European Union, Russian and Eastern European Studies and Security Studies. Akat is fluent in English, intermediate French, Bulgarian and Italian.