Büşra Kaplan is a PhD candidate at ERCOMER, the department of Interdisciplinary Social Science. Her PhD project is part of INTER-MIN project, and currently she is working on inter-group perceptions and attitudes among different minorities with a social psychological perspective under the supervion of Dr. Borja Martinovic, Meta van der Linden, and Sauro Civitillo. She is also affiliated with the Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology (ICS). 

Büşra received her Bachelor degree in psychology at Bogazici University (Istanbul, Turkey) and her Master of Science degree in social psychology at Sabanci University (Istanbul, Turkey). Alongside with ethnic minorities, she has investigated attitudes and behaviors in various intergroup contexts, including but not limited to LGBTI+ rights, veganism, sexism. Trained as a social psychologist, she is now extending her research with an interdisiplinary approach.