Professor Semiha Denktaş is a behavioural scientist leading the BRICS-Lab https://www.eur.nl/en/essb/research/brics-lab, and she is Vice Dean and Research Director of the School of Social and Behaviour Sciences. Since 2018, she has also been serving the EUR as Chief Diversity Officer supported by her D&I office (https://www.eur.nl/en/about-eur/vision/diversity-inclusion). Throughout her career, Denktaş has focused on issues concerning civil participation, equity, inclusion and human behaviour.