Dr. Ipek Borman is an international relations expert and academic, serving as a research consultant at Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) Cyprus Centre and a senior lecturer in International Relations at Cyprus International University (CIU). Her fields of interest are security, peace and conflict, in particular the Cyprus problem. She was formerly involved in the comprehensive negotiations for the solution of the Cyprus problem and served as a core member of the negotiation team of the Turkish Cypriot side between 2005-2010 and 2015-2020. She is actively involved in bi-communal, civil society initiatives and projects regarding conflict resolution, peacebuilding and gender equality. She is a member of the Cyprus Women Bi-Communal Coalition (CWBC) and the Greek-Turkish Forum (GTF). She regularly writes and comments about the politics of the Cyprus problem as well as global and regional developments.

Borman completed her PhD in International Relations at the Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara in 2012 with her dissertation entitled “Insecurity and Trust in Cyprus: Rethinking the Security Dilemma within the Context of the Cyprus Problem”; her Master of Arts in Liberal Studies with a concentration on International Affairs at Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.) in 2001; and her Bachelor of Arts in American Culture and Literature at Bilkent University (Ankara) in 1999.