Rabia Bovkir holds a PhD in Geographic Information Technologies, with doctoral work focused on integrated urban data management to support smart and sustainable city planning. She worked as a postdoctoral researcher at University College Dublin (UCD). She is currently an Associate Professor at Hacettepe University, and her research focuses on geographic information science and the use of geospatial methods to address urban and environmental challenges, with particular interests in spatial analysis, GeoAI, remote sensing, GIS-based multi-criteria decision analysis, smart and sustainable cities, climate change adaptation, and urban resilience. Her broader research background also includes geospatial big data, spatial data infrastructures, land administration, and real estate valuation.