Uğur Derin studied at the departments of American Culture and Literature and Sociology at Bahçeşehir University and did his Master's at Sabancı University in the field of History. Currently, he is working as an instructor at Leiden University Turkish Studies program. He has one upcoming publication titled "Who did this to us: Blaming the Enemies as part of Turkey's Political Culture" in the book Collective Violence in the Construction of Turkish National Identity. He has also published pieces in popular blogs Vox Leiden and sosyalbilimler.org