Cem Bico is coordinating the projects on ecology at the Heinrich Böll Stiftung Istanbul Office. He received his bachelor's degree in Political Science and International Relations from Boğaziçi University and his master's degree from the Atatürk Institute of the same university. Before his current position, he worked as a press officer, history instructor, research assistant in different academic projects, and the publication coordinator of the academic journal New Perspectives on Turkey.