Gulizar Haciyakupoglu is a Research Fellow at the Centre of Excellence for National Security (CENS), S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Her research concerns influence operations, and online harms and activism. She is the co-editor of the volume titled Gender and Security in Digital Space: Navigating Access, Harassment, and Disinformation. Her publications appeared in various academic and policy outlets, including the Journal of Computer Mediated Communication and Defence Strategic Communications. She holds a PhD from the National University of Singapore (NUS), Communications and New Media Department (CNM), and an MA in Political Communication from the University of Sheffield. She received her bachelor’s degree in Global and International Affairs from the Dual-Diploma Programme of the State University of New York (SUNY) Binghamton, and Bogazici University, Turkey.

• Disinformation Campaigns and Influence Operations
• Trust in Cyberspace
• Internet, Communication and Authority
• Gender Equality Advocacy in Cyberspace
• Online Activism

Counter Terrorist Trends and Analyses

• Counter Terrorist Trends and Analyses (CTTA) - Volume 17 Issue 02

  12 March, 2025

Policy Reports

• Socioeconomic, Informational, and Attitudinal Predictors of Misinformation Belief: Survey Evidence from Four Countries

  10 April, 2025

• The Role of Internet Consumption on the Witnessing of Online Harms

  23 July, 2024

• A Landscape Survey of Foreign Investment Screening Measures and Relevance for Singapore

  18 August, 2023

• Gender, Security and Digital Space: Issues, Policies, and the Way Forward

  13 December, 2021

• Countermeasures Against Foreign Interference

  17 April, 2020

• Cases of Foreign Interference in Asia

  26 March, 2020

• Countering Fake News: A Survey of Recent Global Initiatives

  07 March, 2018

RSIS Commentary Series

• Information Pollution and the War in Gaza: Implications for Singapore

  24 June, 2024

• Pandemic, Technology and Privacy: How Far Will the State Go?

  12 June, 2020

• COVID-19: What Changes – and What Doesn’t

  17 April, 2020

Commemorative / Event Reports

• DRUMS 2024: Information Manipulation and Interference in the Global Political Environment of Uncertainty

  07 March, 2025

• CENS & The High Commission of Canada Webinar Series On “Gender, Security and Digital Space : Exploring Risks, Opportunities, and Security Implications”

  10 August, 2021

• RSIS Workshop On Understanding And Countering Online Falsehoods And Influence Operations

  05 March, 2020

• CENS Workshop: The Age of Rages

  29 April, 2019

• Countering Extremism: Now What?

  17 December, 2018

Journal Articles

• “Haciyakupoglu, G. “The ‘Fake News’ Label and Politicisation of Malaysia’s Elections.” Defence Strategic Communications vol. 5, (Autumn 2018): 87-128. DOI” in Defence Strategic Communications, Vol. 5, 2, 2018, 87-128
• “Explosion of Meanings: Complexities Surrounding the Multiple Meanings of Martyrdom in the Context of Turkey” in Middle East - Topics & Arguments,, Vol. 8, 8, 2017, 97-04
• “Social Media and Trust during the Gezi Protests in Turkey” in Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 20, Issue 4, 2015, 450-466

Edited Books / Special Issues

• Gender and Security in Digital Space: Navigating Access, Harassment, and Disinformation (with Yasmine Wong), Eds. New York: Routledge , 2022

Chapters in Edited Books

• “China’s Political Warfare in Taiwan: Strategies, Methods, and Global Implication” (with Michael Raska) in M. Weissmann, N. Nilsson, P. Thunholm and B. Palmertz (eds.) , Hybrid Warfare: Security and Asymmetric Conflict in International Relations. London, United Kingdom: I.B. Tauris, 2021, Chp 12
• “Social Media, Disruption and Disinformation: Staying Resilient in the Face of Disinformation Campaigns” in Mely Caballero-anthony and Margareth Sembiring, In Resilience in the Face of Disruption. Singapore: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2019, pp. 32-45
• “Civilians in the Information Operations Battlefront: China’s Information Operations in the Taiwan Straits” (with Benjamin Ang) in Norman Vasu, Benjamin Ang and Shashi Jayakumar (Eds.), DRUMS: Distortions, Rumours, Untruths, Misinformation, and Smears. Singapore : World Scientific , 2019, 83-113

Working Papers

• Research Brief: Women, Peace and Digital (In)Security in South-East Asia – Reflections on Diverse Experiences in the Digital Sphere, Research Brief: Women, Peace and Digital (In)Security in South-East Asia – Reflections on Diverse Experiences in the Digital Sphere, UN Women, 1 June 2024
• China’s Social Credit System: Current Status, Role of Data and Surveillance, and Influence Outside of China, China’s Social Credit System: Current Status, Role of Data and Surveillance, and Influence Outside of China, Latvia, 7 June 2021

Op-Eds

• “Singapore Battles Against Deepfakes, Consent, and Digital Harms in the AI Age” (with Anuradha Rao), The Diplomat, 16 December 2024
• “Southeast Asia Must Be Wary of Gendered Cyber Abuse” (with Yasmine Wong), The Diplomat, 13 June 2022
• “Haciyakupoglu, G. and Wu Shang-Su. “China’s Social Credit System: the black market and inequalities.” The Interpreter, Lowy Institute, March 18, 2019.” (with Wu Shang-Su), The Interpreter, 18 March 2019
• “Haciyakupoglu, G. “Southeast Asia’s Battle Against Disinformation.” Diplomat, February 12 2019”, Diplomat, 12 February 2019
• “Malaysia’s Elections and the Anti-Fake News Act”, The Diplomat, 26 April 2018

• Speaker, “Gender and Security in Digital Space” at the Security at the CENS DRUMS Workshop: A Post Truth World, 3 November 2022.
• Guest Speaker, “Traditional Media and Influence Operations” for the NUS Communications and New Media Department at the CNM NUS, October 2022.
• Speaker, “Studying Influence Operations, Researching and Reporting on Information Disorder” for LIRNEasia, June 2022.
• Speaker, Webinar on Disinformation in Asia by NATO StratCom, 20 May 2022.
• Speaker, “Influence Operations in Asia-Pacific” in the Information Operations and Foreign Interferences in the Asia-Pacific Webinar at the Centre for International Security Studies at the University of Sydney, May 2022.
• Guest Lecturer, “Online Activism” for NUS Communications and New Media Department at the National University of Singapore, October 2021.
• Speaker, “Gender and Disinformation” in the Gender and Cybersecurity Webinar Series Presentation for UN Women, October 2021.
• Guest Lecturer, Political Communications and Digital Media Module at CNM NUS, 27 October 2021.
• Speaker, UN Women Webinar on Gender and Cyber Security, 20 October 2021.
• Lecturer, Role of Social Media in Influence Operations at the Advanced Domain Specialisation Course (ADSC), 18 October 2021.