Serde is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Law, Lund University. Her PhD project concerns the right to housing of migrants and refugees, and is conducted within the larger project "The Borders Within. The Multifaceted Legal Landscape of Migrant Integration in Europe" led by Dr. Vladislava Stoyanova. 

Serde holds an LL.M. degree in International Human Rights Law from Lund University and an M.A. degree in Labour and Social Security Law from Ankara University, Turkey. Her research interests include economic and social rights, specifically the right to housing and labour rights, the theory of human rights law, law and political economy, migration law and public international law.