Areas of Interest:

• International Trade
• Global Value Chains (GVCs)
• Trade Policies
• Input-Output Life-Cycle Assessment

Education:

• Ph.D., Department of Economics, Gebze Technical University, Kocaeli, Turkey Advisor: Prof. Dr. Halit Yanıkkaya. Dissertation: Essays on Sectoral Trade Policies. 2017 - 2022
• M.Sc., Department of Economics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey Advisor: Prof. Dr. Meltem Dayıoğlu Tayfur. Dissertation: The Effects of Paternal Loss on Child’s Educational Life and Intergenerational Transmission of Education for Girls. 2015 - 2017
• B.Sc., Department of Economics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, 2009 - 2014

Experience:

• Visiting Post-Doctoral Researcher, Department of Economics, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, Sep. 2022 - Sep. 2023
• Research Assistant, Department of Economics, Gebze Technical University, Kocaeli, Turkey, Dec. 2016 - present
• Research Assistant, Department of Economics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, Nov. 2016 - Nov. 2015

Latest Publications:

• “Once Again ‘Smile Curve’: Is Chain Upgrading Possible?” (with H. Yanıkkaya and A. Altun), Review of Development Economics, 2023, 27, 62-88. doi: 10.1111/rode.12927.
• “The Impacts of Openness and Global Value Chains on the Performance of Turkish Sectors” (with H. Yanıkkaya and A. Altun), Panoeconomicus, 2022, doi: 10.2298/PAN201011010Y.
• “Does the Complexity of GVC Participation Matter for Productivity and Output Growth?” (with H. Yanıkkaya and A. Altun), European Journal of Development Research, 2022, 34, 2038–2068. doi: 10.1057/s41287-021-00452-7.