CV

Educatıon & Experıence

EDUCATION

-Ph.D. Economics, The University of Manchester, 1993
(Title: “Economic Calculation Debate—with special reference to Maurice Dobb’s contribution”; committee: Pat Devine [supervisor], Martin Currie and Geoff Harcourt)
-M.A. Economics, Boğaziçi University, 1987
(Title: “The Utilitarian Foundations of the Utility Theory”; committee: Ayşe Buğra [supervisor], Cem Behar and Deniz Gökçe)
-B.A. Economics, Boğaziçi University, 1985

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

Political economy
Alternative, solidarity economies
Ecological economics
History of economic thought
Methodology of economics
Turkey: Social policy; political economy; political ecology

EMPLOYMENT/ FELLOWSHIP

Istanbul Policy Center, Mercator-IPC senior fellow 2020-. Executive Management member UNSDSN-Turkey, 2019-2022.
Visiting scholar, Economics, UMASS-Amherst, 2019—as a Sheridan Scholar.
Academic advisor and co-director of Boğaziçi European School of Politics 2017-.
Member, UNESCO Sustainable Development Unit, Turkey, 2017-2018.
Founding member of Social Innovation Lab (SOIL), 2017-2019.
Visiting scholar, Economics, Bologna University, 2017, 2018.
Visiting scholar, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, 2008, 2012, 2016.
Director, UNSDSN-Turkey, 2016-2019.
Advisor to the Rector, Boğaziçi University, 2012-2016.
Expert on social policy to European Commission, 2009-present.
Chairperson, Economics Department, Boğaziçi University, 2006-2007; 2009-2011.
Visiting scholar, Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, 2003.
Visiting scholar, University of Utah, Spring 2000.
Vice-chairperson, Economics Department, Boğaziçi University, 1998-2005.
Faculty member, Economics, Boğaziçi University, 1993-present (Professor, 2001-).
Teaching assistant, Manchester University, 1991-1992.
Teaching assistant, Boğaziçi University, 1986-1989.

TEACHING
EXPERIENCE

Undergraduate

History of Economic Thought
Comparative Schools of Economic Thought
Comparative Economic Systems
Environmental Economics
Introduction to Economics
Intermediate Microeconomics
Public Finance
Advanced Microeconomics
Math for Economists
Game Theory

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Graduate

Environmental Economics
Seminar Courses on the History of Economic
Thought and the Methodology of Economics
Seminar Courses on Political Economy

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

- Organising committee member, workshop on “Agricultural Policies and Climate Change in Turkey”, Boğaziçi University, December 2017.
- Organising committee member, workshop on “The Political Economy of the Soma Mining Disaster”, Boğaziçi University, May 2017.
- Organising committee member, workshop on “The Political Economy of the Soma Mining Disaster”, Boğaziçi University, May 2016.
- WWF-Turkey member of board of trustees, 2016-.
- Organising committee member, workshop on “The Political Economy of the Soma Mining Disaster”, Boğaziçi University, May 2015.
- Coordinator of Ayvalık Summer/Winter Children Camps, 2015-.
- Organising committee member, workshop on “Conflicts over Commons Summer School Series”, Boğaziçi University and the University of Manchester, August 2012 and August 2013.
- Director, Centre for Disaster Management (CENDIM), Boğaziçi University, 2011-2023.
- European Society for History of Economic Thought (ESHET) 2011 Istanbul Conference, local organizing committee chair.
- European Ecological Economics Association 2011 Istanbul Conference, local organization committee member.
- Southern European Economic Association (ASSET) 2009 Istanbul Conference local organization committee member.
- Director, Executive Economics and Finance MA Programme, 2004-2007; 2009-2010.
- Member, Committee for Students with Disabilities, Boğaziçi University, 1997-2023.
- Executive Committee member, Social Policy Forum, Boğaziçi University, 2004-2006.
- Co-organiser, “Environmentalism in Turkey” international workshop, held at Boğaziçi University (funded by Boğaziçi University), 2004.
- Co-organiser, “A Turkish-Greek Dialogue” conference, held at Boğaziçi University (funded by the Open Society), 2003.
- Member of the Evaluation Team the Agricultural Reform Implementation Programme (ARIP) of Turkey (funded by the World Bank), 2002-2004.
-Participation at the Johannesburg World Summit as the editor of the Chapter “Poverty and Sustainability” (with Dr. Begüm Özkaynak) of the National Report of Turkey, 2002.
-Co-organiser, “Corruption in Turkey-Business” conference, held at Boğaziçi University (funded by TESEV, World Bank and Boğaziçi University), 2002.
-Head, commission for preparedness against disasters, Boğaziçi University, 2000-2021.
-Co-organiser, “Corruption in Turkey-Household” conference, held at Boğaziçi University (funded by TESEV, World Bank and Boğaziçi University), 2000.
-Co-organiser, “Environmental Discourses, Policies and Perceptions in Northern and Southern Europe” conference, held at Boğaziçi University (funded by EU Scientific Research Fund), 2000.
-Member, commission for strategic planning of Boğaziçi University, 1998-2004. -Member, commission for student affairs, Boğaziçi University, 1997-2000.
-Member, commission for research-fund allocation, Boğaziçi University, 1997-1999.
-Co-organiser, “The Forms of Participation at Local Government Level” conference (for the Helsinki Citizens Assembly), 1996.
-Associate editor, Boğaziçi Journal, 1995-2008.

GRANTS AND RESEARCH CONTRACTS

- Project member “Jakarta SOS. Climate Change: Resilience & Adaptation”, funded by European Joint Funding Scheme, 2023-.
- Project member “Cooperative Structures”, funded by Belmond Forum, 2023-.
- Project member “European Joint Doctorate (EJD) ADAPTED: Eradicating Poverty: Pathways towards Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals”, funded by European Council, 2019-.
-Project member of “Creating Postgraduate Collaborations”, funded by European Council, 2019-.
- Project member of “Security in Context”, funded by UMASS, 2019-.
- Project coordinator for “The Political Ecology of Agro-Food Systems Reconfiguration in the Context of Climate Change”, funded by Mercator, 2019-2020.
- Project coordinator for “Technical Assistance for Improving Social Dialogue in Working Life”, funded by ILO, 2017-2018.
- Project member of “Development and Evaluation of a Home Visiting Program (HVP) for Parent Coaching in Istanbul Municipalities”, funded by Bernard can Leer Foundation, 2017-2020.
- Project coordinator for “The Political Economy of the Olive and Olive Oil Sector, Turkey”, funded by the Research Fundation of Boğaziçi University, 2016-2017.
- Project member of “Enhancing Postgraduate Environments”, a Project funded by European Council, 2016-2018.
- Project coordinator for “Gelir Getirici Projelerin Değerlendirme Araştırması Projesi” (“Evaluation of Income-Generating Projects Research Project”), conducted for the Ministry of Family and Social Policy, General Directorate of Social Assistance and Solidarity 2014-2015.
- Project coordinator for “Political Economy of Turkey” (with Ayça Akarçay and Kıvanç Karaman), conducted for Agence Française de Developpement, 2011-2015.
- Project coordinator for “Estimation of the Economic Costs of Abiding EU Regulations on the Automotive, Batteries and Paint Sectors”, funded by Regional Environment Center (REC), 2010-2012.
- Project member of “Türkiye’de Kamu-Yurttaş İlişkisi (The Relationship between the Public and the Citizen in Turkey)” (with Ali Çarkoğlu and Burhan Şenatalar), a project funded by TEPAV, 2008-2009.
- Project member of “Türkiye’de Çevre Koruması ve Politikalarında STK’ların Rolü (Environmental Protection in Turkey and the Role of NGOs)” (with Barış Baykan, Zeynep Kadirbeyoğlu, Begüm Özkaynak and Hande Paker), a project funded by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, 2008-2009.
- Project coordinator for “Informal Economy in Turkey” (with Ali Çarkoğlu and Mine Eder), a project funded by the World Bank, 2008-2009.
- Project member of “Environmental Problems of Uluabat Lake: A Game Theoretical Approach” (with Begüm Özkaynak and Ceren Soylu), a project funded by Boğaziçi University, 2007-2009.
- Co-researcher, Southern European Seas: Assessing and Modelling Ecosystem Changes (SESAME), a project funded by European Commission, 2007-2011.
- Project member of “Environmental Attitudes of Urban Turkey” (with Begüm Özkaynak, Ünal Zenginobuz and Kerem Saysel), a project funded by Boğaziçi University, 2007-2009.
- Project member of “Willingness to Pay for CO2” (with Begüm Özkaynak, Ünal Zenginobuz, İlhan Or and Gürkan Kumbaroğlu), a project funded by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, 2006-2008.
- Project member of “Hanehalkı Varlık ve Borç Stokları: Türkiye’de Tüketici Finansal Tercihleri Üzerine Anket Çalışması (Households’ Stocks and Assets: A Survey on Consumers in Turkey about their Financial Choices” (with Mehmet Kaytaz and Tansel Yılmazer), a project funded by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, 2006-2008.
- Project member of “Study on Social Dimension in the Candidate Countries – Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia and Turkey” (BALKANDIDE) (with Begüm Özkaynak, Ali Çarkoğlu, Refik Erzan, Alpay Filiztekin, Serdar Sayan and Sinan Ülgen), Country Report for Turkey, The European Commission, 2006-2007.
- Project member of “Conservation of Burdur Lake” (with Begüm Özkaynak and Serra Hakyemez), a project funded by Boğaziçi University, 2006-2007. - Project coordinator for “Social Exclusion in Turkey” (with Çağlar Keyder), prepared for the European Commission (co-sponsored by Boğaziçi University), 2005-2006.
- Project coordinator for “Microcredit Institutions in Turkey” (with Tuğçe Bulut), a project funded by Boğaziçi University and the Open Society, 2004-2005.
- Project coordinator for “Working Conditions, Labour and Syndicalism: The Industry Sector in Turkey” (with Ayşe Buğra and Ahmet İnsel), a project funded by Boğaziçi University, 2004-2005.
- Project coordinator for “Yerel ve Merkezi Yönetimlerde Hizmetlerden Memnuniyet (Satisfaction from Services of Local and Central Governments)” (with Ali Çarkoğlu and Burhan Şenatalar), funded by TESEV, 2004-2005.
- Project coordinator for “Yalova: A model for a sustainable city” (with Begüm Özkaynak), a project funded by Boğaziçi University and the Open Society, 2003-2004.
- Project coordinator for “Poverty Eradication and ICT: The case of Turkey”, prepared for UNDP, 2003.
- Project coordinator for “Social Protection System in Turkey”, prepared for the European Commission, 2002-2003.
- Project coordinator for “Poverty-Sustainability: The Case of Turkey”, prepared for UNDP, 2002.
- Project coordinator for “Türkiye’de Yolsuzluk Problemi-İş Dünyası (The Corruption Problem in Turkey: The Business)” (with Ali Çarkoğlu and Burhan Şenatalar), prepared for the World Bank and TESEV, 2001. - Project coordinator for “Türkiye’de Yolsuzluk Problemi-Hanehalkı (The Corruption Problem in Turkey: The Households)” (with Ali Çarkoğlu and Burhan Şenatalar), prepared for the World Bank and TESEV, 1999-2000.
- Project coordinator for “Reforming the Public Service Delivery Mechanism in Turkey: Challenges and opportunities” (with Ali Çarkoğlu), prepared for the Economic Research Forum, 1999-2000.
- Project coordinator for “Belediyelerde Performans Kriterlerinin Oluşturulması (Developing Performance Criteria for Municipalities in Turkey)” (with Ali Çarkoğlu), prepared for TESEV, 1999-2000.
- Project coordinator for “İstanbul’da Okul Dışı Eğitim Araştırması: İktisadi, Politik ve Sosyal Boyutlar (A Research on the Extra-curricular Activities in Istanbul: The economic, social and political dimensions)” (with Ali Çarkoğlu), prepared for TEGV (Voluntary Education Foundation of Turkey), 1999.
- Project coordinator for “The Multi-Faceted Aspects of Population Related Environmental Problems and Willingness to Pay for Environmental Improvements” (with Fatoş Gökşen and Ünal Zenginobuz), prepared for the Population Council, 1997-1999.
- Project coordinator for “The Economic Costs of Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Turkey” (with Ünal Zenginobuz), prepared for the AIDS Task Force of EC, 1997.
-Project member for “STDs Including HIV/AIDS as a Public Policy Issue: The Paradigmatic Case of Turkey”, prepared for the AIDS Task Force of EC, 1996.
- Project coordinator for “Belek Coastal Zone Management,” prepared for Doğal Hayatı Koruma Derneği (Association for Protection of Natural Life), 1995-1996.
- Project coordinator for “The Prospects for Co-determination in Turkish Textile Industry” (with Sina Mandalinci and Yahya Madra), prepared for IDRC of Canada, 1994-1995.
- Project coordinator for “State-Policy Networks and the New Economic Strategy in Turkey”, prepared for the Ford Foundation; research assistant, 1989.
- Project coordinator for “Dengeli Gelişme Politikaları (Policies for a Balanced Development)”, prepared for TÜSES (Economic and Political Research Foundation of Turkey); research assistant, 1989.
- Project coordinator for “An Evaluation of Management and Ownership Alternatives”, prepared for IDRC of Canada; research assistant, 1986-1989.

WORK IN PROGRESS

- “Political Ecology of Turkish Agricultural Sector” (with Duygu Avcı, Umut Kocagöz and Gökçe Yeniev)

- “Authoritarian Populism” (with Bengi Akbulut and Murat Arsel)

- “Putting together Polanyi and Gramsci on Political Ecology” (with Duygu Avcı and Bengi Akbulut)

- “An Assessment of Turkey’s Position on Climate Change” (with Bengi Akbulut and Hande Paker)

PAPERS IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS AND
BOOK CHAPTERS

Theoretıcal papers on ecologıcal economıcs

- Dictionary entries of “Deliberative Ecological Economics” (with Bengi Akbulut), “Deliberative Democracy” (with Pat Devine) and “Procedural Rationality” (with Pat Devine) for Dictionary of Ecological Economics, edited by B. Haddad and B.D. Solomon, Edward Elgar Press, 2023.

- “The Ecological Economics of Economic Democracy” (with Bengi Akbulut), Ecological Economics, 2020.

- “Democracy, Participation and Social Planning” (with Pat Devine). In Clive Spash ed. Routledge Handbook of Ecological Economics: Nature and Society, 2017.

- “The Decimation and Displacement of Development Economics” (with Bengi Akbulut and Yahya Madra), Development and Change, 2015.

- “Is the Value of Environmental Goods Sensitive to the Source of Public Funding? Evidence from a Marine Restoration Programme in the Black Sea” (with Kyriaki Remoundou, Phoebe Koundouri and Paulo Nunes), Empirical Economics, 2014.

- “Payments for Ecosystem Services and the Fatal attraction of Win-win Solutions” (with Muradian et al.), Conservation Letters, 2013.

- “The Identity of Ecological Economics: Retrospects and Prospects” (with Begüm Özkaynak and Pat Devine), Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2012.

- “Power Inequalities in Explaining the Link between Natural Hazards and Unnatural Disasters”, Development and Change, 2012.

- “(Re)embedding the Economy in Society and Nature” (with Pat Devine and Begüm Özkaynak), in M. Harvey, R. Ramlogan and S. Randles (eds), Karl Polanyi: New perspectives on the place of the economy in society, Manchester: Manchester University Press, pp. 78-93, 2007.

- “A Participatory Framework for Poverty Eradication and Environmental Sustainability: The case of water management” (with Yahya Madra), in R. Gupta, A. Kibaroğlu and O. Ünver (eds), Water Management and Poverty Eradication. Boston: Kluwer, 2003.

-“The Economics-Environment Relationship: The Neoclassical, Institutional, and Marxist Approaches” (with Begüm Özkaynak), Studies in Political Economy, 2002.

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Papers on the polıtıcal economy of the envıronment ın Turkey

- “The Political Economy of Environmental Policymaking in Turkey: A Vicious Cycle” (with Murat Arsel and Bengi Akbulut), in Oxford Handbook of Turkish Politics, edited by Güneş Murat Tezcür, 2022.

- “Environmentalism without environmentalists? Climate change and the state in Turkey” (with Murat Arsel), POMEPS Studies, 2022.

- “Political economy of environmental conflicts: From Bergama Resistance to the Gezi protests” (with Murat Arsel and Bengi Akbulut), in Routledge Handbook of Turkish Politics, edited by Jongerden, Joost, 2022.

- “Erdoğan’s Three-Pillared Neoliberalism: Authoritarianism, Populism and Developmentalism” (with Bengi Akbulut), Geoforum, 2021.

- “Turkey’s Authoritarian Regime of Accumulation: Development by Dislocation” (with Bengi Akbulut and Murat Arsel), Journal of Australian Political Economy, 2020.

-Book Review of Commodification of Global Agrifood Systems and Agro-Ecology: Convergence, Divergence and Beyond in Turkey. New York: Routledge (by Y. Atasoy), New Perspectives on Turkey, 2019.

- “Neoliberal developmentalism, authoritarian populism, and extractivism in the countryside: The Soma mining disaster in Turkey” (with Murat Arsel and Bengi Akbulut), Journal of Peasant Studies, 2019.

- “Troubled Waters of Hegemony: Consent and Contestation in Turkey’s Hydropower Landscapes” (with Bengi Akbulut and Murat Arsel). In Filippo Menga and Erik Swyngedouw ed. Water, Technology and the Nation-State, 2018.

- “Contested Spaces of Environmental Protection: The Case of Uluabat, Turkey” (with Ceren Soylu and Bengi Akbulut). In Müge Koçak ed. Contested Spaces in Contemporary Turkey, 2018.

- “Climate Policy in Turkey: A Paradoxical Situation?” (with Murat Arsel) L'Europe en Formation, 2017.

- “Introduction: Neoliberal Developmentalism In Turkey: Continuity, Rupture, Consolidation” (with Bengi Akbulut and Murat Arsel). In Neoliberal Turkey and its Discontents: Economic Policy and the environment under Erdoğan (edited with Bengi Akbulut and Murat Arsel), London: IB. Taurus, 2017.

- “The Radioactive Inertia: Deciphering Turkey’s Anti-Nuclear Movement”(with Bengi Akbulut and Murat Arsel). In Neoliberal Turkey and its Discontents: Economic Policy and the environment under Erdoğan (edited with Bengi Akbulut and Murat Arsel), London: IB. Taurus, 2017.

- “‘A Few Environmentalists’? Interrogating The ‘Political’ in the Gezi Park” (with Bengi Akbulut and Murat Arsel). In Neoliberal Turkey and its Discontents: Economic Policy and the environment under Erdoğan (edited with Bengi Akbulut and Murat Arsel), London: IB. Taurus, 2017.

- “Conclusion: Neoliberal Modernisation Cast in Concrete”. In Neoliberal Turkey and its Discontents: Economic Policy and the environment under Erdoğan (edited with Bengi Akbulut and Murat Arsel), London: IB. Taurus, 2017.

- “The Effectiveness of Environmental Civil Society Organizations: An integrated analysis of organizational characteristics and contextual factors” (with Zeynep Kadirbeyoğlu, Begüm Özkaynak and Hande Paker), Voluntas, 2017.

- Book Review of Landscapes of Development: The impact of modernization discourses on the physical environment of the Eastern Mediterranean (edited by Panayiota Pyla), Mediterranean Historical Review, 2015.

- “Environmentalism of the Malcontent: Anatomy of an anti-coal power plant struggle in Turkey” (with Bengi Akbulut and Murat Arsel), Journal of Peasant Studies, 2015.

- “Economy and Ecology”. In Hardy Hanappi ed. South East Europe in Evolution, Routledge 2014.

- “Environmental Organizations in Turkey: Engaging the State and Finance Capital” (with Hande Paker, Zeynep Kadirbeyoğlu and Begüm Özkaynak), Environmental Politics, 2013.

- “The Unbearable Appeal of Modernization: The fetish of growth” (with Bengi Akbulut), Perspectives: Political Analysis and Commentary from Turkey, 2013.

- “Citizens’ Preferences on Nuclear and Renewable Energy Sources: Evidence from Turkey” (with Pınar Ertör Akyazı, Begüm Özkaynak and Ünal Zenginobuz), Energy Policy, 2012.

- “Political Economy of the Environment in Turkey” (with Murat Arsel), in M. Heper and S. Sayarı (eds), Handbook of Modern Turkey, London: Routledge, 2012.

- “What Determines Urban Households’ Willingness to Pay for CO2 Emission Reductions in Turkey: A Contingent Valuation Survey” (with Nihal Karalı, İlhan Or, Begüm Özkaynak and Ünal Zenginobuz), Energy Policy, 2011.

- “The Logic of Neoliberal Agricultural Reform Initiatives: Perspectives and Consequences” (with Koray Çalışkan), in B. Karapınar, F. Adaman and G. Özertan (eds), Rethinking Structural Reform in Turkish Agriculture, New York: Nova, 2010.

- “Valuation Languages in Environmental Conflicts: How Stakeholders Oppose or Support Gold Mining at Mount Ida, Turkey” (with Duygu Avcı and Begüm Özkaynak), Ecological Economics, 2010.

- “Globalization, Development, and Environmental Policies in Turkey” (with Murat Arsel), in T. Çetin and F. Yılmaz (eds), Understanding the Process of Institutional Change in Turkey: A Political Economy Approach, New York: Nova, 2010.

- “The Political Ecology of a Ramsar Site Conservation Failure: The Case of Burdur Lake, Turkey” (with Serra Hakyemez and Begüm Özkaynak), Environment and Planning C, 2009.

- “The European Union and Turkey: Who Defines Environmental Progress?” (with Murat Arsel), International Journal of Middle East Studies, 2008.

- “Social Exclusion in the Slum Areas of Large Cities in Turkey” (with Oya Pınar Ardıç), New Perspectives on Turkey, 2008.

- “Perceptions and Practices of Farmers toward the Salinity Problem: The Case of Harran Plain” (with Gökhan Özertan), International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology, 2007.

- “Political Economy of Citizens’ Participation in Environmental Improvement: The Case of Istanbul (with Fatoş Gökşen and Ünal Zenginobuz), in O. Seippel, F. Gökşen, M. O’Brien, F. Adaman, Ü. Zenginobuz and J. Grolin (eds), Integrating and Articulating Environments. Lisse: Swets & Zeitlinger, 2003.

- “On Environmental Concern, Willingness to Pay, and Postmaterialist Values: Evidence from Istanbul” (with Fatoş Gökşen and Ünal Zenginobuz), Environment and Behavior, 2002.

- “The Political Economy of the Environment in Turkey”, New Perspectives on Turkey, 1997.

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Papers on the calculatıon debate/partıcıpatory plannıng

- “Participatory Budgeting: An Eco-Socialist Reading” (with Pat Devine), in Realizing an Alternative Political Economy of Sustainability: Heterodox Economics in Policy and Praxis, edited by Arturo Hermann. London: Routledge, forthcoming.

- “Values and institutions of participatory and deliberative democracy: contribution and functioning in the economy and public policy” (with Asimina Chirstoforou), in Fashioning Prosperous, Sustainable and Humane Societies: Beyond Precarity, edited by Charles Whalen, Edward Elgar, forthcoming.

- “Comment on ‘Democratic Economic Planning, Social Metabolism and the Environment”’ (with Pat Devine), Science & Society, forthcoming.

- “A Theoretical Framework for the Assessment of Institutions of Citizen Involvement in Public Policy, Social Capital, and Human Development” (with Asimina Chirstoforou). In Research Agenda for Social Capital and Economic Development, edited by İbrahim Semih Akçomak, and Jesús Peiró-Palomino. Cheltenham (UK): Edward Elgar, forthcoming.

- “Débat sur la planification démocratique de l’économie – La négociation coordonnée (with Pat Devine), Nouveaux Cahiers du Socialisme, No 28; Fall 2022;

- “Clarifications on Democracy and Economic Planning: An Engagement with Robin Hahnel” (with Pat Devine), Studies in Political Economy, 2022.

- “Revisiting The Calculation Debate: A Call for a Multi-Scale Approach (with Pat Devine), Rethinking Marxism, 2022.

- “Response to Hannah Archambault and Luke Pretz, Aaron Benanav, and Ted Burczak”, (with Pat Devine), Rethinking Marxism, 2022.

- “Democratisation of Economic Research and Policy by Building a Knowledge Commons: Inspiration from Cooperatives” (with Asimina Christoforou), Forum for Social Economics, 2018.

- “Scaling in Polanyi—Reconsidering the local in the age of neoliberalism”, PArtecipazione e COnflitto; The Open Journal of Sociopolitical Studies, 2017.

- “Marxisms and Capitalisms: From Logic of Accumulation to Articulation of Class Structures” (with Yahya Madra), in H. Chodos, D. Glaser and D. Walker (eds), Twentieth Century Marxism, Routledge, pp. 212-29, 2007.

- “The Promise of Participatory Planning: A Rejoinder to Hodgson” (with Pat Devine), Economy and Society, 35(1):141-7, 2006.

- “La planification participative contre le Grand Marché (économie, nature et société)” (with Muriel Savrot and Gaël Gratet), Rue Descartes 3: 111-117, 2005.

- “On the Theory of Entrepreneurship” (with Pat Devine), Review of Political Economy, 2002.

- “A Response to Professor Hodgson” (with Pat Devine), Economy and Society, 2001.

- “On the Economic Theory of Socialism” (with Pat Devine), New Left Review, 1997.

- “The Economic Calculation Debate: Lessons for socialists” (with Pat Devine), Cambridge Journal of Economics, 1996.

- “A Response to Professor Foss” (with Pat Devine), Studies in Political Economy, 1996.

- “Socialist Renewal: Lessons from the ‘Calculation’ Debate” (with Pat Devine), Studies in Political Economy, 1994.

- “The Effects of Ownership Structure on Efficiency – Is There any Rationale for Privatization?”, Boğaziçi Journal, 1993.

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Manuscrıpts on the polıtıcal economy of varıous themes ın Turkey

- “Health Policy for the Poor: An Exploration on the Take-Up of Means-Tested Health Benefits in Turkey” (with Erus, B., Yakut-Cakar, B., Cali, S.), Social Science and Medicine, 2015.

- “The Economy: Hitting the wall” (with Bengi Akbulut, Yahya Madra and Şevket Pamuk), The Middle East in London, 2014.

- “Determinants of Tax Evasion by Households: Evidence from Turkey” (with Ali Çarkoğlu), in Turkey's Democratization Process, edited by Carmen Rodriguez, Antonio Avalos, Hakan Yilmaz, Ana Planet, 2013.

- “Network Effects in Credit Market Access: Evidence from Istanbul” (with Didem Tüzemen and Pınar Ardıç), İktisat, İşletme ve Finans, 2013.

- “The Impact of Financial Development on Homeownership and Housing in Emerging Economies: Evidence from Turkey” (with Tansel Yılmazer and Mehmet Kaytaz), Review of Middle East Economics and Finance, 2012.

- “An Inquiry on Introducing a Minimum Income Scheme in Turkey: Alternating Between Cost Efficiency and Poverty Reduction” (with Burçay Erus and Burçu Yakut-Çakar), Journal of European Social Policy, 2012.

- “Social Impact of Emigration and Rural-Urban Migration in Central and Eastern Europe” (with Ayhan Kaya). Report prepared for European Commission, 2012.

- “Impact of Turkish-Origin Returnees/Transmigrants on the Turkish Society” (with Ayhan Kaya), in S. Ozil, M. Hofmann and Y. Dayıoğlu-Yücel (eds) 50 Jahre Türkische Arbeitsmigration in Deutschland, V&R Press, 2011.

- “Is Corruption a Drawback to Turkey’s Accession to the European Union?”, South European Society and Politics, 2011.

- “Hospital Choice: Survey Evidence from Istanbul” (with Oya Pınar Ardıç, Burcay Erus and Didem Tüzemen), Turkish Studies, 2009.

- “Societal Context of Labor Union Strategy: The Case of Turkey” (with Ayşe Buğra and Ahmet İnsel), Labor Studies Journal, 2009.

- Review Article: “Engaging with Turkish Politics in a Changing World: Global Dynamics and Domestic Transformations by Fuat Keyman and Ziya Öniş” (with Ayça Zayim), Boğaziçi Journal, 2008.

- “Social Exclusion in the Slum Areas of Large Cities in Turkey” (with Oya Pınar Ardıç), New Perspectives on Turkey, 2008.

- “Social Capital and Corruption during Times of Crises: A look at Turkish firms in economic crisis of 2001” (with Ali Çarkoğlu), Turkish Studies, 2003.

- “The Prospects of Co-determination: The textile industry in Turkey” (with Sina Mandalinci and Yahya Madra), in Adaman, F. and P. Devine (eds), Economy and Society, Montreal: Blackrose, 2001.

- “Economic Decentralization: Some guidelines for Turkey” (with Aslı Leblebicioğlu), New Perspectives on Turkey, 2001.

- “The Economic Costs of STDs in Turkey” (with Ünal Zenginobuz), Boğaziçi Journal, 1999.

- “STDs Including HIV/AIDS as a Public Policy Issue: The paradigmatic case of Turkey”, Boğaziçi Journal, 1999.

- “State Structures: Coercion versus Co-ordination. Some Lessons for Turkey” (with Zeynep Kadirbeyoğlu), New Perspectives on Turkey, 1999.

- “The Changing Role of the State from a Turkish Perspective” (with Murat Sertel), in H. Handoussa (ed.), Economic Transition in the Middle East: Global Challenges and Adjustment Strategies, Cairo: The American University in Cairo Press, 1997.

- “Pseudo-Experimental Estimates of Labor Supply Functions in Two Turkish State Enterprises” (with Murat R. Sertel and Ünal Zenginobuz), Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 1992.

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TheoretIcal manuscrIpts on economIc methodology/neolIberalIsm

- “Karl Polanyi”, In Mansur, A., Aksoy, Z., Lam, D., Sabinot, C., Nishi, M., and Richardson, M. eds. Transformative Change Assessment of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), forthcoming.

- Decolonizing Development Economics: A critique of the late Neoclassical reason” (with Yahya M. Madra and Bengi Akbulut), mimeo.

- “Authoritarian Developmentalism: The latest stage of neoliberalism?” (with Murat Arsel and Alfredo Saad-Filho), Geoforum, 2021.

-“Neoliberal Turn in the Discipline of Economics: Depoliticization through Economization” (with Yahya Madra). In Cahill, D., Cooper, M., Konings, M., and Primrose, D. ed. SAGE Handbook of Neoliberalism, 2018.

- “Neoliberal reason and its forms: Depoliticization through economization” (with Yahya Madra), Antipode, 2014.

- “Furthering the Link between Social Capital and Corruption” (with Meltem Odabaş). In John Davis and Asimina Christoforou eds. Social Capital and Economics: Social Values, Power, and Social Identity (Routledge Advances in Social Economics) 2014.

- “Engaging with Social Networks: The Bourdieu-Becker Encounter Revisited” (with Meltem Odabaş), Forum for Social Economics, 2014.

- Book Review of New Organs Within Us: Transplants and the moral economy (by Aslıhan Sanal), Turkish Studies, 2013.

- “Understanding Neoliberalism as Economization: The Case of the Ecology (with Yahya Madra)”, in Y. Atasoy (ed.), Global Economic Crisis and the Politics of Diversity, London & New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2013.

- “Public Economics after Neoliberalism: A Theoretical-historical Perspective” (with Yahya Madra), European Journal of History of Economic Thought, 2010.

- “Marxisms and Capitalisms: From Logic of Accumulation to Articulation of Class Structures” (with Yahya Madra), in H. Chodos, D. Glaser and D. Walker (eds), Twentieth Century Marxism, Routledge, pp. 212-29, 2007.

- “Theorizing the Third Sphere: A Critique of the Persistence of the Economistic Fallacy” (with Yahya Madra), Journal of Economic Issues, 2002.

- “Extensions and Limitations of the Neoclassical Approach to Firm Theory: Some lessons for the case of Turkey”, in T. Bulutay (ed.), Wages, Income and Wage Distributions, Ankara: Devlet İstatistik Yayınları, 2001.

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ManuscrIpts ın Turkısh

- “Yoksulluk: Tarihsel ve Kuramsal bir Çerçeve” (with Deniz Tuzcu), in Devletle Yoksullaşma, edited by Murad Tiryakioğlu, İstanbul: Bilge, forthcoming.

- “ÇED Süreçleri Nasıl Daha Etkin Olabilir?” (with Duygu Avcı), FAYN, https://www.fayn.press/ced-surecleri-nasil-daha-etkili-olabilir/, 2024.

- Kalkınma ve Demokrasi Üzerine” (with D. Avcı), in M. Çınar (ed.) Demokrasi: Kavram, Kurum, Süreç 2023.

- “Türkiye’de Tarımın Dönüşümü: Nesnel Koşullardan Somut Ütopyalara” (with D. Avcı and G. Yeniev), Birikim, 2023.

- “İklim Krizinin Ekonomi Politiği Bağlamında Mekânı Düşünmek” (with M. Arsel), beyond.istanbul “İklim Krizi ve Mekânda Adalet” özel sayısı, 2022.

- “Net Sıfıra Giden Yolda Adil Dönüşüm için Yol Haritası” (with D. Avcı, S. Acar and B. Uncu), İstanbul: WWF-Turkey, 2022.

- “COP27: Tarım ve Gıda için Yeni bir Mücadele Alanı” (with Gökçe Yeniev and Duygu Avcı), Bianet, 1 December 2022.

- “Sürdürülebilir ve Dirençli Bir Gıda Sistemine Dair Bir Çerçeve” (with Gökçe Yeniev), İTÜ Vakfı Dergisi, 2022.

- “Sürdürülebilir Kentsel Gıda Politikası Oluşturulmasına Dair Bir Yol Haritası Taslağı” (with Duygu Avcı and Gökçe Yeniev), Şehir & Toplum, 2022.

- Sürdürülebilir ve Dirençli Bir Gıda Sistemi: Türkiye Analizi (with the contributions by Hasan Aksoy, Fuat Keyman, Jan Nahum, Değer Saygın, Ümit Şahin, Fazilet Vardar), İstanbul: İPM, 2022.

- “Yeni Yeşil Düzen: Ana Tartışma Eksenleri”, in G. Yeniev (ed.), Avrupa Yeşil Mutabakatı ve Türkiye’ye Etkileri. İstanbul: Heinrich Böll Stiftung, 2021.

- “Birleşmiş Milletler Gıda Sistemleri Zirvesi Yaklaşırkene” (with Gökçe Yeniev and Duygu Avcı), Bianet, 9 September 2021.

- “İklim Krizine Dirençli Bir Gıda-tarım Sistemi Nasıl Mümkün?” (with Duygu Avcı, Umut Kocagöz and Gökçe Yeniev), Bianet, 5 August, 2021.

- “İklim Krizi ve Küçülme—Ekonomik Büyümeye Dur Demenin Zamanı” (with Gökçe Yeniev), Bianet, 22 July 2021.

- “‘İnsan’dan ‘Doğa’ya Afetlerin Ekonomi-Politik Topoğrafyası”, in M. Tiryakioğlu (ed.), Afetlerle Yoksullaşma: Salgınlar, Göçler ve Eşitsizlikler. İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2021.

- “İktisadi Yönden Covid-19’un Tanı, Tedavi ve Önlenmesine Yönelik AR-GE Çalışmaları (An Economic Evaluation of the R&D on the Cure of Covid-19” (with Ayşe Mumcu), IPA İstanbul, 2021.

- “Çevre-Ekonomi İlişkisine Dair Gözlemler (Observations on the Relationship between the Environment and the Economics” (with Duygu Avcı), Yeniden Akdeniz Bülteni, December 2020.

- İklim Değişikliği Bağlamında Tarımda Dönüşümün Politik Ekolojisi (with Duygu Avcı, Umut Kocagöz and Gökçe Yeniev), İstanbul: İPM, 2020.

- “Türkiye Özelinde Sosyal Adaletin Ekonomi Politiğine İlişkin Gözlemler (Observations on the Political Economy of Social Justice in Turkey)”, in M. Tiryakioğlu (ed.) Türkiye’nin Yerli Üretimi ve Politik Ekonomisi. İstanbul: İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2020.

- “Zeytinle Kalkınma: Zeytin ve Zeytinyağı Sektörü Üzerinden Türkiye’deki Son Dönem Tarım Politikalarının Eleştirel Değerlendirilmesi” (with Orkun Doğan), in M. Tiryakioğlu (ed.) Devletle Kalkınma. İstanbul: İletişim Yayınları, 2020.

- “Korona Virüsü Günlerinde De-growth’u Düşünmek” (with Gökçe Yeniev), Duvar Newspaper, 30 March 2020.

- “Çevre İktisatçısının Gözünden Kanal İstanbul Projesi”, in D. Orhon, S. Sözen and N. Görür (eds) Kanal İstanbul, İstanbul Kültür ve Sanat Ürünleri, 2020.

- “Durduğumuz Yer, Yürüdüğümüz Yol: Sürdürülebilir Ekonomiye Geçiş Tartışmalarının Haritalandırılması” (with D. Avcı), EKOIQ, 2019.

- “Ev-Merkezli Bakım Üzerinden Engellilik Politikası: Eleştirel Bir Değerlendirme” (with B. Erus and H. Sart), in A. Dericioğulları Ergun, M. K. Namal, M. Koçancı (Eds) Türkiyede Sosyal Politika ve Dezavantajlı Gruplar, İstanbul: Kırmızı, 2019.

- “Özyönetimsel Müşterek Yapılarda Temel Sorunsallar”, Felsefe Logos, 2018.

- “İş İnsanı ve Gezegenimizin Geleceği” (with Hande Paker) an interview conducted by Bülent Eczacıbaşı for his İşim Gücüm Budur Benim, İstanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2018.

- “Kalkınma Sorunsalı; Kırsal Kalkınma (The question of developmentalism; The rural development)” (with Bengi Akbulut). In Murat Bayramoğlu and Faik Gür ed. Sürdürülebilir Yaşam Penceresinden Yerel ve Kırsal Kalkınma. Özyeğin Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2018.

- “İzmir Kenti Bağlamında Sürdürülebilirlik” (with Rümeysa Özgen). In İlhan Tekeli ed. Yaşayan Şehir İzmir, 2018.

- “Neoliberalizm Kavramının İktisat Disiplini Bağlamında Kuramsal Bir Tartışması” Henrick Böll Türkiye Temsilciliği Yayınları, 2017.

- “Çevre-ekonomi-toplum İlişkileri ve Türkiye’de ÇED Sürecinin Ekonomi Politiği” (with Duygu Avcı). In Türkiye’de Çevresel Etki Değerlendirme ve Stratejik Çevresel Değerlendirme Teknik Analizi. WWF-Turkey Publication.

- “Doğal Afetlerin Felaketlere Dönüşmesinin Arkasındaki Ekonomi-Politik”, in M. Tiryakioğlu (ed.), Afetlerle Kalkınma: Tecrübeler, Politikalar ve Beklentiler Ankara: Elif Yayınevi, 2016.

- “Alternatif Ekonomiler Üzerine Bir Ufuk Turu (A Tour d’horizon on Alternative Economies)” (with Bengi Akbulut), Birikim, 2015.

- “Türkiye’de Kalkınmacılığı Yeniden Okumak: HES’ler ve Değişen Doğa-Toplum İlişkileri” (“Re-reading Turkey’s Developmentalism: Hydro-Power Plants and Changing Society-Environment Relationships”) (with Bengi Akbulut and Murat Arsel). In Evren, E., Erensü, S. & C. Aksu (eds.) Sudan Sebepler: Kalkınma ve Çevrecilik Kıskacında Hidro-Enerji ve HES Karşıtı Mücadelenin Ekoloji Politiği (Hydro-Power Between Development and Environmentalism and the Political Ecology of the Struggle against Hydro-Power Plants). İletişim: İstanbul, 2015.

- “Yeni Kurumsal İktisadın Penceresinden Toplumsal Düzenin Tesisi: Geç Osmanlı-Türkiye Cumhuriyeti tarihine alternatif bir yaklaşım” (with Kıvanç Karaman and Ayça Akarçay Gürbüz), Toplum ve Bilim, 2015.

- “Türkiye’de Çevre Siyasasının Ekonomi-Politiği: Kurumlar ve Devletin İnşası” (“The Political Economy of Environmental Policy in Turkey: Environmental Institutions and State Building”) (with Bengi Akbulut and Murat Arsel), in A.F. Aysan ve D. Dumludağ (eds.), Kalkınma Literatüründe Yeni Yaklaşımlar (New Approaches in the Development Literature). Ankara: İmge, 2013.

- Ekolojik Paylaşıma Dayalı İhtilaflarin Kategorilendirilmesine Yönelik Bir Taslak Çalışması (An Attempt to Categorise Environmental Conflicts)” (with Bengi Akbulut and Duygu Avcı), Üç Ekoloji, 2013.

- “Piyasanın İdaresi: Neoliberalizm ve bağımsız düzenleyici kurumların anatomisi” (with Ayşe Mumcu), Toplum ve Bilim, 2012.

- “Ekolojik paylaşıma dayalı ihtilaflarda destek ve direniş söylemleri: Kazdağı örneği” (with Duygu Avcı and Begüm Özkaynak), Toplum ve Bilim, 2010.

- “Dünyada ve Türkiye’de İktisat, İktisadi Düşünce Tarihi ve Yöntembilim İlişkileri” (with Eyüp Özveren), İktisat Öngörü Çalışması 2003-2023. Ankara, TÜBA, 2007, 139-151.

- “Neoklasik İktisat, Kurumsal İktisat ve Ekonomi-Çevre İlişkisi (Neoclassical Economics, Institutionalist Economics and the Economy-Environment Relationship)” (with Begüm Özkaynak), in E. Özveren (ed.), Kurumsal İktisat. İmge Yayınları, pp. 309-37, 2007.

- “Türkiye’de Farklı İşçi Dünyaları ve Sendikaların Toplumsal Konumu (Different Worlds of Labor in Turkey and the Societal Position of Unions)” (with Ayşe Buğra and Ahmet İnsel), Birikim, 217:100-13, 2007.

- “Türkiye’de Kamu Yönetimlerinin Yeniden Yapılanması (Restructuring of Public Governance in Turkey)” (with Ali Çarkoğlu), Görüş, 2000.

- “Yönetime Katılmanın İktisadi Boyutu (The Economic Dimension of Participation to Decision-Making)”, in T. Belge and O. Bilgin (eds), Yurttaş Katılımı, Bursa: Burfaş 1997.

- “‘Hesaplama Tartışması’ Üzerine Bir Not (A Note on the ‘Calculation Debate’)” (with Yahya Madra), Toplum ve Bilim, 1995.

- “Türkiye’de Devletin Değişen Ekonomik Rolü (The Changing Role of the Turkish State)” (with Murat R. Sertel), Özelleştirme Sempozyumu Tebliğleri, Koç University, 1995.

- “Katılımcı Ekonominin Nedenleri ve Nasılları Üzerine Bir Önsöz (An Introduction to the Hows and Whys of a Participatory Economics)”, İktisat, 1994.

- “‘Sanayi Ötesi Toplum’ Üzerine Bir Ekleme (A Rejoinder to ‘Post-Industrialised Society’)”, Toplum ve Bilim, 1993.

BOOKS

-Gıdanın Politik Ekolojisi (edited with Sena Akkoç), İstanbul: Metis, 2023.

-Neoliberal Turkey and its Discontents: Economic Policy and the environment under Erdoğan (edited with Bengi Akbulut and Murat Arsel), London: IB. Taurus, 2017.

-Sosyal Bilimler “Ne İşe Yarar” (What the Social Sciences in fact Achieve)? (edited with Ezgi Hamzaçebi, Eylem Akçay and Umut Kocagöz), İstanbul: Boğaziçi University Press, 2015.

-Rethinking Structural Reform in Turkish Agriculture (edited with Barış Karapınar and Gökhan Özertan), New York: Nova, 2010.

- Türkiye’de Vergiler, Temsiliyet ve Demokrasi (Taxation, Representation, and Democracy in Turkey), (with Ü. Zenginobuz, F. Gökşen, Ç. Savcı and E. Tokgöz), Boğaziçi University Publications, Istanbul, 2010.

-Türkiye’de Kamu Reformu (with Ali Çarkoğlu and Burhan Şenatalar), Ankara: TEPAV, 2009.

-Diyarbakır’dan İstanbul’a 500 Milyonluk Umut Hikayeleri: Mikrokredi Maceraları (Stories of Hope from Diyarbakır to Istanbul: Microcredit Adventures) (with Tuğçe Bulut), İstanbul: İletişim, 2007.

-Environmentalism in Turkey, co-edited with Murat Arsel, Aldershot: Ashgate, 2005.

-Toplumun Kamu Yönetimine, Kamu Hizmetlerine ve Reforma Bakışı (Citizens’ Position vis-à-vis Public Governance, Public Services and Reform) (with Ali Çarkoğlu and Burhan Şenatalar), İstanbul: TESEV, 2005.

-Sürdürülebilir Kentleşme: Yalova örneğinde sürdürülebilir kent tasarımına yönelik bir yöntem önerisi (Urban Sustainability: A methodological inquiry through the case of Yalova) (with Begüm Özkaynak), İstanbul: TÜSES, 2004.

-Integrating and Articulating Environments, co-edited with Ornulf Seippel, Fatoş Gökşen, Martin O’Brien, Ünal Zenginobuz and Jesper Grolin, Lisse: Swets & Zeitlinger, 2003.

-İşdünyası Gözünden Türkiye’de Yolsuzluk (Corruption in Turkey from the Perspective of Business) (with Ali Çarkoğlu and Burhan Şenatalar), İstanbul: TESEV, 2003.

-Economy and Society, co-edited with Pat Devine, Montreal: Blackrose, 2001.

-Hanehalkı Gözünden Türkiye’de Yolsuzluk (Corruption in Turkey from the Perspective of Household) (with Ali Çarkoğlu and Burhan Şenatalar), İstanbul: TESEV, 2001.

-Türkiye’de Yerel ve Merkezi Yönetimlerde Hizmetlerden Tatmin, Patronaj İlişkileri ve Reform (Reform, Patronage Networks and Satisfaction from Public Services at the Local and Central Levels: The Case of Turkey) (with Ali Çarkoğlu), İstanbul: TESEV, 2000.

-Cumhuriyetin 75. Yılında Üniversitelerimiz (Universities in Turkey at the 75th Anniversary of the Republic), ed., Istanbul: Boğaziçi University Publications, 2000.

EDITORIAL

-Co-editor (with Murat Arsel and Alfredo Saad Filho) of the special issue of Geoforum on Neoliberalism, 2022.

-Co-editor (with Deniz Yükseker) of the special issue of New Perspectives on Turkey on Social Exclusion and Poverty, 2008.

-Co-editor (with Diane Sunar) of the special issue of Boğaziçi Journal on Symposium on Social, Economic and Cultural Aspects of HIV/AIDS in Turkey, 1999.

-Editor of the special issue of Boğaziçi Journal on Reforming the State, 1997.

EDITORIAL BOARD

-The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought
-Turkish Studies

REFEREE FOR

Antipode
Boğaziçi Journal
Cambridge Journal of Economics
Contemporary Politics
Ecological Economics
Economic Design
Environment and Planning
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
Environmental Science and Policy
European Journal of the History of Economic Thought
Geoforum
Historical Materialism
Journal of Economic Issues
Land Economics
METU Development
Resources, Environment and Sustainability
Review of Social Economy
Review of Political Economy
Turkish Studies
URPE
Voluntas
World Development

AWARDS

Sheridan Scholarship, UMASS, 2019.
Academics Award of Boğaziçi University, 2008.
Manchester University Fellowship, 2000.
FEMISE Award (shared with A. Çarkoğlu), 1999.
Junior Academics Award of Boğaziçi University, 1998.
Population Council Award (shared with Ü. Zenginobuz), 1997.
Economic Research Forum (ERF) Award (shared with M.R. Sertel), 1995.
IDRC Award (shared with S. Mandalinci), 1994.
British Council Foreign and Commonwealth Scholarship, 1989-1992.

LANGUAGES

Turkish (native)
English (speaking, writing, reading fluency)
French ((speaking, writing, reading proficiency)

OTHER ENGAGEMENTS/ NON-CURRICULUM ACTIVITIES

- Acting as a volunteer in mountain search and rescue operations
- Acting as a volunteer in social assistance projects
- With Bengi Akbulut conducted between 2016-2018 a fortnightly radio programme, “The End of Economy and Economics as We Know It”, Open Radio, criticising the modernisation move that disregards social and ecological costs.
- Long-distance runner, mountaineer, photographer