Dr. Kirsanli received his master's and Ph.D. degrees from Texas A&M University (2017) and Colorado State University (2022). Due to his pedagogical certificates and especially the introductory and intermediate economics courses he taught during his doctorate, he was awarded as "Outstanding Graduate Teacher" among close to fifty Ph.D. students in the department of economics in 2022. In the same year, he was nominated by his department for "Excellence in Teaching" award in the College of Liberal Arts. He dedicated great importance to social responsibility projects and volunteering during and after his Ph.D.. He received "Volunteer of the Year" award from Colorado State University in 2018 for his volunteering activities in the United States of America.

I received my BSc and MSc degrees in Economics at Middle East Technical University. I completed my Ph.D. in Economics at the University of British Columbia under the supervision of Professor Paul Beaudry. Since graduating with the PhD., I have worked as an academician at several universities including Ankara University, Middle East Technical University NCC, and the Social Sciences University of Ankara. 

Fatih Furkan Akosman completed his BA degree in Economics at İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University in 2016. He was a teaching assistant in the same university between 2016-2018. He received his MSc degree in Economics from The University of Edinburgh with his thesis “A Cost-Benefit Analysis for Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant and Its Impact on Electricity Market” in 2019. He has been continuing his PhD studies in Economics at Social Sciences University of Ankara since 2020.  Before joining to the department, he has worked on the Financial Analysis of Nuclear Facility Investments in Electricity Generation Company of Turkey and Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of Turkey.

Ayşenur Karakaş Aydınbakar received a B.Sc. from Istanbul University in 2013, and an M.Sc. from Istanbul Technical University in 2016. She received her Ph.D. in Economics from Tohoku University  in 2019. Karakaş-Aydınbakar has been working at Social Sciences University of Ankara since March, 2020. Dr. Karakaş-Aydınbakar has also collaborated with Development Policy Research Unit, Tohoku University.

Nilay Yörük received her BA in Economics from Anadolu University as a high honor student in 2017. She graduated from MSc in Economics program from the same university in 2019. She is currently a Phd candidate in Economics at ASBÜ.

Mevza Kurtulmuşlar is a research assistant of Economics at Social Sciences University of Ankara, Department of Economics. She obtained her BA in Economics from İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University in 2016 and is graduated from MA in Economics program from Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University in 2019. She is currently a Phd candidate in Economics at ASBÜ.

Furkan Tüzün recieved his BA in Economics from Glendon College, York University in 2015. He obtained his MSc in Economics degree from TOBB ETU with his thesis "The US Demand for Defense Spending: An Empirical Investigation for the Post-Cold War Era" in 2018. Since then, he has been continuing his higher education in PhD in Economics at METU.

Dr. Mahmud completed his BSc and MSc in Economics in Karachi University in 1975 and 1976 respectively. He obtained his MSc diploma in Economics in 1980 from McMaster University, where he also recieved his PhD diploma in Economics in 1986. He has taught and conducted research at Karachi University, Mcmaster University and Bilkent University for years. He is currently a member of Economics Department at ASBU. Among his research interests are  Banking and Finance, Technical Efficiency, Non-Parametric Regression, Monetary Reforms and Energy Economics.

Barış Alpaslan is a Professor of Economics. Prof. Alpaslan also holds a number of administrative roles at different levels in the same university. Prof. Alpaslan completed an MSc (with an award of distinction) and then a PhD in Economics at the University of Manchester. Prof. Alpaslan has multiple institutional affiliations with well-known research centres in the UK, Australia, and Egypt. Prof. Alpaslan is a Vice President of the Committee of Experts on the 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development Goals at the Turkish National Commission for UNESCO. Prof. Alpaslan has undertaken consultancy services for several international organisations, such as the World Bank, African Development Bank, and International Centre for Migration Policy Development. Prof. Alpaslan is also the representative of Turkey to the Council of Europe Platform on Ethics, Transparency and Integrity in Education (ETINED).

Recai Aydin (Ph.D) completed his undergraduate education in Economics at Bilkent University. Then, he moved to the United States to complete his graduate education in economics at the University of Houston. During and after his doctoral study, he taught in various colleges and universities in Texas as adjunct instructor, visiting assistant professor and assistant professor. He returned back home in 2009 and briefly worked in consulting business. He returned back teaching in 2010 as an assistant professor in Turkish Police Academy. He moved to Social Sciences University of Ankara in 2017. He also taught and served as an administrator in International Balkan University, Macedonia and International University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina between 2010 and 2018  from time to time.  

Aslı Günay received her BSc in Economics from Middle East Technical University in 1999. She then obtained MSc in Economics from Bilkent University (2003). She received her PhD in Economics from the Suleyman Demirel University in 2016.

She completed her BSc in Economics in 2005 at METU. In 2008 and 2009, she received her MSc in Economics from Waseda University (Japan) and Tilburg University respectively. She obtained her PhD in Economics from Tilburg University in 2013.

Erkan Gürpınar received his BSc in Economics from Middle East Technical University in 2005. He then obtained Master in Development Studies from Uppsala University (2007), and MS in Economics from Middle East Technical University (2008). He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Siena in 2013. During his PhD, he was a visiting researcher at the Centre of Development Studies of the University of Cambridge between 2011-2012.

Özgür Aydoğmuş received his BSc (2004) and MS (2007) degrees from Ankara University and PhD from Iowa State University (2013). Since 2014, he has been a faculty member at Department of Economics, Social Sciences University of Ankara. He studies on pattern formation caused by non-local interactions in ecological and evolutionary models, spread of epidemic diseases and effects of ecological and / or cultural factors on stable equilibrium of evolutionary games.

Dr. Ates is an associate professor with particular interest in social innovation, social entrepreneurship, sustainable development, socio-technical transformation, design thinking, blockchain for social impact and gamification. Dr. Ates has obtained graduate and undergraduate degrees from Vienna University of Economics and PhD degree (Doktor der Sozial- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften) from Vienna University of Technology in 2011. He was a visiting scholar at Harvard University in 2016-2017. Along with teaching and research activities, he has been involved in projects at UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization) and EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) as investigator and country expert. With the belief that social innovation is key to overcome so called "middle welfare trap" by sustaining and improving the wellbeing of the people beyond increasing the monetary term welfare, Dr. Ates has founded Bostan Institute for Social Innovation in 2015.

Ömer Demir (Ph.D) completed his undergraduate studies (1988) and received his Master's degree (1990) in the field of Political Science and Public Administration at the Middle East Technical University. He received his PhD degree from Anadolu University in 1993 in the field of Economic Methodology. Title of the dissertation is Normative Methodology of Positive Economics. He worked as an academic staff in until 2003 at Kırıkkale University. Between 2003-2008 he worked as president of Turkish Statistical Institue and vice-president of Higher Education Council of Turkey (2008-2012); the first rector of Social Sciences University of Ankara (2013-2015); president of  Turkish National Exam Center (OSYM). He joined TÜBİTAK (Turkish Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) as board member for two terms (2012-2018) and also board member of Statistical Economic and Social Research and Training Centre For Islamic Countries (SESRIC) (2003-2008) and now he still is the representative of Turkey in the board of SESRIC. He has several books and articles on the relationships between economy, culture and society, namely on economics and ethics, institutional economics, economic methodology, economics of religion and behavioral economics.

Halis Kıral is an assistant professor at the Social Sciences University of Ankara in Turkey. He is also Head of Audit and Risk Management Department and Director of Center for Audit and Risk Management (ASBÜDRM) at the ASBU. He was a visiting scholar in Duke Center for International Development (DCID) for the 2017-2018 academic year. He has also worked in the Ministry of Finance of Turkey as a state budget expert, public finance expert, head of the department of Central Harmonization for Internal Audit, and head of the Budget Policy Department. As the Head of Central Harmonization Unit for Internal Audit, he led several projects including developing Public Internal Audit Software (İçDen©) for public internal auditors and publishing Public Internal Audit Manual, Information Technology Audit Manual, Quality Assurance and Improvement Manual and Performance Audit Manual for Public Internal Auditors. He wrote a number of articles, books and book chapters on topics such as public finance, public financial management and control, specifically internal audit and risk management, and applied economics. Currently, he is also working on impact analysis, monitoring and evaluation.

Dr Aydın, graduated from the Petroleum and Natural Gas Engineering Department at the Middle East Technical University in 1990. While continuing his professional life in energy sector, he received his Master degree in Economics from Hacettepe University and his Phd degree in Economics  from Faculty of Political Sciences  of Ankara University. He has been involved in post-doctoral  research on global energy issues at GTAP (Global Trade Analysis Project), research center at Purdue University, USA. He worked at the General Directorate of Petroleum Affairs of the Ministry of Energy for many years as the Deputy of General Director. He has started his academic life in 2011 at the Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences in Kırıkkale University. He is currently a Professor of Economics at Social Sciences University of Ankara. He is married with two children.