CURRICULUM VITAE PELİN AKÇAGÜN September, 2013 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Tel: +1-217 - 778 6956 Department of Economics Fax: +1-217 - 244 6678 David Kinley Hall, 1407 W. Gregory, e-mail: akcagun@illinois.edu Urbana, Illinois, 61801, U.S.A pelin@metu.edu.tr Date of Birth: November 19, 1983 Nationality: Turkish PERSONAL EDUCATION 2008 January - 2014 December (expected): Ph.D. in Department of Economics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. 2005 September - 2008 January: M.Sc. in Department of Economics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. 2001 August - 2005 June: B.Sc. in Department of Economics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. Visiting Position: ACADEMIC POSITIONS 2013 August - Present: Visiting Research Scholar, Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America [supervised by Prof. Dr. Anil K. Bera]. Permanent Position: Ph.D. Candidate in Department of Economics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey [supervised by Prof. Dr. Nadir Öcal]. 2005 September - Present: Teaching & Research Assistant, Department of Economics, FIELDS OF ACADEMIC INTEREST Spatial Econometrics, Nonlinear Time Series, Applied Econometrics, Growth Economics, Regional Development. 1
PUBLICATIONS 2011 September: Agricultural Master Plan for Samsun Province (with Assoc. Prof. Hakkı Ozan Eruygur, Dr. Ümit Özcan, Asist. Prof. Tolga Pusatlı, Res. Assist. Onur Kaya, Serkan Arabacı, Dilek Bilgin Mantı), Republic of Turkey Samsun Provincial Special Administration, Aydan Publishing (print date: March 2012), Ankara, Turkey. DEGREES AND AWARDS 2011 November: Third Prize with paper Türkiye de Bölgesel Kalkınma ve Büyümenin Mekansal Ekonometrik Yöntemlerle Modellenmesi [Modeling Regional Convergence and Growth in Turkey using Spatial Econometric Methods], (in Turkish), Kalkınmada Bölgesel Dinamikler Sempozyumu: Küreselden Yerele Stratejiler ve Uygulamalar, TÜRKONFED, Denizli, Turkey, 18 November 2011. 2008 January-present: High-honor degree in Ph.D. in Department of Economics, 2008 January: Graduated with Honor degree in M.Sc. in Department of Economics, 2005 June: Graduated with Honor degree in B.Sc. in Department of Economics, CERTIFICATES 2012 July: Economics Summer Seminars 2012, Spatial Panel Data by Prof. Dr. Anil K. Bera, Pamukkale University, Denizli, 11 th edition, 16-20 July 2012. 2011 May - June: Spatial Econometrics Advanced Institute 2011, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, 4 th Edition, 16 May- 10 June 2011. GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS 2013 August present: International Research Fellowship, The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS 2013 July: Reconsidering the Regional Employment Convergence Problem in Turkey: Spatial Panel Data Estimation in an SUR Framework (with Prof. Dr. Nadir Öcal and Prof. Dr. Jülide Yıldırım), The VII World Conference of the Spatial Econometrics Association, Washington DC, U.S.A., 10-12 July 2013. 2
2013 June: Regional Analysis of Sectoral Employment Dynamics in Turkey (with Prof. Dr. Nadir Öcal and Prof. Dr. Jülide Yıldırım), Anadolu International Conference in Economics, Eskişehir, Turkey, 19-21 June 2013. 2013 May: Sectoral Analysis of Regional Employment Dynamics in Turkey: A Panel Seemingly Unrelated Regression Model with Spatial Error Components (with Prof. Dr. Nadir Öcal and Prof. Dr. Jülide Yıldırım), 39 th Annual Eastern Economic Association Conference, New York, U.S.A., 9-11 May 2013. 2013 April: Bölgesel Kalkınmanın Mekansal Ekonometrik Yöntemlerle Analizi: Türkiye Üzerine Bir Uygulama [The Analysis of Regional Development with Spatial Econometric Methods: An Application to Turkey], (in Turkish), Workshop: Türkiye Ekonomisi'nin Dünü, Bugünü, Yarını - Yakup Kepenek'e ve Oktar Türel'e Armağan, Middle East Technical University Northern Cyprus Campus, Turkey, 25-26 April 2013. 2012 January: Türkiye de Bölgesel Kalkınma ve Büyümenin Mekansal Ekonometrik Analizi [Spatial Econometric Analysis of Regional Convergence and Growth in Turkey], (in Turkish), Stratejik Düşünce Enstitüsü-Ekonometrik Araştırmalar Derneği, Ankara, Turkey, 17 January 2012. 2011 December: Thirlwall Yasasının Ampirik Analizi: Türkiye Örneği [Empirical Analysis of Thirlwall Law: Turkey Case] (with Res. Asist. Aykut Mert Yakut), (in Turkish), Ekonomik Yaklaşım Kongreler Dizisi VII: Türkiye Ekonomisinin Dinamikleri: Politika Arayışları, Ankara, Turkey, 22-23 December. 2011 November: Türkiye de Bölgesel Kalkınma ve Büyümenin Mekansal Ekonometrik Yöntemlerle Modellenmesi, [Modeling Regional Convergence and Growth in Turkey using Spatial Econometric Methods], (in Turkish), Kalkınmada Bölgesel Dinamikler Sempozyumu: Küreselden Yerele Stratejiler ve Uygulamalar, TÜRKONFED, Denizli, Turkey, 18 November 2011. 2011 November: Modeling Regional Growth and Convergence in Turkey: A Spatial Panel Data Analysis (with Prof. Dr. Nadir Öcal), 58 th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International and the Second Conference of the Regional Science Association of the Americas, North American Regional Science Council, Miami, U.S.A., 9-12 November 2011. 2009 June: Discussions on Trade Regime in Turkey: A CGE Analysis, Anadolu International Conference in Economics, Eskişehir, Turkey, 17-19 June 2009. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2013 January - present: Research Assistant, in the project Türkiye de Bölgeler Arası Sektörel İstihdam Farklarının Mekansal Analizi, [The Spatial Analysis of Inter- Regional Sectoral Employment Differences in Turkey], supervised by Prof. Dr. Nadir Öcal, financed by Middle East Technical University, BAP-04-03-2013-003. 2012 January - present: Research Assistant, in the project Türkiyede Bölgesel Kalkınma, Büyüme ve Yakınsama Dinamiklerinin Ekonometrik Yöntemlerle 3
İncelenmesi, [The Analysis of Regional Development, Growth and Convergence Dynamics in Turkey using Econometric Methods], supervised by Prof. Dr. Nadir Öcal, financed by Middle East Technical University, BAP-04-03-2012-003. 2011 February October: Research Assistant, in the project The Support Project for Constructing the Provincial Agriculture and Rural Development Master Plans, supervised by Assoc. Prof. Hakkı Ozan Eruygur, financed by The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Samsun Provincial Directorate of Agriculture. 2009 December 2011 February: Research Assistant, in the project The Impact of Agricultural Enterprises on Productivity and Efficiency of Agricultural Production in Turkey and Chaotic Dynamic Analysis of Selected Products: Problems, Solutions and Policy Proposals, supervised by Assoc. Prof. Yılmaz Kılıçaslan, financed by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, 1001-109K129. TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2005 September - Present: Teaching Assistance, Department of Economics, Middle East Technical University: Introduction to Economics 1 (Econ 101) Introduction to Research Methods 2 (Econ 106) Economy, Society and Civilization 1 (Econ 107) Economy, Society and Civilization 2 (Econ 108) Principles of Economics 1 (Econ 211) Principles of Economics 2 (Econ 212) Economic Theory 2 (Econ 202) Statistics for Economics 1 (Econ 205) Statistics for Economics 2 (Econ 206) Introduction to Econometrics 1 (Econ 301) Introduction to Econometrics 2 (Econ 302) Seminar in Economics (Econ 400) COMPUTATIONAL SKILLS R, STATA, ARCGIS, RATS, GAMS, SAS, E-Views, Microfit. Turkish: Native English: Fluent LINGUISTIC SKILLS 4
REFERENCES Professor Nadir Öcal Prof. Dr. Julide Yıldırım Department of Economics Department of Economics Middle East Technical University TED University Universiteler Mahallesi Ziya Gokalp Cad. Dumlupinar Bulvari No:1, Cankaya No: 48, Kolej, Cankaya Ankara, 06800, Turkey Ankara, 06420, Turkey Phone: +90 312 210 2060 Phone: +90 312 585 0037 e-mail: ocal@metu.edu.tr e-mail: julide.yildirim@tedu.edu.tr 5