Curriculum Vitae

PhD candidate in Economics, King's College London
Economic Consultant, OECD

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Experience

  1. Economic Consultant

    OECD
    Supporting the Finance, Investment and Global Relations Division (FIG) of the Environment Directorate (ENV), as well as the National Bank of Georgia, with an econometric assessment of nature-related financial risks.
  2. Research Economist

    OECD
    Worked in the Productivity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (PIE) Division within the Directorate for Science, Technology and Innovation (STI). Contributed to the “Leveraging Inter-Firm Transactions (LIFT)" project, using firm-to-firm transaction data to analyze supply chain resilience, industrial policy spillovers, and productivity dynamics, with the aim of generating policy-relevant insights.
  3. Policy Analyst

    OECD
    Contributed to the project on “Developing a Supervisory Framework for Financial Risks Stemming from Biodiversity-related Losses”, as well as other sustainable finance projects in the Capital Markets and Financial Institutions (CM) Division of the Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs (DAF).
  4. Research Associate

    INSEAD
    Worked as a research associate at the Economics and Political Science Department, and the teaching assistant for the intermediate microeconomics course “Prices & Markets”.
  5. Research Assistant

    Sciences Po Paris
    Assisted Professors Roberto Galbiati and Quoc-Anh Do in the research for the project entitled “J’Accuse! Antisemitism and Financial Markets in the time of the Dreyfus Affair”.
  6. Research Intern

    BBVA Research, Garanti Bank
    Interned at BBVA Research’s Economic Research Division of Garanti Bank and worked on macroeconomic modeling of Turkey as well as on economic and geopolitical research on the broader Middle East.
  7. Teaching Assistant

    Sciences Po Paris
    Worked as the coordinator of the Turkish language course and tutored students.

Education

  1. PhD in Economics

    King's College London
    Awarded the King’s Business School Doctoral Studentship for the project entitled “Three Essays on the role of Large Firms in the Transmission of Shocks and Spillovers”, conducted under the supervision of Seyhun Orcan Sakallı, John Morrow, and Pierre-Louis Vézina. Recipient of the People’s Choice Gold Award at the King’s Business School Doctoral Research Symposium 2025 (First Year Doctoral Poster Session).
  2. Master of Economics and Public Policy

    Sciences Po Paris, School of Public Affairs
    Specialised in applied microeconomics, public finance, and quantitative policy evaluation within Sciences Po’s School of Public Affairs. The programme combined rigorous economic theory with empirical methods, bridging academic research and public institutions. Worked as a research assistant in the Economics department during the programme.
  3. Erasmus Exchange

    IE University, Madrid
    Spent the third year of the Sciences Po bachelor’s abroad on an Erasmus exchange at IE University in Madrid, with coursework in international relations and business administration.
  4. Bachelor of Political Sciences

    Sciences Po Paris, Menton campus
    Completed Sciences Po’s bachelor’s programme at the Menton campus, which specialises in the geopolitics and political economy of the Middle East and Mediterranean. The interdisciplinary curriculum spanned political science, history, economics, and international relations, with coursework in Arabic alongside French and English.
  5. High School

    Lycée français Saint-Joseph d'Istanbul

Skills & Interests

Technical Skills
Stata
Python

for data analysis and natural language processing.

MATLAB
SAS
LATEX
Research Interests
Production networks
Firm-level microdata
Shock transmission and propagation
Trade
Applied microeconomics for policy
Languages
Turkish

Native

English

Fluent

French

Fluent

Spanish

Fluent

Arabic

Intermediate

Beyond Research
Sailing

Outside research, sailing is one of my longest-standing passions. I’m a sailor registered to the French (FFV), Turkish (TYF) and international (ISAF/WS) sailing federations. I’ve raced in and worked as an instructor for both dinghies and yachts.