Prof. Dr. SEVİL ACAR AYTEKİN

EDUCATION

2007- 2011             PhD in Economics, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey

Dissertation “Natural Resource Abundance and Its Impact on Development Prospects” supervised by Prof. Fatma Dogruel (defended on 25th July, 2011)

9/2010 – 7/2011     Visiting PhD Student at the Center for Environmental and Resource Economics (CERE), Umeå University, Sweden (awarded with a Swedish Institute scholarship)

2/2009 – 7/2009     University of Coimbra, Portugal (Doctoral exchange student, Department of Economics)

2005 - 2007            MA in Economics, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey

2000 - 2005            BA in Economics, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey

WORK EXPERIENCE

3/2022 -                  Professor, Bogazici University, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences

9/2024 – 8/2025     Visiting Professor, NOVA University Lisbon, Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research (CENSE)

9/2018 – 3/2022     Associate Professor, Bogazici University, Department of Tourism Administration

                               Courses taught at undergraduate level: Economics Iⅈ Tourism Research Topics; Economic Issues in Tourism

Courses taught at Master’s level: Environment, Sustainability and Tourism; Graduate Seminar; Current Sustainability Issues in the World Economy

2015- 8/2018          Associate Professor, Altinbas University (formerly Kemerburgaz U.), Dept. of Economics

Courses taught: Mathematics for Social Sciences; Principles of Microeconomics; Principles of Macroeconomics; Macroeconomic Theory; Economic Growth and Development; History of Economic Thought; Directed Reading and Research; Environmental Economics

27.10.2015             Associate Professorship granted by the Turkish Inter-University Board (ÜAK-YÖK)

6/2016 – 7/2016 & Visiting Researcher at the Center for Environmental and Resource Economics (CERE),

6/2014 – 7/2014     Umeå University, Sweden

4/2012 -10/2015    Assistant Professor, Istanbul Kemerburgaz University, Department of Economics, Turkey

11/2005 – 9/2010   Teaching Assistant, Istanbul Technical University, Institute of Social Sciences & Department of Management Engineering, Quantitative Methods Division

                               Assisted courses: Statistics I and II (undergraduate level), Econometrics (undergraduate level), Research Methods for Economics (Master’s level), Microeconomics II (Master’s level), Multivariate Statistical Analysis (PhD level), Research Methods I and II (PhD level)

AWARDS AND GRANTS

2026, May          Science Award (2025) by Istanbul Technical University (in the area of Social Sciences)

2023, Feb            Research Incentive Award (2022) by METU Parlar Education and Research Foundation

2018-2021           Akademik Teşvik Ödülü [Bogazici University Academic Incentive Award]

2020-2021           Öğretimde Üstün Başarı Ödülü [Bogazici University Excellence in Teaching Award]

2021, June          ERF Best Paper Award for the paper “Potential Effects of the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism on the Turkish Economy”