Professor Mehmet Balcılar (Ph.D)

Fields of Research: Econometric Theory, Time Series Analysis, Applied Macroeconometrics

E-mail: - mehmet.balcilar@ostimteknik.edu.tr

Tel: 0312 386 10 92 / Internal: 1952

Office: Main Campus, 9th Floor

   

Mehmet Balcilar is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Economics at the Eastern Mediterranean University, Famagusta, North Cyprus; Extraordinary Professor at the University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa; Affiliated Professor at the Montpellier Business School, Montpellier, France; part time instructor at the Ostim Technical University; and Research Fellow at the Economic Research Forum, Cairo, Egypt. He received his Ph.D. in Economics from Wayne State University, MA degrees from Cukurova University and Cleveland State University and bachelor’s degree from Dokuz Eylul University. He was an advisor at the Prime Ministry Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) in Turkey and consultant at the Undersecretariat of the Prime Ministry of Turkey. He also worked as consultant to serve international organizations including the World Health Organization, World Bank, UNICEF, and the United Nations. His academic interests are mainly macroeconomics, financial markets, risk modelling, health economics, economic growth, and industrial policy.