Research

Work in Progress

The Long-term Impact of Refugees in Labor Market: Evidence from Syrian Refugees in Turkey
(with Aysegul Kayaoglu)

Research Experience

• Research Assistant in the Department of Economics (03/2021 - 08/2025)
  Istanbul Technical University

• Research Assistant to Aysegul Kayaoglu (07/2020 - 08/2025)
  Istanbul Technical University

• Research Assistant (Data Quality Lead) to Umut Kuruüzüm (06/2025 - 08/2025)
  Supply Chain and Child Labor Analysis in Tobacco, in partnership with ICF and the U.S. Department of Labor

• Research Assistant (Data Quality Lead) to Umut Kuruüzüm (06/2024 - 09/2024)
  Supply Chain and Child Labor Analysis in Cotton, in partnership with ICF and the U.S. Department of Labor

• Research Assistant to Aysun Hiziroglu Aygun (11/2022 - 11/2023)
  Funded by Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey / TÜBİTAK-221S893 (Hasan Güçlü)
  Modeling and Simulation of Infectious Diseases from Epidemiological and Economic Perspectives Using Mathematical and Agent-Based Methods

• Research Assistant to Aysegul Kayaoglu (10/2021 - 07/2022)
  UNICEF Turkey, Consultancy on Child Labor Legislation and Policy Improvement

• Research Assistant (Interviewer) (11/2020 - 01/2021)
  A. Kayaoglu (2021), A Youth Centered Participatory Assessment in Turkey: Understanding Refugee and Host Community Youth’s Perceptions, Challenges and Needs. London, Save the Children International.

• Research Assistant (Data Coding Team) (02/2020 - 03/2020)
  A. Kayaoglu (2021), A Gender-sensitive Study on Urban Child Labor in Istanbul. London, Save the Children International.

• Research Assistant (Field Translator, English-Turkish) (01/2020 - 02/2020)
  Funded by Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan; MOST Young Scholar Fellowship / 108-2636-H
  C. A. Chang (2021), The Economically Rich Refugees: A Case Study of the Business Operations of Istanbul-based Syrian Refugee Businesspeople. International Migration.