I am a professor of economics teaching courses on the economics of artificial intelligence, the history of economic ideas, general economic history, and research methods in economics. I'm the (co-)author of four books and the (co-)editor of nine volumes published by international and national publishers such as Edward Elgar, Routledge, and Palgrave Macmillan. My articles have appeared in journals including the American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Journal of Institutional Economics, Journal of Economic Issues, Review of Radical Political Economics, Rethinking Marxism, Review of Social Economy, and Journal of Philosophical Economics.
Beyond my academic interests, I'm an independent singer and songwriter who enjoys creating melodies with simple chords on acoustic guitar. My musical journey began in the 1990s, exploring the rich traditions of Turkish folk music alongside progressive rock. Currently, I find inspiration in minimalist electronic music from across the globe. I experiment with computerized tools to produce and record demo songs at my home studio. Listen to my recent productions on your preferred streaming platforms (Spotify, YouTube, Amazon, etc.).
After more than a decade of publishing in institutional and evolutionary economics, I decided to move beyond abstract theoretical issues and explore the societal impact of disruptive technologies. Currently, I research and offer courses on the potential of LLMs in creative industries. I lead a long-term project, the Turkish Political Economy Database, from the 1800s to Date, where my colleagues and I document over 700 economists, translators, and scholars who have shaped economic thought in the Republic of Türkiye and the Ottoman Empire since the 1800s. We curate comprehensive biographical, bibliographical, and textual datasets that power AI tools for analysis, visualization, and automated essay generation. Since February 2026, the outcome of this digital humanities project has been published in The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Turkish Economists and Economics.
In case you’re interested in my previous work and academic vitae: I received a doctoral degree in Economics and Philosophy from Erasmus University Rotterdam in 2009. I served as a researcher in the Cambridge Social Ontology Group at the University of Cambridge (2011-2012) and the Hamburg Institute for Advanced Study (2022-2023). My books are available on Amazon and Kitapyurdu and my articles are on ResearchGate and Google Scholar.
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