Speaking in Casablanca
  • Professor, Economics Department
  • Co-Director, , Economics Department, GEM- IWG University of Utah
  • Senior Scholar, Levy Institute of Economics New York
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Research Keywords

  • development macroeconomics
  • Women and Minorities Labor Market
  • Poverty and the Poor
  • Middle Eastern Studies
  • Macroeconomics
  • International Economics
  • Feminist Theories/Gender Theories
  • Economics of Gender
  • Economic Development

Presentations

  • Neoliberalism Gone Amok: The Case of Turkey . Conference Paper, Presented, 07/18/2103.
  • Neoliberalism, Islamic Patriarchy and Ecological Destruction in Turkey . Conference Paper, Presented, 07/18/2013.
  • Proposal for a Global Fund for Women out of Innovative Finance. Conference Paper, Presented, 07/29/2012.
  • Feminist Macroeconomic policies in the context of Crises. Panel, Presented, 07/26/2012.
  • Innovative Finance: A gender Perspective . Presentation, Presented, 07/25/2012.
  • Evolution of Conceptualizations of Poverty and Gender, and Anti-Poverty Policies . Presentation, Presented, 07/24/2012.
  • Intersections of Heterodox and Gender-aware Approaches to International Trade and Globalization: Theory, Policy and Empirics II . Presentation, Presented, 07/21/2012.
  • Intersections of Heterodox and Gender-aware Approaches to International Trade and Globalization: Theory, Empirics and and Policy I . Presentation, Presented, 07/21/2012.
  • Redefining the Macroeconomy from a Feminist and Green Perspective . Presentation, Presented, 07/19/2012.
  • Macroeconomic Modelling with Gender: Analytical and Empirical Models . Presentation, Presented, 07/19/2012.
  • Patterns of Growth, Gender Inequalities and Poverty in the World Economy . Presentation, Presented, 07/18/2012.
  • Proposal for Global Fund for Women out of Innovative Finance . Conference Paper, Refereed, Presented, 06/29/2012.
  • UN Women Panel on Women's Economic Empowerment . Panel, Presented, 06/28/2012.
  • "Gender and Innovative Finance”, presented at the Expert Group meeting for the WESS 2012 ( World Economic and Social Survey), held in United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs ( UNDESA) New York, December. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 12/05/2011.
  • “The Green Economy : A Feminist Perspective”, presented at the International Conference on Engendering Macroeconomics and International Economics (organized by GEM-IWG , GEM-Europe and GEM- Turkey in collaboration with UNDP, the Heinrich Boell Foundation , the Levy Economics Institute and UN Women held in Istanbul, October 17 . Conference Paper, Presented, 10/17/2011.
  • "Evolution of Gender and Poverty: A Macroeconomic Approach" presented at the International Workshop on Engendering Macroeconomics and International Economics (organized by GEM-IWG, GEM-Europe and GEM- Turkey in collaboration with UNDP, the Heinrich Boell Foundation, the Levy Economics Institute and UN Women held in Istanbul, October 9-17. Presentation, Presented, 10/14/2011.
  • Theoretical Concerns of Gender-Aware and Heterodox Economics” presented at the International Workshop on Engendering Macroeconomics and International Economics (organized by GEM-IWG, GEM-Europe and GEM- Turkey in collaboration with UNDP, the Heinrich Boell Foundation, the Levy Economics Institute and UN Women held in Istanbul, October 9-17 . Presentation, Presented, 10/12/2011.
  • “Feminist and Heterodox Approaches to International Trade and Globalization: Theory, Policy and Empirics”, presented at the International Workshop on Engendering Macroeconomics and International Economics (organized by GEM-IWG , GEM-Europe and GEM- Turkey in collaboration with UNDP, the Heinrich Boell Foundation , the Levy Economics Institute and UN Women held in Istanbul, October 9-17 . Presentation, Other, 10/11/2011.
  • “Patterns of Growth, Gender Inequalities and Poverty in the World Economy”, presented at the International Workshop on Engendering Macroeconomics and International Economics (organized by GEM-IWG, GEM-Europe and GEM- Turkey in collaboration with UNDP, the Heinrich Boell Foundation , the Levy Economics Institute and UN Women held in Istanbul, October 9-17 . Presentation, Presented, 10/09/2011.
  • Invited Panelist on the UN Women Panel on "Women's Economic Empowerment" to be held at the IAFFE meetings in Barcelona, Spain, June 27-29. Invited Talk/Keynote, Accepted, 03/09/2011.
  • “Macroeconomics of Poverty Reduction and Gender” Conference on the Role of Equality commissions for a More Equal World for All, 23- 24 March , Istanbul, Turkey ( organized by the Turkish Grand National Assembly and UNDP. Invited Talk/Keynote, Other, 03/2011.
  • “ Gender Perspectives and Gender Impacts of the Global Economic Crisis: Policy Responses and the Challenges Ahead,” presented at the 54th Session, Commission on the Status of Women, United Nations, New York. Panel, Presented, 03/2011.
  • “Gender and Macroeconomics: From Theory to Practice” Keynote address GEM-LAC Summer Institute Course, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/2010.
  • “Macroeconomic Modeling and Gender” GEM-LAC Summer Institute Course, Buenos Aires, Argentina, . Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 07/2010.
  • “A Gender Perspective on the Global Economic Crisis: Policy Responses and the Challenges Ahead,” presented at the 54th Session, Commission on the Status of Women, United Nations, New York. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/2010.

Languages

  • Turkish, fluent.
    This is my mother language .

Geographical Regions of Interest

  • Central America
    In 1983, as part of an editorial collective, I co-edited a book Revolution in Central America. I continue to be interested in Central America.
  • Central Asia
  • Eastern Africa
  • Europe
    I have traveled in Europe widely and I am currently working on the economic crisis in Europe. I am currently organizing a Summer Institute and an international conference on the European economic crisis ( to take place in Krakow, Poland) .
  • Northern Africa
  • South America
  • Southern Africa
  • Turkey
    I was born and raised in Turkey. In 2011, I organized an international workshop and an international conference in Istanbul.I attended another conference there. I am the founder of a network of economists called GEM- Turkiye. We work on a gendered analyses of the Turkish economy.
  • Western Asia
    I have taught economic history and development of the Middle East and North Africa for many years. I am the co-founder of GEM- MENA, which is the regional group of GEM- IWG. GEM- MENA will be holding a Summer Institute gender, macroeconomics and international economics in the MENA region in 2013.