BURHAN CAN KARAHASAN

Burhan Can Karahasan is a Professor in Economics at the MEF University. He is currently also a Research Fellow for the Economic Research Forum (ERF). He was a Miguel Dols Fellow at Canada Blanch Centre at LSE (2024). In 2014 he spent one year as a Visiting Research Fellow at the LSE (Research on South Eastern Europe). Karahasan was also a Visiting Fellow at the University of Barcelona in 2010. Karahasan received his PhD in Economics from Marmara University. He received his BA degree in Economics from Istanbul University and holds a MA degree in Economics and Finance from Boğaziçi University. His main area of research is economic development and regional economics. Karahasan received the PhD Award of Turkish Economic Association in 2010 and the Ibn Khaldun Research Prize of Middle East and Economic Association in 2013. His research has been supported by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, the Economic Research Forum and the UK Research and Innovation Fund. He is the co-editor of three books on Turkish economy and has book chapters and articles on regional and development economics.

Economic growth and development, Inequality, Regional economics, Spatial econometrics