I am a Principal Economist in the Office of the Chief Economist at European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London and Assistant Professor of Economics at King’s College London, Department of Political Economy.
I am also a Research Fellow at London School of Economics and Research Associate at IZA Institute of Labor Economics.
My work mainly focuses on applied labour economics with a strong focus on labour market inequalities, migration, and political economy.
My research has been covered by local and international media outlets, including BBC, Bloomberg, Business Insider, Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, Mirror, Reuters, The Daily Mail, The Independent, The Telegraph, The Times, Quartz, Vox, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and World Economic Forum.
I am the recipient of the Young Researcher Award from the Association of British Turkish Academics and was selected as a Leader of Tomorrow by The St. Gallen Foundation. I also occasionally contribute to Pocket Economics podcasts and write for GALLUP Blog, LSE Business Review, and VOXEU,
I received my BA in Economics from Istanbul University and MA in Economics from State University of New York. In 2017, I completed my PhD in Economics at University of London, Royal Holloway College.
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E-mail: aksoyc@ebrd.com & cevat.aksoy@kcl.ac.uk & c.giray-aksoy@lse.ac.uk
