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Baris Alpaslan is an Associate Professor of Economics at the Social Sciences University of Ankara. Dr. Alpaslan also holds a number of administrative roles at different levels in the same university. Dr. Alpaslan completed an MSc (with an award of distinction) and then a PhD in Economics at the University of Manchester. Dr. Alpaslan has multiple institutional affiliations with well-known research centres in the UK, Australia, and Egypt. Dr. Alpaslan is a Vice President of the Committee of Experts on the 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development Goals at the Turkish National Commission for UNESCO. Dr Alpaslan has undertaken consultancy services for several international organisations, such as the World Bank, African Development Bank, and International Centre for Migration Policy Development. Dr. Alpaslan is also the representative of Turkey to the Council of Europe Platform on Ethics, Transparency and Integrity in Education (ETINED). His research interests focus broadly on the macroeconomics of growth, inequality and development. 

Current Position(s):

Administrative Roles, Social Sciences University of Ankara, Turkey:

• Director, International Office, October 2023- 

• Board Member, Faculty of Political Science, November 2022- 

• Member of the Commission, Office for Scientific Research Projects, May 2019-

Research Associate and/or Fellow : 

• Economic Research Forum, Cairo, Egypt, August 2020-

• Institute for Global Sustainable Development (formerly the Sheffield Institute for International Development), University of Sheffield, UK, December 2018-

• Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University College of Asia & the Pacific, Canberra, Australia, February 2015-

Vice President/Member:

• Vice President of the Committee of Experts on the 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development Goals at the Turkish National Commission for UNESCO, October 2022-

• Member of the Committee of Experts on the 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development Goals at the Turkish National Commission for UNESCO, October 2018-

Representative of Turkey:

• Council of Europe Platform on Ethics, Transparency and Integrity in Education (ETINED), August 2020-

Research Interest(s): Growth Theory, Development Macroeconomics, Poverty Reduction, Human Development