Curriculum Vitae

Main Affiliation

National Labor Observatory (NLO), Human Resources Development Fund

May 2023 - Senior Advisor for Labor Markets and Research

Nov 2023 - Oct 2024 Acting General Manager of Product Management

Address : National Labor Observatory, Human Resources Development Fund, Olaya Towers A. Al Olaya St, Al Olaya, PO Box (67778) Riyadh 11517, Saudi Arabia, Phone: +966 11 218-2708 Email: m.soytas@hrdf.org.sa Web: https://nlo.gov.sa/

Side Affiliations

Gulf Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Dec 2024 - Non-Resident Fellow

King Saud University College of Business Administration, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Aug 2024 - Adjunct Faculty

Previous Work Experience

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals Business School,

Feb 2020 - Jan 2023: Associate Professor of Economics

May 2022 - - Jan 2023: Executive Committee Member, International Center for Finance and Digital Economy

King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center,

Aug 2018 - Jan 2020: Researcher

Özyeğin University, Faculty of Business, Istanbul, Turkey.

· May 2019 - Sep 2020: Associate Professor of Economics

· Sep 2012 - Apr 2019: Assistant Professor of Economics

· Mar 2018 - May 2019: Director of the Sustainable Development Forum

World Bank, Ankara Office, Turkey.

· Nov 2011 - June 2012: Short-term Consultant

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

· Aug 2010 - Aug 2011: Graduate Research Assistant (Center for Industrial Studies)

· Aug 2005 - Aug 2010: Graduate Research Assistant (Department of Economics)

Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

· May 2008 - Aug 2008: Graduate Research Assistant (Tepper School of Business)

Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey.

· Dec 2002 - July 2005: Graduate Research Assistant (Department of Economics)

Education

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Economics (PhD), 2011.

Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey. Economics (MA), 2005.

Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey. Civil Engineering (BSc), 2001.

Non-Resident Fellow,

Gulf Labour Migration, Population, and Labour Markets Programme, Gulf Research Center

https://gulfmigration.grc.net/

Research Fellow,

Global Labor Organization

https://glabor.org/

Research Fellow,

Economic Research Forum

https://erf.org.eg/

Research Associate,

Center for Economics and Econometrics

https://cee.boun.edu.tr/