About Me

I am a PhD Candidate in Economics at Ruhr University Bochum, where I work under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Thomas K. Bauer. I expect to complete my PhD in September 2026. My research lies in applied microeconomics, with a particular focus on migration economics, family economics, and labor economics.

I received my B.Sc. in Mathematics from Middle East Technical University, where I also completed supplementary coursework in economics. I then pursued an M.Sc. in Behavioral and Applied Economics at the University of Trento as a merit scholarship recipient. During my master’s studies, I spent a research period at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, which later helped shape my master’s thesis, Asymmetric Belief-Updating in Terms of Overconfidence and Social Preferences within the Narrative of Negotiation. In that project, I designed an experiment to study overconfidence and prosociality in Rubinstein bargaining settings.

My doctoral research is in applied empirical economics. My job market paper, German Internal Migration: A Marriage Market Perspective, studies how internal migration affects divorce outcomes through changes in local marriage-market conditions. In related projects, I examine housing and fertility, and the transition to adulthood through local rental markets and leaving the parental home.

You can find more information on my research, CV, teaching, and contact page.