Economic Development & International Economics
Portrait of Murad Tiryakioğlu
Afyon Kocatepe University · Department of Economics

MuradTiryakioğlu

A development agenda spanning domestic, green and innovative production to the economics of disasters and migration.

Working across development economics, technological capability, domestic production and the economic effects of disasters, Murad Tiryakioğlu connects academic research with public debate.

Research Areas

Four lines of inquiry treating production, technology and resilience as connected questions of development.

Innovation & Domestic Production

Domestic productive capacity, late industrialisation and innovation-led development policy.

Technology Management & Learning

Technology transfer, capability acquisition and firms’ capacity to innovate.

Economics of Disasters & Migration

The economic, social and developmental consequences of disasters and forced migration.

Green Jobs & Just Transition

The employment, production and policy dimensions of an inclusive transition to a green economy.

Academic Career

2018—

Afyon Kocatepe University · Department of Economics

Associate Professor

Conducts research and teaching in Economic Development and International Economics.

2013

Afyon Kocatepe University

PhD

Examined technology transfer as a strategic source of capability acquisition and its policy implications for Türkiye.

2001—2018

Afyon Kocatepe University · Department of Economics

Academic appointments

Continued his academic work in the department where he began as a research assistant in 2001.

2000—2006

Afyon Kocatepe University

Undergraduate and graduate study

Completed a BA in Economics in 2000 and graduate degrees in Business Administration and Economics in 2003 and 2006.

Selected Publications

Three highlighted works from his recent academic output.

2025

Article

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Special Issue: Resilience in the Age of Multiple Crises

Pınar Uyan Semerci · Murad Tiryakioğlu

An editorial framing the special issue’s social-science discussion of resilience amid multiple crises.

REFLEKTİF Journal of Social Sciences, 6(1), 5–9

2021

Article

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The Political Economy of Green Jobs in Turkey

Murad Tiryakioğlu

Examines Türkiye’s transition to a green economy, the challenges of a just transition to green jobs and the policy design required for inclusive employment.

Journal of Yasar University, 16(62), 1022–1038

2019

Article

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Development of a Disaster Attitude Scale and Assessment of University Students’ Attitudes Towards Disasters

Ayça Hatice Türkan · İbrahim Kılıç · Murad Tiryakioğlu

Develops a scale measuring cognitive, affective and behavioural attitudes towards disasters and evaluates university students’ attitudes.

Ege Academic Review, 19(4), 457–467

Books

Long-form work on development, technology, production and disasters.

Development with the State — book cover

Featured Book

Compiler · 2020

Development with the State

Essays in Honour of Fikret Şenses

A multi-author volume examining the state’s evolving yet persistent role in economic development through Türkiye and comparative country experiences.

Publisher
İletişim Yayınları
ISBN
9789750529948
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415 pages
Development amid Disasters book cover

2016 · Editor

Development amid Disasters

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Impoverishment through Disasters book cover

2021 · Compiler

Impoverishment through Disasters

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Technological Capability Transfer book cover

2015 · Author

Technological Capability Transfer

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Türkiye’s Domestic Production and Political Economy book cover

2021 · Compiler

Türkiye’s Domestic Production and Political Economy

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Academic Initiatives

Work connecting research with awareness, publishing and policy debate.

Domestic Green New Platform

A platform raising awareness of Türkiye’s domestic, green and innovative production practices and capacity.

Founder and coordinator

Disaster Awareness Association

An academic initiative conducting research, publishing and public-awareness work to strengthen disaster awareness.

Coordinator