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Dr. Levent Eraydin

  • KIT Campus Süd,

    Geb. 01.87 - 5. OG

    Rüppurrer Str. 1a, Haus B

    76137 Karlsruhe

Research Interests

  • Modern Growth Theories (with special focus on human capital accumulation and technological change),
  • Economics of Innovation
  • Economics of Development

Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae (in detail)


Professional Experience

  • 2015 - present: Scientific Assistant at the Chair in Economic Policy of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
  • 2018 - 2019: Guest Economics Lecturer at Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences (HsKA)
  • 2006 - 2010: Research Assistant at the Department of EU Economics of the European Union Institute of Marmara University, Istanbul


Academic Background

  • 2010 - 2015: Ph.D. in Economics at the Department of Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods (DEMM), University of Milan, Italy
  • 2005 - 2008: M.A. in EU Economics at the Department of EU Economics, Marmara University European Union Institute, Istanbul
  • 2001 - 2005: B.Sc. in Economics at the Faculty of Economics, Marmara University, Istanbul


Scholarships/Awards

  • 2010 - 2014: Istanbul Chamber of Commerce (ITO) Doctoral Scholarship
  • 2001 - 2005: Marmara University, Department of Economics, First Prize Award

Teaching

  • Exercise: Endogenous Growth Theory 
    (KIT, winter term 2015/2016, 2016/2017, 2017/2018 and 2019/2020)
  • Exercise: Innovation Theory and Policy
    (KIT, summer term 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019)
  • Seminar: Quantitative Methods in Economic Growth
    (KIT, 2016/2017 and 2017)
  • Lecture: International Economics
    (HsKa, 2018/2019 and 2019) 

 Publications

Bucci, A., Eraydin, L., Müller, M. (2019), "Dilution effects, population growth and economic growth under human capital accumulation and endogenous technological change", Journal of Macroeconomics, Vol. 62(SI), December 2019.  Working paper version available as: KIT Working Paper 113