Ege Asutay, M.Sc.
Research Associate
Ege Asutay
- ege.asutay@uni-jena.de
- Phone
- +49 3641 9-43254
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CV
Education:
Since March 2024: Ph.D. in Economics
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany.
Chair of Economic Policy (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Andreas Freytag).
2021 – 2023: M.Sc. in Economics
Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany.
Final grade: 1.7.
Thesis: Assessing the economic rationality of modern immigration policies (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Andreas Freytag).
2016 – 2021 B.Sc. in Economics (English)
Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
GPA: 3.56.
Erasmus exchange, University of Łódź, Poland, 2019–2020 (two semesters).
Academic Positions:
Since March 2024: Research Associate
Chair of Economic Policy, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena.
Research, teaching, and thesis supervision.
March 2026: Visiting Doctoral Researcher
Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
Erasmus+ ICM staff mobility, 3–16 March 2026.
2023 – 2024: Student Assistant
International Office, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany.
Publications:
- Asutay, E., Berggren, N., & Bjørnskov, C. (2026).External link Do populists erode civil society? Journal of Institutional Economics, 22, e40.
Working Papers:
- Asutay, E. (2026).External link The green shock: Carbon pricing, local decline, and the rise of the populist right in Europe (Jena Economics Research Papers No. 2026-006). Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Under review.
- Kurt, E., & Asutay, E. (2026).External link Does populist redistribution reveal the heterogeneity it denies? Italy’s technocratic and populist pension reforms (Jena Economics Research Papers No. 2026-008). Friedrich Schiller University Jena.
- Asutay, E., Ball, C., & Freytag, A. (2025).External link Populist ideology, policy and the real economy: Walking the stick (CESifo Working Paper No. 12220). CESifo.
Op-Eds:
- Asutay, E. (2026)External link. Ben iyiyim, memleket kötü! (I'm fine, but the country is in a bad state!). Medyascope. 14 September 2026.
Conference Presentations and Seminars:
- 53rd European Public Choice Society Annual Meeting, Madrid, Spain, March 2026 (presented: Do populists erode civil society?).
- Research Seminar, Stellenbosch University, South Africa, March 2026 (presented: Do populists erode civil society?).
- 26th Danish Public Choice Workshop, Aarhus, Denmark, January 2026 (presented: Do populists erode civil society?).
- 52nd European Public Choice Society Annual Meeting, Riga, Latvia, April 2025 (presented: Populist ideology, policy and the real economy: Walking the stick).
- 8th International Conference on the Political Economy of Democracy and Dictatorship, University of Münster, Germany, February 2025 (presented: Populist ideology, policy and the real economy: Walking the stick).
Teaching:
Winter Semesters: (2024/25, 2025/26, 2026/27)
- Klima und Nachhaltigkeit (exercise, BA)
- Guided Reading (lecture, MA)
- BA/MA seminars: The Economics of Globalization; The Present Problems of the World Economic Order; Political Economy of Reconstruction of a War-Ridden Economy
Summer Semesters: (2024, 2025, 2026)
- Public Choice (exercise, MA)
- Außenhandel und Entwicklung (exercise, BA)
Supervision of Bachelor’s and Master’s theses in every semester since summer 2024.
Languages and Software:
Languages: Turkish (native) · English (C1) · German (C1) · Spanish (A1)
Software: R, Python, LaTeX
Website of Ege Asutay:
sites.google.com/view/ege-asutayExternal link