Economist with over 10 years of academic and research experience, currently serving as Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Economics and Finance at Samsun University. Expertise spans Microeconomic Theory, Applied Micro-Econometrics, Environmental & Energy Economics, and Behavioral Finance. Proven track record in academic leadership as Vice Dean. Dedicated researcher with a robust publication pipeline in climate policy, agricultural economics, and financial markets. Skilled in STATA, R, ArcGIS, and IMPLAN.

Nadir Öcal lisans ve yüksek lisans eğitimini Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi’nde tamamlamıştır. The University of Manchester’da bütünleşik doktora eğitimini tamamlamıştır. Ekonometri, doğrusal ve doğrusal olmayan zaman serisi modelleri, mekânsal ekonometri, finansal ekonometri, alanlarında çalışan Öcal Çankaya Üniversitesi’nde akademik görevine devam etmektedir.

Dr. Jak Kakhkharov is a Senior Lecturer in Finance at the Faculty of Law and Business at Australian Catholic University (ACU). Previously, Dr. Jak Kakhkharov was a Lecturer in Finance at the College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, and an Associate Lecturer at the Department of Accounting, Finance, and Economics of Griffith University. Dr. Kakhkharov holds a PhD degree in Finance from Griffith University, Australia, and a Master’s degree from Columbia University, New York, USA, specialising in International Banking and Finance, and has done postgraduate research in Economics at the University of Oxford, UK. His past work experience includes several consultancy projects with the World Bank, UNDP, ADB, GIZ, and staff positions with ABN AMRO Bank. Dr Kakhkharov's current research interests focus on the impact of remittances on socio-economic phenomena, energy, green transition, investments, financial management, FinTech, banking, corporate governance, and financial sector development in transition economies. Jak has published his research in a variety of academic journals, including International Review of Economics and Finance, Economic Record, Economics of Transition and Institutional Change, The World Economy, Economic Modelling, Australian Economic Review, Pacific Basin Finance Journal, Empirical Economics, Energy, and International Migration. 

Farid Makhlouf is an Associate Professor of Economics and Econometrics at Pau Business School and an Associate Researcher at the TREE, UMR 6031 , Pau University, France. He specializes in the empirical studies of the remittance phenomenon. His work mainly focuses on the reaction of migrants through their remittances to shocks in their origin and host countries. The author holds a Ph.D. (with Distinction) in economics from Pau University. In addition, Dr. Makhlouf advises Ph.D. and master students in economics and his teaching experience includes various undergraduate and graduate-level courses in macroeconomics, statistics, and econometrics. The author’s works have been published in Research in International Business and Finance, International Review of Applied Economics, The World Economy, Empirical Economics and Journal of Energy and Development as a sampling.