Mehmet Balcilar
Economics & Business Analytics at Economic Research Forum
West Haven, United States
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Top SchoolMehmet Balcilar is an applied macroeconomist and econometrics professor with 19 years of research and academic experience, now directing Economics & Business Analytics at the University of New Haven. He combines deep econometric expertise with hands-on data-analytic practice developed across long-term roles at institutions including Eastern Mediterranean University and international affiliations in Europe and Africa. A research fellow at the Economic Research Forum and former World Humanitarian Summit team member, he applies quantitative methods to policy-relevant problems in development, risk, and humanitarian planning. Trained with a PhD from Wayne State and an MA in Applied Economics, he brings a rare blend of rigorous theory, large-scale data programming experience from early career work on health insurance datasets, and sustained international collaboration.
19 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Economics, Master’s Degree, Economics at Çukurova ÜniversitesiKadirli Merkez Ortaokulu (Kadirli Merkez Intermediate School)MA, Applied Economics, MA, Applied Economics at Cleveland State UniversityPhD, Economics, PhD, Economics at Wayne State UniversityBachelor’s Degree, Tourism Management, Bachelor’s Degree, Tourism Management at Dokuz Eylül ÜniversitesiHigh School, High School at Kadirli High School (Kadirli Lisesi)Bahadirli Koyu Ilkokulu (Bahadirli Village Primary School)
English, Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Russian
Github Skills (8)
macroeconomics9
butterworth8
time-series7
osgeo6
gis6
homebrew4
geospatial3
tensorflow-estimator1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
mbalcilar/mbalcilar.github.io
Aug 2019 - Apr 2026
Contributions:85 pushes, 1 branch, 2 issues in 6 years 8 months
cran/mFilter
Nov 2006 - Jun 2019
Contributions:5 commits in 12 years 8 months
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