Ayça Tekin-Koru received her BSc and MSc degrees in Economics from Middle East Technical University in 1994 and 1997, respectively. She received her PhD in Economics from Purdue University 2001.

Later, in 2001-2003 Dr. Tekin-Koru worked as a visiting faculty and taught economics courses at Krannert Graduate School of Management. Subsequently, she was a faculty member in the Department of Economics of Oregon State University between 2003-2011. From 2011 to 2012, for a year, she conducted research at TurkStat funded by a reintegration grant by TUBITAK.

In the years between 2012 and 2016 Dr. Tekin-Koru worked as the founding chair of the Business Administration Department of TED University.

Dr. Tekin-Koru has so far taught courses on international economics, game theory, microeconomics, macroeconomics and economics of social issues at different levels of complexity.

In the inaugural years of her career, Dr. Tekin-Koru explored the organizational form of multinationals, impact of economic integration on location choice of foreign firms and the multifaceted interaction between corruption and foreign direct investment. Afterwards, she conducted empirical investigations of services trade at the firm level and impact of sustainable development policies and trade policy on firm productivity. Lately, Dr. Tekin-Koru's research agenda has been shaped by interdisciplinary work at the nexus of disaster management and sustainability.

Her research appeared in journals such as European Economic Review, Review of International Economics, World Economy, Economic Systems, Journal of International Trade and Development, International Migration and Applied Economics.

Ayça Tekin-Koru is currently a faculty member of the Economics Department, the director of the Trade Research Center and the dean of the Graduate School at TED University. She is a founding member of the Initiative for Women in Economics (İktisat Biliminde Kadın İnisiyatifi, İBKİ) and serves on its Steering Committee.

Thesis Documents

1997 - 2001

Doctorate

Purdue University, Krannert School of Business, Economics, United States Of America

1997 - 1999

Postgraduate

Purdue University, Krannert School of Business, Economics, United States Of America

1994 - 1997

Postgraduate

Middle East Technical University, Faculty Of Economic And Administrative Sciences, Department Of Economics, Turkey

1990 - 1994

Undergraduate

Middle East Technical University, Faculty Of Economic And Administrative Sciences, Department Of Economics, Turkey

2017 - Present

Professor

TED University, Faculty of Econ. and Administ. Sciences, Department of Economics

2012 - 2017

Associate Professor

TED University, Faculty of Econ. and Administ. Sciences, Department of Economics

2003 - 2011

Assistant Professor

Oregon State University, College of Liberal Arts, Economics

2002 - 2003

Assistant Professor

Purdue University, Krannert School of Management, Economics

1999 - 2002

Research Assistant

Purdue University, Krannert School of Business, Economics

1997 - 1999

Research Assistant

Purdue University, College of Science, Statistics

2023 - Present

Dean

TED University, Graduate School

2023 - Present

University Executive Board Member

TED University, Graduate School

2023 - Present

Member of the Senate

TED University, Graduate School

2021 - Present

Manager of Research and Application Center

TED University, Vice Chancellor, Trade Research Center

2012 - Present

Faculty Academic Council Member

TED University, Faculty of Econ. and Administ. Sciences

2023 - 2024

Erasmus Program Department Coordinator

TED University, Faculty of Econ. and Administ. Sciences, Department of Economics

2021 - 2022

Member of Strategic Plan Theme Group

TED University, Rectorate

2020 - 2021

Academic Performance D. Board Member

TED University, Rectorate

2015 - 2021

Assistant Manager of Research and Application Center

TED University, Vice Chancellor, Trade Research Center

2020 - 2020

Erasmus Program Department Coordinator

TED University, Faculty of Econ. and Administ. Sciences, Department of Economics

2016 - 2019

TEDU Undergraduate Research Support Committee Member

TED University, Vice Chancellor (Provost)

2016 - 2019

Education and Curriculum Board Member

TED University, Vice Chancellor (Provost)

2017 - 2017

Member of Strategic Plan Theme Group

TED University, Rectorate

2012 - 2017

Member of the Faculty Board

TED University, Faculty of Econ. and Administ. Sciences

2012 - 2016

Erasmus Program Department Coordinator

TED University, Faculty of Econ. and Administ. Sciences, Department of Business Administration

2012 - 2016

Member of the Senate

TED University, Faculty of Econ. and Administ. Sciences

2012 - 2016

Head of Department

TED University, Faculty of Econ. and Administ. Sciences, Department of Business Administration

2012 - 2015

Ethics Committee Member

TED University, Rectorate

2012 - 2014

Head of Ethics Committee

TED University, Rectorate

2025

Attar M. A., Tekin Koru A.

in: Devletle Yoksullaşma, Murad Tiryakioğlu, Editor, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları, İstanbul, pp.1, 2025

2023

Tekin Koru A.

in: Yüzyılın Ekonomisi, Ömer Faruk Çolak, Editor, Eflatun Yayınevi, Ankara, pp.483-544, 2023

2021

Tekin Koru A.

in: İktisatçıların Gözünden Yerli Üretimin Politik Ekonomisi, Murad Tiryakioğlu, Editor, İstanbul Bigi Üniversitesi Yayınları, 2021

2020

Tekin Koru A.

in: Salgın Ekonomisi, Ömer Faruk Çolak, Editor, Efil Yayınevi, 2020

2020

Tekin Koru A.

in: Devletle Kalkınma, Murad Tiryakioğlu, Editor, İletişim Yayınları, 2020

2018

Dinçer N. N., Tekin Koru A.

in: Turkey in the North Atlantic Marketplace, , Editor, Brookings Institution Press, pp.167-198, 2018

2017

Tekin Koru A.

in: Globalization: Strategies and Effects, , Editor, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp.147-182, 2017

2010

Sayan S., Tekin Koru A.

in: Global Exchange and Poverty: Trade, Investment and Migration, , Editor, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp.158-196, 2010