Firat Demir

I am a Professor of Economics at the University of Oklahoma (OK, USA). I received my B.A. from Bogazici University (Istanbul Turkey), and my Ph.D. in economics from the University of Notre Dame (IN, USA). I am also an affiliate faculty in the Department of International and Area Studies, the Center for Peace and Development and the Center for Social Justice at the University of Oklahoma. My main fields of research are economic development and open economy macroeconomics focusing on the issues of economic globalization, structural change, South-South trade and finance, long run development and growth, and political economy of development. I was a Fulbright Fellow in Montenegro in 2015-2016 and have been selected as a Fulbright Fellow in Lithuania for 2020-2021. I have published one co-authored book (South-South Trade and Finance in the 21st Century: Rise of the South or a Second Great Divergence), and numerous articles in journals, including World Development, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Development Studies, Development and Change, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Review of Radical Political Economics, World Economy, Journal of Economic Surveys, and Foreign Policy. I am also an associate editor of the Review of Social Economy and the Journal of Economic Surveys. Regarding my teaching and advising, I have significant experience at both undergraduate and graduate levels and have advised dozens of graduate students. I am also the recipient of various teaching, research and service awards for my contributions.