Curriculum Vitae

Emin Köksal — Curriculum Vitae

Associate Professor of Economics · AI Consultant · Researcher

Last updated: February 2026

Based in
Istanbul, Türkiye
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Current Positions

Where I am now.

  • AI Consultant
    Freelance
    since 2024
  • Lecturer (part-time)
    Bahçeşehir University
    since 2024
  • Associate Editor-in-Chief
    Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, SAGE Publishing
    since 2018
  • Economic Consultant
    Dentons
    since 2015
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Previous Positions

Where I have been.

  • Associate Professor
    Department of Economics, Bahçeşehir University
    2018–2024
  • Program Coordinator
    Financial Economics Graduate Program, Bahçeşehir University
    2013–2019
  • Vice Dean
    Faculty of Administrative and Economic Sciences, Bahçeşehir University
    2013–2015
  • Assistant Professor of Economics
    Department of Economics, Bahçeşehir University
    2008–2018
  • Research Assistant
    Department of Economics, Bahçeşehir University
    2002–2008
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Other Positions & Affiliations

Where I serve.

  • Deputy Director
    Istanbul Center for Regulation (IC4R)
    since 2019
  • Member
    Network-Industries.org
    since 2019
  • Member
    Climate Change & Environment Working Group, TÜSİAD
    since 2019
  • Member
    Information and Communication Technologies Working Group, TÜSİAD
    since 2018
  • Member
    E-commerce Working Group, TÜSİAD
    since 2018
  • Member
    Digital Economy Advisory Board, US-Turkey Business Council
    since 2017
  • Lifetime Member
    International Atlantic Economic Society
    since 2012
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Education

Degrees & qualifications.

YearsInstitutionDegree
2004–2008Marmara UniversityPhD in Economics
2002–2004Galatasaray UniversityMA in Public Finance
1995–2001Galatasaray UniversityBA in Economics

Associate Professorship (Doçentlik) in Economics — formal Turkish academic title earned through the national associate professorship examination.

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AI Strategy & Consultancy

Turning frontier AI tools into reliable analytical infrastructure.

I work with organizations across different sectors to identify opportunities where generative AI and automation can meaningfully enhance or streamline their workflows. Drawing on my academic background in managerial economics and law & economics, I bring an analytical lens to understanding how complex institutional and business processes can be thoughtfully redesigned with AI tools — balancing efficiency gains with practical constraints.

In practice, I am embedded inside the competition and regulation team of a leading international law firm, where I design AI workflows, complex prompts, and reusable playbooks on a leading European legal AI platform. I distinguish carefully between general-purpose AI tools (for non-confidential academic and marketing work) and confidentiality-grade legal AI platforms (for client work), and I build custom MCP-based research infrastructure for legal and academic discovery.

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Economic Consultancy

Expert economic analysis in competition law and regulation.

I provide expert economic analysis in competition law and regulatory matters, with experience spanning antitrust investigations in platform, electricity, banking, cement, petroleum, and retail industries, as well as regulatory proceedings on issues including net neutrality, OTT services, electrification, and climate policy. My work has included quantitative market analysis, economic opinion writing, and testimony support for law firms and companies in proceedings before the Turkish Competition Authority and in international trade defense cases.

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Research Interests

Active areas of inquiry.

  • Generative AI and economics
  • Industrial economics
  • Competition policy
  • Economics of platforms
  • Digitalization
  • Climate change
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Teaching

Courses, current and recent.

Bahçeşehir University

  • Generative AI in Economic Analysis & Research
    undergraduate
  • Managerial Economics
    MBA, PhD
  • Platform Business and Economics
    MBA
  • Industrial Organization
    undergraduate
  • Platform Economics
    undergraduate
  • Innovation & Competition Policy in Digital Markets
    undergraduate
  • Economics of Climate Change
    undergraduate
  • Law & Economics
    undergraduate

Guest lecturing

  • Antitrust Economics
    Bilgi University
    2018–2022
  • Competition Policy in Digital Markets
    Koç University
    2018–2019
  • Regulation and Competition in Platform Industries
    Istanbul Technical University
    2019
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Additional Professional Activities

Editorial, refereeing, advisory.

Referee for

  • Energy Policy
  • Utilities Policy
  • Telecommunications Policy
  • Competition and Regulation in Network Industries
  • Many other national journals
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Publications

The full record.

Books & Edited Volumes

Book Chapters

Selected Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Other Peer-Reviewed Articles

Other Journal Articles

Reports & Working Papers

Forthcoming

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Personal

A few details for the record.

Turkish citizen · Married · Keen gravel cyclist · Amateur astronomer