Ozcan Ozturk

Dr. Ozcan Ozturk

Associate Professor

Associate Professor in Economics and Public Policy

Email

oozturk@hbku.edu.qa

Office location

31, 3rd floor, Mineratein Building

Dr. Ozcan Ozturk

Associate Professor

Associate Professor in Economics and Public Policy

Educational Qualifications

Ph.D. Applied Economics

MA Applied Economics

Entity

College of Public Policy

School of Economics and Management

Biography

Dr. Ozturk is an Associate Professor at the College of Public Policy. He obtained his PhD in Applied Economics, with a minor in Statistics, from Auburn University, following the completion of his Master of Arts in Applied Economics at Western Michigan University, United States. He also holds an LLM in Law and Economics from Michigan State University.

Dr. Ozturk regularly teaches courses on topics such as economics for public policy, cost-benefit analysis, research methods, health economics, microeconomics, macroeconomics, statistics for the social sciences, and econometrics. His research primarily focuses on international trade, development economics, and food and health economics. Throughout his career, Dr. Ozturk has been actively involved in numerous multidisciplinary projects of both national and international scope across Europe, North America, Turkey, and Qatar.

Ph.D. Applied Economics

Auburn University

2017

MA Applied Economics

Western Michigan University

2013

LLM -Master in Law (Law and Economics)

Michigan State University

2011

BA Business Administration

Ataturk University

2008

  • International Trade and International Finance
  • Development Economics
  • Food Economics
  • Health Economics

Associate Professor

College of Public Policy, Hamad Bin Khalifa University

2025 - Present

Assistant Professor

College of Public Policy, Hamad Bin Khalifa University

2019 – 2025

Assistant Professor

Department of Economics, Ataturk University, Turkey

2017 - 2019

Adjunct Faculty

Department of Economics, Auburn University at Montgomery, USA

2016 – 2017

Research and Teaching Assistant

Auburn University, USA

2014 – 2016

Research Assistant

Western Michigan University, USA

2012 - 2013

Ozturk, O., & Canga, M. (2025). The impact of oil prices on import demand in an oil-rich country: A multisectoral Bayesian approach. Cogent Economics & Finance, 13(1).

Disli, M., Hamza, S. M., & Ozturk, O. (2026). Patterns of WASH demand across diverse socioeconomic and infrastructure settings in Pakistan. Discover Sustainability.

Ozturk, O. (2024). The impact of AI on international trade: Opportunities and challenges. Economies, 12(11), 298.

Ozturk, O., & Faizi, B. (2023). The Russia–Ukraine war, soaring food prices, and the Turkish economy: Insights from computable general equilibrium. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 11, Article 1233233. 

Ozturk, O. (2020). Market integration and spatial price transmission in grain markets of Turkey. Applied Economics, 52(18), 1936–1948.

  • Project Investigator, “COVID-19 Policy Tracker: MENA Government Responses to the Crisis” Funded by QNRF.