Dr. Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan

Dr. Şebnem Kalemli-Özcan is Schreiber Family Professor of Economics at Brown University and the Director of the Global Linkages Lab. She is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and a Research Fellow at the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR).

Currently, she is the co-editor of American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics. She also serves at the economic advisory panels of the NY Federal Reserve and the Bank of International Settlements.

She was the Duisenberg Fellow at the European Central Bank, held a position as Lead Economist/Adviser for the Middle East and North Africa Region, served as the Houblon-Norman Fellow of Bank of England and also CFR International Affairs Fellow. She was the Senior Policy Advisor and Assistant Director at the International Monetary Fund. She is the first Turkish social scientist who has received the Marie Curie IRG prize in 2008 for her research on European financial integration.

Her research focuses on the impact of international trade and finance on domestic business cycles and growth. Using global granular micro data on firms, banks, investors, and financial transactions, she studies the impact of micro linkages on macro outcomes such as capital flows, currency movements, investment and employment.

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