Ilker Arslan

Ilker Arslan is currently a nonacademic professional who is working as an Internal Audit Manager. He obtained his Ph.D. in Economics at the Izmir University of Economics, Turkey. His dissertation focused on agent based modeling of bipartite credit networks. He holds an MA in Financial Economics from the Izmir University of Economics and a BSc in Industrial Engineering from Bilkent University, Turkey. His research interests are Financial Regulation, Financial and Economic Stability, Social and Financial Networks and Complex Adaptive Systems.

Kibar Holding Zorlu Center Levazim Mh.
Koru Sk. No:2 Ofisler Bolgesi Kat:T4
Besiktas / Istanbul
34340
Turkey

Email: ilkarslan@gmail.com
Web: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arslanilker

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Eugenio Caverzasi

I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Marche Polytechnic University of Ancona (Italy). In 2013, I obtained a PhD in Economic Sciences from the University of Pavia (Italy). My dissertation focused on the financialization process, analyzed mainly through the theoretical framework of Hyman P. Minsky and the Stock-Flow Consistent modeling approach. Next to the PhD I hold two Master's degrees: International Relations from the University of Pavia and Economics from the University of Essex. Currently I am working at the Marche Polytechnic University, my research goals are to develop an Agent-Based Stock-Flow Consistent modeling framework, and to analyze and model the shadow banking system. My main research interests are: Post-Keynesian Economics, Financialization, History of Economic Thought and Macroeconomic Modeling.

Universita Politecnica delle Marche
Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche e Sociali
Piazzale Martelli 8
Ancora
60121
Italy

Email: e.caverzasi@staff.univpm.it

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Mauro Gallegati

Prof. Mauro Gallegati obtained his Ph.D. in Economics in 1989 at the University of Ancona. He is professor of Economics at the Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona. He has been visiting Professor in several Universities and research institutes, including Cambridge, Stanford, MIT, Columbia, Santa Fe Institute, Brookings Institution and ETH. Prof. Gallegati is on the editorial board of several economic journals, among which the Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination. His research includes business fluctuations, nonlinear dynamics, models of financial fragility and heterogeneous interacting agents. Mauro Gallegati is well known from his widely cited work with Joseph E. Stiglitz, developing theory of asymmetric information and heterogeneous agents and their applications. He published papers in the top journals on economic, economic history and history of economic analysis, nonlinear mathematics, applied economics, complexity and econophysics. The research group lead by prof. Gallegati studies agent-based models of economic phenomena, with a special focus on the performance of heterogeneous, interacting agents, generating aggregate fluctuations, coordination failures and emerging phenomena in general. The group has extensive knowledge in simulation design and analysis of complex economic phenomena. Prof. Gallegati has been involved in several European projects since 2004. The latest funded EU project is FOC (2010-2013), which is focused on financial crisis forecasting using the tools of complexity theory.

Universita Politecnica delle Marche
Dipartimento di Economia
Piazzale Martelli 8
Ancona
Italy

Email: mauro.gallegati@univpm.it
Web: http://www.univpm.it/Entra/Engine/RAServePG.php/P/320710011848/idsel/81/docname/GALLEGATI%20MAURO

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Alper Duman

Prof. Alper Duman graduated from Middle East Technical University, Economics Department, He has then started and completed the PhD programme in Economics at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He has been to Universidad de San Andres in Buenos Aires and to London School of Economics in London as a visiting scholar. He is currently Associate Professor in Economics Department at Izmir University of Economics. His research interests are Firm Theory, Development and Social and Economic Networks.

Izmir University of Economics
Sakarya Cd. No:156
Balcova
Izmir
Turkey

Email: alper.duman@ieu.edu.tr
Web: http://people.ieu.edu.tr/en/alperduman/main