Biography
Rojhat Avsar, PhD, is Associate Professor of Economics at the School of Communication and Culture. He teaches courses on behavioral economics, ethics, data literacy, and artificial intelligence.
He employs experiential and experimental pedagogies in the classroom to break complex subjects down. 聽
Dr. Avsar earned his PhD in Economics from the University of Utah.
His current research has been motivated by his fascination with the nuances of human sociality and our species' capacity to create complex economic and social institutions. He is the author of two books and many peer-reviewed articles.
His most recent publications:
(2025). Identity, Personality, and Life Satisfaction: An Aristotelian Approach. Journal of Interdisciplinary Economics. []
(2024)聽Virtues, Morals, and Markets: Why Moral Identity Matters. Routledge.
(2020)聽The Evolutionary Origins of Markets: How Evolution, Psychology and Biology Have Shaped the Economy. Routledge.
He is serving as the Association Director for the Association for Social Economics and a member of the Association for Evolutionary Economics board.聽
Instructional Areas
Ethics, Behavioral Economics, Money as a Social Institution
Creative Practice and Research Interests
Behavioral Economics, Welfare Economics, Political Economy
Degrees
B.S., Economics Hacettepe University 2001
M.S., Economics Hacettepe University 2003
Ph.D., Economics University of Utah 2010