PROF.DR.COSKUN CAN AKTAN
Coskun Can Aktan is a professor of Public
Finance at
Faculty of Economics and Management
of the Dokuz Eylul University. He earned his undergraduate
and graduate degrees from Dokuz Eylul University. He began
teaching at the Dokuz Eylul University in 1986 and was
promoted to full professorship in 1996.
He worked at several international research
centers and universities including the
Center for Study of
Public Choice, George Mason University;
Economics Department
of the University of California (UCLA) ;
International
Social Sciences Institute of the University of Edinburgh and
Institut für Allgemeine für Wirtschaftsforschung of the
University of Freiburg (Germany) as a visiting scholar.
Aktan's research studies were funded by the
fellowships and the grants of such organizations as Higher
Education Institution of Turkey, Turkish Scientific and
Technical Research Institution (TÜBİTAK), Turkish Sciences
Academy (TÜBA), George Mason University Foundation (USA),
Earhart Foundation (USA), British Council (UK), German
Academic Exchange Service :DAAD (Germany), Friedrich-Naumann
Foundation (Germany), Japan Foundation (Japan) and Soros
Foundation (Hungary).
Professor Aktan is a prolific writer and a
regular contributor to scholarly journals in Turkey. His
research ranges across many fields within social sciences.
He published books
and articles on economics, poliitical science, sociology, management etc.
He prefers inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary studies
in social sciences. He is especially specialized on Public
Finance, Public Choice, Institutional Economics and
Constitutional Economics.
His
name appears on many scientific journals as a member of
editorial/advisory board. He is also a regular referee for many
academic journals.
Professor Aktan served as member of
Trustee Board at
Yasar University
between 2004-2008.
He served as board member of University
Research Fund, Dokuz Eylul University for several years.
He was a consultant to the
Telecommunications
Authority, a regulatory body in Turkey between 2003-2005.
He also served as an "Advisor to Health
Minister" and contributed to the “Turkish Health Care
Transition Program” in the years between 2003-2006.
During his work at Ministry of Health, he initiated an
e-library on health-care services
(SABEM),
which is the most comprehensive database on health services
and health sector in Turkey.
He presented papers at international
conferences in many countries including USA,
Great Britain, Finland, the Netherlands, Japan, Greece,
Hungary, Kirghizistan, Azerbaijan, India, Pakistan and
Tunisia.
He served as an adjunct professor and
became member of Board of Science at the International Black
Sea University (Georgia) for several years.
He is currently working at the
Faculty of
Economics and Management, Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey.
He is
also Chairman of the
Social Sciences
Research Society (SOSRES), a non-governmental
organization.
He also
serves as an associate at the
Center for Business and Public
Sector Ethics, Cambridge, UK.
Professor Aktan owns and maintains an open
accessed internet site on social sciences. It is the
most comprehensive portal on social sciences
in Turkey:
http://www.canaktan.org
He likes travelling, swimming, skiing, hiking and trekking. He is Advisory
Board Member of
KATHOD, a hiking & trekking
organization.
He often travels to many countries of the
world. You may visit his own travel web site, where you can
make virtual tours to old civilizations and post-modern
countries. Please click the following link:
http://www.canaktan.net
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