Associate Professor Duygu Yengin
Position | Associate Prof/Reader |
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Org Unit | Economics |
duygu.yengin@adelaide.edu.au | |
Telephone | 831 34500 |
Location |
Floor/Room
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Nexus 10
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North Terrace
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Biography/ Background
Duygu joined the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide in 2007 after completing her PhD in Economics from the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Rochester in Rochester, USA. She was a visiting scholar at Seoul National ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ in 2013 and 2017. She has received ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide, Women's Research Excellence Awards 2017. She was Acting Head of School of Economics (August 2016-Jan2017) and currently, Deputy Head of School. She is a co-founder/ executive member of the Women in Economics Network ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥, executive member of SA branch of Economic Society of ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥, Faculty Diversity and Inclusion committee member, and Indigenous students mentor. She launched and directs the Women in Economics-Career program for students at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide. Her research is in designing fair methods of allocating resources in economics and she is an active advocator of diversity and inclusion in economics.
Media Contributions:
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Education Background:
- Ph.D Economics, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Rochester, USA 2007
Dissertation Title: Strategy-Proofness and Fairness in Allocation and Matching Problems, Supervisor: William Thomson Elmer B. Milliman Professor of Economics
- MA Economics, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Rochester, USA 2003
- BSc Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, First-class Honours 2001
- Diploma in Economics (with mark of Distinction), ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of London, 1999
- ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of London Honours Program in Economics and Finance, Istanbul Bilgi ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥, First-class Honours 2001
Employment History:
- Associate Professor, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ 2018-present
- Senior Lecturer, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ 2013-2018
- Deputy Head of School of Economics, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ 2017-present
- Acting Head of School of Economics, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ 1/8/2016-5/1/2017
- Lecturer, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ 2007-2013
- Lecturer (contract), ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Rochester, USA 2005-2007 Lecturer (contract), Sabanci ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥, Turkey 2004
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Awards & Achievements
- Winnovation Awards Finalist, Maths and Data Category 2019
- Faculty of Professions, Employability Development Grant, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide 2018
- ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide, Women's Research Excellence Awards 2017
- Faculty of Professions, Diversity and Inclusion Grant, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide 2017
- Momentum grant, Faculty of Professions, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide 2016
- Visiting Scholar, Seoul National ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ 2013
- Ph.D Fellowship and Tuition Scholarship, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Rochester 2003- 2005
- The Sproull Fellowship and Tuition Scholarship, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Rochester 2001-2003 (The Sproull Fellowship is the most prestigious fellowship awarded by the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Rochester to 10-12 incoming students who pursue a doctoral degree at the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Rochester)
- The Gerstenberg Prize in Economics, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of London 2001 (The Gerstenberg Prize is awarded to the best graduates of all the programs of the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of London)
- Valedictorian-Dux, Istanbul Bilgi ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ 2001
- ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of London Awards for Academic Achievement, London School of Economics and Political Science 1999-2001
- Full Tuition Scholarship, Istanbul Bilgi ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ 1997-2001
- Valedictorian-Dux, Antalya Anatolian High school 1997
Conference/Workshop Organizations
· Organizing committee, Australasian Microeconomic theory seminars 2020
· Organizer, 38th Australasian Economic Theory Workshop 2020
· Scientific Program Committee Member, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n Gender Economics Workshop (AGEW) 2020
· Organizing committee member and Scientific Program Committee Member, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n Gender Economics Workshop (AGEW) 2018-2019
· International Conference Program Committee Member, The 14th Meeting of the Society of Social Choice and Welfare, Seoul, South Korea 2017-2018
· Organizing Committee Member, Federal relations and tax reform Worksop, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide, 2017
· Organizer/Convener: Aiming for the Stars Workshop, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide, keynote speaker Professor William Thomson, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Rochester 2017
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Teaching Interests
- Lecturer
- ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥: Advanced Mathematical Economics III, 2016
- ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥: Advanced Economic Analysis II, 2015, 2016
- ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥: Public Economic Theory IV/ (H), 2015, 2016
- ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥: Intermediate Microeconomics II/IID, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016
- ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥: Advanced Microeconomic Theory V, PhDcourse, Semester II- 2008, 2009,2011.
- ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥: Economic Theory III, Semester II- 2007.
- ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Rochester, USA:Intermediate Microeconomics, Semester I 2007.
- ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Rochester, USA: Principles of Economics, Summer 2006.
- ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Rochester, USA:Intermediate Microeconomics, Summer 2005.
- Sabanci ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥, Istanbul-Turkey: Intermediate Microeconomics, Summer 2004
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Research Interests
Axiomatic Fair Allocation, mechanism design, queueing problems, matching, Coalitional Game Theory,
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Publications
Note: The author order is alphabetical in economics, unless there is a major unequal distribution of contribution.
1. Yengin D; Chun Y. (2020) No-envy, solidarity, and strategy-proofness in the queueing problem. Journal of Mathematical Economics. 49(5):389-397.
2. Grossman, Z; Pincus, J; Shapiro P; Yengin, D. (2019). Second-best mechanisms for land assembly and hold-out problems. Journal of Public Economics. 175: 1-6.
3. Yengin, D. (2019). Comments on: recent developments in the queueing problem. TOP.
4. Chun Y, Yengin D. (2017) Welfare lower bounds and strategy-proofness in the queueing problem. Games and Economic Behavior. 102: 462–476.
5. Yengin D. (2017) . Social Choice and Welfare. 48(1): 81-108.
6. Chun Y, Park N, Yengin D. (2016) International Journal of Game Theory. 45: 699.
7. Yalcin E, Yengin D. (2014) Existence of equilibria in incomplete markets with non-ordered preferences. New Mathematics and Natural Computation. 10(3):203-210.
8. Yengin D. (2013a) Journal of Mathematical Economics. 49(5):389-397.
9. Yengin D. (2013b) Journal of Public Economic Theory. 15(4):580-601.
10. Yengin D. (2012a) Characterizing the Shapley value in fixed-route traveling salesman problems with appointments. International Journal of Game Theory. 41(2):271-299.
11. Yengin D. (2012b) Characterizing welfare-egalitarian mechanisms with solidarity when valuations are private information. The BE Journal in Theoretical Economics. 12(1):1-12.
12. Yengin D. (2012c) Egalitarian-equivalent Groves mechanisms in the allocation of heterogeneous objects. Social Choice and Welfare. 38(1):137-160.
13. Atlamaz M, Yengin D. (2008) Fair Groves mechanisms. Social Choice and Welfare. 31(4):573-587.(50% contribution) [ERA: A, ESA:63/600 & A, ABDC: A] (
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Professional Associations
- Economic Society of ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ SA Branch Executive Board Member 2017-present
- Women in Economics Network ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ (WEN) 2016-present
Co-founder
National Executive Committee Member
SA Branch Executive Committee Member
“Research, Resources and Data” Manager for National Committee 2020
- Universities ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ Executive Women Group, senior member 2020-
- Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (American Economic Association) Liason 2020-
Research Centers:
- Fay Gale Center for Research on Gender, Management committee member 2020-present
- Strutton Instute for Public Policy, member 2020-present
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Community Engagement
- · Live interview on 2SER-FM (Sydney Educational Broadcasting Ltd.) on stigma around men taking parental leave (Feb 11, 2020)
- · “” The Conversation, 2020 (joint work with Dr Tracey Dodd). —
- · “Why women in economics have little to celebrate”
- The Conversation, 2019,
- · “Women the missing piece in economics”
- The Advertiser, 2019,
- · “Secret men’s business -why the public image of economics is bad news for all of us”
- The Conversation, 2018,
- · “Diversity in economics an important lesson”
- The Advertiser, 2018,
- · “Evictions versus holdouts. How to painlessly dissolve a strata title”
- The Conversation & The Domain, 2018,
- · “Economics-Understand the World Around You”(2018) Video about the power of economic education and careers in economics. Prepared by Women in Economics Network, student targeted video, co-sponsored by the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of Adelaide, ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥, ANZ, and the Economic Society of ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥. Participants: Michelle Meyer (Head of US Economy- Bank of America), Dr Andrew Charlton(AphaBeta), Assoc. Professor Duygu Yengin (UniAdelaide), Assoc. Professor Gigi Foster(UNSW), Dr Bethany Cooper and Dr Rachel Milte(UniSouthAust), Guilia Lavinia Specchia(ANZ), Eliza Owen(Core Logic).
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- Public Talks, Panel Discussions, Presentations:
- · Public Speech: Future of Work: Intergenerational Diversity, ANZ Diversity Series (panel: Bev Barber - Principal at Deloitte, Duygu Yengin) 2019
- · Public Speech: Raising the Bar, “Driving dollars with diversity” 13 August 2019, Britannia Hotel
- · Public Speech: Big Change, the Don Dunstan Foundation’s new Purpose Economy Conference, invited for 2020
- · Public Speech: “Gender gap-2018 and it is still a thing ! An Integrative Discussion on Gender Equity in ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n Society, Economics, and STEM”
- Keynote discussant: Dr Niki Vincent, Commissioner for Equal Opportunity (South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥) October 2018
- · Panel Discussant, Faculty of Professions Event “ Hit your stride and show leadership” March 2018
- · Presenter, “Women in Economics: Why it Matters”, Launch talk for Women in Economics: Career Development Program for Students May 2018
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Organizer, Student Events:
· GovHack2019 for SA, Open Data Hackathon (School of Econ as venue sponsor) 6-8 Sept 2019
· RBA High School Event, Invited speaker, Assistant Governor Luci Ellis 15 Aug 2019
· Launch of Women in Economics Mentorship Program for students 22 Aug 2019
· ‘Becoming Emotionally Intelligent Leaders” Masterclass for Students 23 Aug 2019
· Q/A Session with Deputy Governor of Reserve Bank April 2019
· “Succeeding as young women leaders in Economics” Career development masterclass May 2019
· Deloittee Access Economics, Information Session March 2019
· Development of economics career guide, October 2018
· “Meet and Greet Public Sector Economists” September 2018
· “Festival of Economics” High School Event. Invited Speakers: Associate Prof. Gigi Foster (UNSW, ABC radio show “Economists”), Prof. Sue Richardson, member of Fair Work ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥'s Minimum Wage Panel, Uni of Adelaide Council member. June 2018
· Deloittee Access Economics, Information Session March 2018
· “Women in Leadership: How to overcome obstacles in the workplace”, Faculty of Professions, Career Hub talk by Linda Zeelie, COO Statewide Super April 2017
· “Women in Economics”, Interview with Carolyn Hewson AO, non-executive Director of BHP Billiton and Stockland Corporation, Federal Government Growth Centres Advisory Board Member May 2017
- Other Student Events:
- Presenter, “Young Women in Leadership” Children’s ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ 23 Sept 2019
- Public and Professional Events Organization:
- · Senior Mentor and Co-organizer/co-host in the Academic Career Development session at ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n Gender Economics Workshop 2019
- · Co-organizer, Launch Event for WEN-Guest Speaker Carolyn Hewson AO March 2017
- · Organizing committee member, SA Women in Economics Network public events and talks 2017-present
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Media Expertise
Categories Economics & Finance, Social Issues & Public Policy Expertise Fairness in resource allocation in economics;
Applications of economics/ game theory to computer science;
Women in Economics in ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥;
Gender gap;
Public image of economics;
Economics education;
Cooperative game theory;
Axiomatic Fair Mechanism Design.Notes Co-founder, national and SA committee member of Women in Economics Network ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥.
Member in SA-committee of Economic Society of ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥Mobile 0424258678
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