Education:

• Ph.D.: Department of Statistics, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, 2022 – Present
• M.S.: Department of Economics, Boğaziçi University, Turkey, 2017-2020
• B.S.: Department of Economics, Boğaziçi University, Turkey, 2012-2017

Academic and Professional Experience:

• Research Assistant, Department of Statistics, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, 2023-Present
• Quantitative Research Analyst, Development Analytics, Turkey, 2019-2022
• Research Assistant, Department of Economics, Boğaziçi University, Turkey, 2017-2020
• Student Assistant, Department of Economics, Boğaziçi University, Turkey, 2015-2017

Research Interests:

• Statistical and Causal Inference
• Econometrics
• Applied Statistics
• Panel Data Analysis
• Modelling
• Computational Statics
• R Programming

Thesis Information:

• Kibar, Z.S. (2020). Energy Poverty and the Characteristics of Energy-Poor Households in Turkey. [Master Thesis, Boğaziçi University]. https://tez.yok.gov.tr/UlusalTezMerkezi/

 Publications:

• Aktakke, N., Aran, M. A., Üçkardeşler, E., Kolancalı, P., Kibar, Z. S., & Çolak Öz, H. (2023). How to Estimate Heterogeneous Learning Losses due to School Closures: An Application Using PISA data in Türkiye. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4592198
  
• Aran, M. A., Kolancalı P., Aktakke, N., Kibar, Z. S., Çolak H., & Hajhassan Y. (2023). Documentation of Education Response in Türkiye during the COVID-19 Pandemic and its Effect on Children’s Access to and Retention in Education. UNICEF Türkiye. https://www.unicef.org/turkiye/media/16176/file
• Aran, M. A., Aktakke, N., Kibar, Z. S., & Üçkardesler, E. (2022). How to assess the child poverty and distributional impact of COVID-19 using household budget surveys: An application using Turkish data. The European Journal of Development Research, 34(4), 1997-2037.
• Aran, M. A., Aktakke, N., Baykal G., & Kibar, Z. S. (2022). Evaluative Learning Study for Phase III of the Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) Assistance for Refugees in Turkey. IFRC Turkey. https://reliefweb.int/report/turkiye/evaluative-learning-study-phase-iii-emergency-social-safety-net-essn-assistance-refugees-turkiye
• Aktakke, N., Çolak H., Baser Z., Kibar, Z. S. & Tabak Ç. (2020). Harnessing the Power of Youth: An Analysis of Youth Not-in-Employment, Education or Training (NEET) in Turkey and Policies and Civil Society Models that Promote Active Youth Engagement. https://www.developmentanalytics.org/harnessing-the-power-of-youth