Mehmet Babacan is an Assoc. Prof. Istanbul Medipol University, Department of Economics and Finance. His research fields are international political economy, development economics, governance and business networks/interest groups. His current research is on the performance of Turkish firms and industries in the time of the Covid-19 pandemic. Besides, he is working on sustainable businesses, the impact of “green deal” on the SMEs. Dr. Babacan earned his bachelor’s degree at Marmara University and his master’s degree at Clemson University. He obtained his Ph.D. degree at Marmara University with a dissertation titled “Role of Institutions and Governance in International Trade”. Throughout his academic career, he has been a researcher and leader of several research projects. He also served at the Turkish Prime Minister’s Office between October 2014 and September 2018 as an advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister. Dr. Babacan assumes a position in the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey as a member of the auditing committee since May 2015.

Prof. Mehmet Babacan is lecturing “Greening of the SMEs” within the scope of the project.