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 carries out interdisiplinary studies and published books and articles on economics, sociology, management etc.

He served as an adjunct professor and  became member of Board of Science at the International Black Sea University (Georgia) for several years.

Professor Aktan is currently  member of Trustee Board at Yasar University.

He has been  a board member of University Research Fund, Dokuz Eylul University since 1998.

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.

His name appears on many scientific journals as a member of editorial/advisory board. He is also a regular referee for many academic journals.

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.

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 is currently working at the Faculty of Economics and Management, Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey.

He is also Chairman of Social Sciences Research Society (SOSRES), a non-governmental organization.

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:

Explore the World with Can Aktan    (This web site is now being constructed... It will be ready by the end of June 2008..)