HÜSEYİN ÖZEL

Associate Professor

DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

Economic Theory

 

CONTACT : 

Office: 

Phone : 297 86 72

Email:   ozel@hacettepe.edu.tr

URL:     yunus.hacettepe.edu.tr/~ozel

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: 

Undergraduate : Hacettepe Üniversity, Department of Economics, 1985

Graduate/Masters’ Degree : Hacettepe Üniversity, Department of Economics, 1988

Graduate/ PH.D: University of Utah, Department of Economics, 1997

Foreign Languages: English

ACADEMIC AREAS OF INTEREST: 
  • Political Economy

 

  • History of Economic Thought

 
  • Economic Methodology

CURRENT TEACHING ASSIGNMENT / COURSES THOUGHT:
  • Introduction to Economics
  • Microeconomics
  • Methodology of Economics

PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE: 
  • Research Assistant, Hacettepe University, Department of Economics, 1987-1992
  • Teaching Assistant and Instructor, University of Utah, Dept. Of Economics, 1992-1997
  • Assistant Professor, Hacettepe University, Department of Economics, 1997-2005

 

ACADEMİC RESEARCH/ PUBLICATIONS : 

 

Conferences:
  • “Some Contradictions of the Capitalist Society: Lessons from Karl Polanyi and Karl Marx,” Paper presented to the Union of Radical Political Economists (Allied Social Science Association) conference, Jan. 6, 1997, New Orleans, USA.

 

  • “‘Human’ Rights in the Age of Globalization”, Human Rights: In Turkey and the World in the Light of Fifty-Years Experience, Ankara: Hacettepe University Centre for Research and Application of Philosophy of Human Rights and UNESCO Chair for the Philosophy of Human Rights, 2002, p. 191-222.

 

  • “Human Needs in the Context of Development: An Analytical Approach,” (with Hakan Mıhçı), paper presented to the 7th International Karl Polanyi Conference “Re-thinking Human Needs”, 26-28 May 1999, Lyon, France (published in Hacettepe Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 21, sayı 1, 2003, p. 89-110).

 

  • “The Consciousness of Death: An Essay on Polanyi’s Understanding of Human Nature,” paper presented to the 8th International Karl Polanyi Conference: "Economy and Democracy", 12-14 November 2001, Mexico City, Mexico.

 

  • “Marx’s Labor Theory of Value and the Notion of Power in Economics", paper presented to METU International Conference in Economics VI, September 11, 2002, Ankara.

 

  • "Piyasa Sistemi İnsan Hakları İçin En İyi Sistem mi? Toplumsal Bir Yaklaşım", III. Gap ve Sanayi Kongresi Bildiriler Kitabı (18-19 Ekim 2003, Diyarbakır), Ankara: TMMOB Makina Mühendisleri Odası Yayını, 2003, p. 265-279.

 

  •  “The Right to Nonconformity: Human Rights and the Market System," paper presented to the 9th International Karl Polanyi Conference: "Coexistence" , 12-16 November 2003, Montreal, Canada.

 

  • “Poverty, Market System and Human Rights,” paper presented to the conference “Threats to Human Rights in the Beginning of the 21st Century”, 14-15 October, 2004, Ankara (published in Threats to Human Rights in the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century, ed. by: Ioanna Kuçuradi, Hacettepe University Centre for Research and Application of the Philosophy of Human Rights and UNESCO Chair for the Philosophy of Human Rights, Ankara: 2004, p. 36-50.

 

  • “The Market Strikes Back: The Polanyian Tale of Our Times,” (with Naci Canpolat), paper presented to the 10th International Karl Polanyi Conference: “Protecting Society and Nature from Commodity Fiction”, İstanbul, October 14-16, 2005.

 

  • “What Can Marxists Learn From Polanyi?” (with Erdal Yılmaz), paper presented to the 10th International Karl Polanyi Conference: “Protecting Society and Nature from Commodity Fiction”, İstanbul, October 14-16, 2005.
  • “İktisat, İktidar ve Toplum,” Karaburun Kongresi: “Bilim ve İktidar”, 8-10 Eylül 2006, Karaburun, İzmir.
  • “The Instability of Capitalism and Open System Theorizing: Schumpeter, Marx and Keynes,” (with Derya Güler Aydın), paper presented at the Turkish Economic Association International Conference on Economics, Ankara, September 11-13 2006.
  • “Foucault’s Pendulum? Evolutionary Dynamics of the Globalization Process,” (with Naci Canpolat), paper presented to the The EAEPE 2006 Conference: “Developing Economies: Multiple Trajectories, Multiple Developments, 2-4 November 2006, Galatasaray University, Istanbul, Turkey.
  • “Genel Teori’ye Yol Açmış Olabilecek Toplum Felsefesi Üzerine” Türk Sosyal Bilimler Derneği, “Genel Teori’den  70 Yıl Sonra” Toplantısı, 1-2 Aralık 2006, Ankara.

 

Journals: 
  •  “Keynesci Teorinin Yeniden Yorumlanması Hakkında Bir Değerlendirme”, Hacettepe Üniversitesi İktisadi ve Idari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 8, no. 2, 1990, p. 117-27.

 

  •  “Methodological Individualism in Carl Menger: An Evaluation”,   Hacettepe Üniversitesi Iktisadi ve Idari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 16, no. 1-2, 1998, p. 47-68.

 

  • “The Explanatory Role of the General Equilibrium Theory: An Outline into a Critique of Neoclassical Economics”,  Hacettepe Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 18, no. 1, 2000, p. 257-85.

 

  • “Ölümün Politik İktisadı: Polanyi ve Marx'ın İnsan Anlayışları Üzerine Bir Deneme”, Hacettepe Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 18, no. 2, 2000, p. 61-81.

 

  • “Liberalizmin Ütopyacı Toplum Tasarımı”, Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, Vol.: 26, No: 1, 2002, p. 101- 123.

 

  • “Bir Zenginlik Teorisi Olarak Klasik İktisadi Analizin Yöntemi”, Akdeniz Üniversitesi İ.İ.B.F. Dergisi, vol. 2, no. 4, Kasım 2002, p. 146-171.

 

  • “İktisadi Analiz Tarihine Nasıl Yaklaşmak Gerekir?” Hacettepe Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 19, no. 2, 2001, p. 19-38.

 

  • “Closing Open Systems: Two Examples for The ‘Double Hermeneutic’ in Economics,” ODTÜ Gelişme Dergisi, vol. 30, no. 2, Aralık 2003, p. 223-248.

 

  • “Michal Kalecki ve Klasik-Marksist İktisadi Analiz,” Hacettepe Üniversitesi İktisadi ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 22, no. 1, 2004, p. 1-22.

 

·        “Rekabet Politikalarının Esasları” (with Burak Günalp), Siyasa, vol. 1, no. 1, Spring 2005, p. 63-84.

 

 Books/ Book Chapters:
  • “Yorgunluk, Çalışma Yasası ve Küreselleşen Dünya", Yorgunluğun Halleri, derleyen: Selçuk Candansayar, Ankara: Peday, 2003, p. 81-96.

 

  • “İktisadi Akıl ve Piyasa Sistemi,” Aklın Halleri, derleyen: Selçuk Candansayar, Ankara: Peday, 2004, p. 287-310.

 

  • “Piyasa Ekonomisi ve Neşe,” Neşenin Halleri, derleyen: Selçuk Candansayar, Ankara: Peday, 2004, p. 229-242.