Team

Two disciplines, one standard.

Economic reasoning from Recep Kocyigit. Valid inference from Yusufhan Balci.

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Recep Said Kocyigit

Economics and game-based education

Recep Said Kocyigit is a macroeconomic analyst at OGResearch, covering forecasting, modelling, macroeconomic research, data analysis, research communication, and a regular internal lecture series. The range extends from econometrics and finance to teaching.

Prior work includes a thesis on bank stocks and interest rates, the CNB Monetary Policy Game, a stock analysis tool, and magellanique.com, a finance-and-economics teaching site. At VCESR the responsibilities cover theory education, macro simulation, game economies, and research writing.

  • Macroeconomics
  • Econometrics
  • Financial analysis
  • Economic education
  • Game-based learning
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Yusufhan Balci

Statistics and causal inference

Yusufhan Balci is a PhD candidate at Amsterdam UMC and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, working across statistics, machine learning, and causal inference, with emphasis on methods that improve decisions for clinicians, policymakers, and owners.

The focus is valid inference: question, method, and conclusion in alignment, communicated for non-specialists.

  • Statistics
  • Machine learning
  • Causal inference
  • Research methods
  • Decision science
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