Gürkan KUMBAROĞLU, Ph.D., Professor
:: Education
B.S. in Industrial Engineering, Gazi University, 1990;
M.S. in Industrial Engineering, Middle East Technical University, 1995;
Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering, Middle East Technical University, 2001.
:: Research Interests

Energy and environmental policy modeling, Energy economics & management, Environmental economics, General economic equilibrium, Power system economics, Real options theory

:: Offered Courses
  • IE 255  Probability for Industrial Engineers
  • IE 341  Engineering Economics
  • IE 441  Planning for Engineers
  • IE 461  Energy Policy and Planning
  • IE 480  Case Studies in IE
  • IE 489  Energy Policy and Planning
  • IE 494  Human Factors Management
  • IE 497  Methods Analysis and Design
:: Recent Publications
  • Sarıca, K, Kumbaroğlu, G., Or, İ. (2012). "Modeling and Analysis of a Decentralized Electricity Market: An Integrated Simulation/Optimization Approach", Energy 44(1): 830-852.
  • Kumbaroğlu G., Madlener R. (2012). "Evaluation of Economically Optimal Retrofit Investment Options for Energy Savings in Buildings", Energy and Buildings, 49(1): 327-334.
  • Kumbaroğlu, G. (2012). “If... The non-zero sum game of climate change”, Turkish Review, 2(3): 36-39.
  • Kumbaroğlu, G. (2012). "Türkiye'nin İklim Değişikliği Stratejisi ve Nükleer Enerjiye Geçiş", Chp.2 in: Nükleer Enerjiye Geçişte Türkiye Modeli-II, S.Ülgen (Edt.), EDAM Publ.
  • Kumbaroğlu, G. (2012). "Nükleer Enerji ve Türkiye: Bir İhtiyaç Analizi", Chp.1 in: Nükleer Enerjiye Geçişte Türkiye Modeli-II, S.Ülgen (Edt.), EDAM Publ.
  • Kumbaroğlu, G. (2011). "Türkiye Açısından Nükleer Enerji Ekonomisi", Chp.3 in: Nükleer Enerjiye Geçişte Türkiye Modeli-I, S.Ülgen (Edt.), EDAM Publ.
  • Adaman, F., Karali, N., Kumbaroğlu, G., Or, İ., Özkaynak, B., Zenginobuz, Ü. (2011), "What determines urban households’ willingness to pay for CO2 emission reductions in Turkey: A contingent valuation survey," Energy Policy, 39(2): 689-698.
  • Kumbaroğlu, G. (2011). "A Sectoral Decomposition Analysis of Turkish CO2 Emissions Over 1990-2007", Energy, Vol.36 (5), pp.2419-2433
  • Kumbaroğlu, G. (2010). "CO2 Elasticity of Income: The Case of Turkey, Chp.17 in: Handbook of Sustainable Energy", W. H. Lee and V. G. Cho (Edts.), Nova Science Publ.
  • Kumbaroğlu, G., Arıkan, Y. (2009). "Farkındalık ve Fark Yaratmak: Türkiye'nin CO2 Salımları", Open Society Foundation Publ.
  • Kumbaroğlu, G., Karali, N. (2008). "Türkiye'de Enerji-Ekonomi-Çevre Etkileşimlerinin Analizi", Chp. 15 in: Küresel Isınma ve Kyoto Protokolü: İklim Değişikliğinin Bilimsel, Ekonomik ve Politik Analizi, E.Karakaya (Edt.), Baglam Publ.
  • Kumbaroğlu, G., N. Karali and Y. Arıkan (2008). "CO₂, GDP and RET: An aggregate economic equilibrium analysis for Turkey." Energy Policy 36(7): 2694-2708.
  • Kumbaroğlu, G., R. Madlener and M. Demirel (2008). "A real options evaluation model for the diffusion prospects of new renewable power generation technologies." Energy Economics 30(4): 1882-1908.

:: Contact Information

Personal URL

 http://www.ie.boun.edu.tr/~gurkank/

e-mail

 gurkank

Phone (office)

 + 90 (212) 359 7079

Fax (office)

 + 90 (212) 265 1800

Address

 Boğaziçi University
Department of Industrial Engineering
34342, Bebek-Istanbul, Turkey