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I am a researcher and lecturer focusing on the applications of artificial intelligence in scientific knowledge production and digital humanities. I'm also an independent singer and songwriter who enjoys creating melodies with simple chords on acoustic guitar.
I received a doctoral degree in Economics and Philosophy from Erasmus University Rotterdam in 2009. I served as a researcher in the Cambridge Social Ontology Group at the University of Cambridge (2011-2012) and the Hamburg Institute for Advanced Study (2022-2023).
After more than a decade of publishing in institutional and evolutionary economics, I decided to move beyond abstract theoretical issues and explore the societal impact of disruptive technologies. Currently, I research and offer courses on the potential of LLMs in creative industries.
I lead a long term project, the Turkish Political Economy Database, from the 1800s to Date, where my colleagues and I document over 700 economists, translators, and scholars who have shaped economic thought in the Republic of Türkiye and the Ottoman Empire since the 1800s. We curate comprehensive biographical, bibliographical, and textual datasets that power AI tools for analysis, visualization, and automated essay generation. Since February 2026, the outcome of this digital humanities project has been published in The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Turkish Economists and Economics.
I'm the (co-)author of four books and the (co-)editor of nine volumes published by international and national publishers such as Edward Elgar, Routledge, Palgrave, and İletişim. My articles have appeared in journals including the American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Journal of Institutional Economics, Journal of Economic Issues, Review of Radical Political Economics, Rethinking Marxism, Review of Social Economy, Journal of Philosophical Economics, as well as in AÜ SBF Dergisi and Mülkiye Dergisi.
In case you’re interested in my previous work and academic vitae: My books are available on Amazon and Kitapyurdu and my articles on Research Gate and Google Scholar. My detailed CV is available here. Here is a list of the courses I currently offer.
As for my interest in music production, my musical journey began in the 1990s, exploring the rich traditions of Turkish folk music alongside progressive rock. Currently, I find inspiration in minimalist electronic music from across the globe. I experiment with computerized tools to produce and record demo songs at my home studio. Listen to my recent productions on your preferred streaming platforms (Spotify, YouTube, Amazon, and etc.) Here is my Bandcamp profile.
Yalçıntaş, A., & Heise, A. (Eds.). (2025). Decolonial Narratives in Economics: Alternative and Underrepresented Voices. Edward Elgar.
Yalçıntaş, A. (2019). Bırakınız Kopyalasınlar, Bırakınız Paylaşsınlar: Dijitalleşme ve İnternet Çağında Fikri Mülkiyet İlişkileri (2nd ed.). Ankara Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi Yayınları.
Yalçıntaş, A. (2016). Intellectual Path Dependence in Economics: Why Economists do not Reject Refuted Theories. Routledge.
Uçar, M., & Yalçıntaş, A. (2023). GDPR and Digital Protectionism in the EU: The Cases of Android and iOS. Journal of Economic Issues, 57(4), 1079-1094.
Yalçıntaş, A., & Alizadeh, N. (2020). Digital Protectionism and National Planning in the Age of the Internet: The Case of Iran. Journal of Institutional Economics, 16(4), 519–536.
Yalçıntaş, A., & Akkaya, B. (2019). Türkiye’de Akademik Enflasyon: “Her İle Bir Üniversite Politikası” Sonrasında Türk Yükseköğretim Sistemi. Ankara Üniversitesi SBF Dergisi, 74(3), 789–810.
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