Dr Ilke Onur
Associate Professor
College of Business, Creative Arts, Law and Social Sciences
Ilke is an Associate Professor of Economics at the College of Business, Creative Arts, Law and Social Sciences (BCLS), where he also serves as the HDR Contact Officer and previously held the role of Research Lead. He is a section editor for economics at PLOS ONE, a leading international multidisciplinary journal, and is one of the founding organisers of the PhD Summer Institute in International Trade & Industrial Organisation. He is also a fellow of the Global Labor Organization (GLO).
His research sits within applied microeconomics, with particular expertise in industrial organisation, auctions, health economics, and development economics. Ilke has an extensive publication record and a strong track record in securing competitive research funding, with grants from organisations including the Australian Centre for Financial Studies, the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), the Regional Australia Institute, iMove CRC, and the Australian Research Council (Linkage). He has also contributed to a tender for the Victorian Auditor-General's Office, examining the performance of electronic gaming machine entitlement allocations in Victoria.
Internationally, Ilke has held visiting researcher positions at Sultan Qaboos University in Oman, the University of Southern Denmark, the University of Tübingen in Germany, and the University of Adelaide. He has served as an external reviewer for grant programs at the Global Development Network, the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey, and the Australian Research Council.
Personal webpage: https://ilkeonur.weebly.com/
- Ph.D. Economics, University of Texas at Austin December 2005
- M.S. Economics, University of Texas at Austin May 2001
- B.A. in Economics & B.S in Mathematics, Koc University, Istanbul May 1999
GRANTS
- South Australia Police (SAPOL) - $89,650
Project: SAPOL Extended Hours Roster - Demand Management Project
Investigators: Assoc Prof Ann-Louise Hordacre, Prof John Spoehr, Assoc Prof Ilke Onur
- iMove CRC (2020-2021) - $204,000
Project: Encouraging the continuation of work-from-home practices in a post-pandemic world
Investigators: Dr Akshay Vij, Dr Flavio Souza, Dr Ilke Onur, Dr Helen Barrie, Prof Ian Goodwin-Smith, Prof Andrew Beer
- Australian Research Council (ARC) – Linkage Project (2019-2024) - $1.375 million
Department for Industry and Skills (2019-2024) - $1 million
Department of Jobs and Small Business (2019-2024) - $830,000
Project: Future Work, Future Communities: The Impacts of Industry Restructuring
Investigators: Prof Andrew Beer (CI), Prof Sally Weller (CI), Dr Tom Barnes (CI), Dr Ilke Onur (CI), Prof Julie Ratcliffe (CI), Prof David Bailey (PI), Prof Markku Sotarauta (PI)
- Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) (2018-2019) - $167,678
Project: Understanding the economic effects of financial inclusion in ASEAN and East Asia
Investigators: Dr Tony Cavoli, Prof Jenny Corbett, Dr Rajabrata Banerjee, Dr Ron Donato, Dr Ilke Onur, Prof Ramkishen Rajan, Dr Sasidaran Gopalan, Dr Rashesh Shesthra
- Regional Australia Institute (2019) - $83,500
Project: Impacts of technology investment on tourism growth and employment
Investigators: Dr R. Hallak, A/Prof A. Corsi, Dr S. Akbar, A/Prof A. O’Connor, Dr I. Onur
- Australian Centre for Financial Studies (ACFS) (2017-2018) - $11,363
Project: Health Insurance Policy and Competition
Investigators: Dr R. Donato, Dr I. Onur
AWARDS
- UniSA Business Teaching and Learning Excellence Award – Student’s Voice Post-graduate (2019)
- UniSA School of Commerce Teaching Innovation Award – 2019
- UniSA Division of Business, Top Research Team Award 2018
- Best Paper by a Younger Scholar Award 2012 – Industrial Organization Society
- Professional Development Award, University of Texas at Austin, 2004
- European Economic Association Travel Grant, 2004
External reviewer for grants:
- Australian Research Council Discovery Grant (ARC-Discovery)
- Australian Research Council Linkage Grant (ARC-Linkage)
- Global Development Network
- The Scientific and Technological Council of Turkey
- Economics
- applied economics
- auctions
- development economics
- health economics
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