Prof. Dr. Seyithan Ahmet Ateş

Social Sciences University of Ankara

After graduating from Adana İmam-Hatip High School, Prof. Dr. Seyithan Ahmet Ateş completed his undergraduate and master’s studies at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and his doctoral studies at the Vienna University of Technology. He was a postdoctoral researcher at Harvard University between 2016 and 2017 and a visiting researcher at National Taiwan University in 2020. During the 2025–2026 academic year, he undertook academic research as a Visiting Research Fellow at Pembroke College and Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.

He is currently a professor in the Department of Economics at the Social Sciences University of Ankara. His academic research focuses on innovation, defense economics, development, entrepreneurship, energy economics and sociotechnical transitions. He has contributed as an adviser, project expert and country expert to the work of international organizations including the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), the United Nations General Assembly, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Union (EU).

Alongside his academic and international activities, he serves as Chair of the Supervisory Board of the Turkish Green Crescent Society (Yeşilay). Since 2026, he has been a member of the Executive Board of the Application and Research Center for Competition and Regulation at the Social Sciences University of Ankara.