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Çiğdem Ateş Saygili is a Research Fellow at the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity. Cigdem is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Economics, and is a graduate research/teaching assistant at Bogazici University in Istanbul, Turkey. In her Ph.D. studies, Cigdem focuses on Applied Macroeconomic Theory, DSGE Modeling, Gender Macroeconomics, Modeling of Gender, and Structural Transformation. Cigdem earned a double major in Economics and Business Administration from Ege University in Izmir, Turkey. Later, she received a graduate studies scholarship from Turkish Ministry of Education, which allowed her to continue her studies in Economics in the USA. Cigdem received her MA degree from the Department of Economics at the University of Missouri – Kansas City. She completed a Master’s Thesis titled “A Heterodox Analysis of International Exchange and Employment Policies” under the supervision of Mathew Forstater. In her thesis, Cigdem analyzed major heterodox approaches to the international trade, exchange rates, prices and employment policies: Institutional and Post-Keynesian Economics,  Modern Monetary Theory and Marxian Economics. From a history of economic thought perspective, she sought applicable solutions to the problems that arose from the refugee crisis such as unemployment. In addition to Macroeconomics, Cigdem’s research interests include but are not limited to Post-Keynesian Economics, Institutional Theory, Marxian Economics, Feminist Economics and Development Economics. While working as a teaching and research assistant in Turkey, she gained invaluable hands-on experience which she incorporates into her own academic work.