Bahadır Dursun is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Economics at Newcastle University, UK. He is an applied microeconomist working primarily in the fields of health economics, economics of education and labor economics. Bahadır’s research interests include human capital formation and its effects on health and labor markets, determinants of infant health, as well as the effects of governmental policies on various aspects of individuals’ health and wellbeing.

He earned his Ph.D. in Economics from LSU in 2017 and worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the School of Public and International Affairs, and the Center for Health and Wellbeing at Princeton University.

Bahadır joined IZA as a Research Affiliate in August 2021.