Assoc. Prof. SEVDA KUŞKAYA

Dr. Sevda Kuşkaya received her Ph.D. in Economics from Erciyes University. Her doctoral dissertation, titled The Effectiveness of Energy Policies Followed in Controlling Global Warming: A Continuous Wavelet Coherence Model Approach, investigates the impact of energy policies on global warming using advanced econometric techniques. The thesis was supported by the Erciyes University Scientific Research Projects Unit (Project No: SDK-2017-7332) and was awarded the ‘Most Successful Doctoral Thesis in the Field of Environment’ by the Environment Foundation in 2018.

Her research interests include economics, applied economics, the economics of climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, renewable energy and the environment, energy policies, environmental and energy economics, matrix algebra, data analytics, time series and panel data analyses, as well as continuous and partial wavelet coherence analyses. She also aims to incorporate artificial intelligence and machine learning methods into her interdisciplinary research agenda.

Dr. Kuşkaya is the author or co-author of 67 peer-reviewed publications in national and international journals. Her work has appeared in Web of Science (WOS) and Scopus indexed, high-impact journals such as Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Applied Economic Analysis, Quality and Quantity, Journal of Cleaner Production, Renewable Energy, Energy, Resources Policy, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Scientific Reports, OPEC Energy Review and the Geological Journal.

Dr. Kuşkaya serves as Special Issue Editor for Green Technology, Resilience, and Sustainability (Springer Nature, 2025-Present); Editorial Board Member of Research in Ecology (Bilingual Publishing Group, Scopus, 2025-Present); Review Editor for Cities in the Global South (Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, Scopus-WOS, 2023-Present); Review Editor for Environmental Economics and Management (Frontiers in Environmental Sciences, Scopus-WOS, 2021-Present); Guest Editor for Frontiers in Environmental Sciences (Frontiers in Environmental Science, Scopus-WOS, 2022); Review Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Innovation & Knowledge (Elsevier, Scopus-WOS, 2025) and Editorial Board Member and Handling Editor of Scientific Reports (Springer Nature, Scopus-WOS, 2026). 

She holds memberships in various international research communities, including International Statistical Institution (ISI), American Statistical Association (ASA), MATLAB Users and Integrators, Quantitative Analytics, MathWorks, Data Science Community (moderated), Econometric Research Association, and Environmental Economics. Dr. Kuşkaya has reviewed over 100 manuscripts for journals published by Elsevier, Springer, SAGE and Frontiers.

Dr. Kuşkaya continues her academic work in economics, energy, environment, climate change, energy policies, time series, and panel data to produce interdisciplinary contributions by integrating machine learning into her research.