I.Semih Akcomak
TEKPOL, Middle East Technical University,
UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University
Network Social Innovation (NSI), Maastricht University
TEKPOL
Middle East Technical University
Universiteler Mahallesi
Dumlupinar Bulvari, No:1
06800 Cankaya, Ankara
Turkey
Tel: +90 312 2103720
Fax: +90 312 2107993
akcomak@metu.edu.tr
working papers and work in progress
Why did the Netherlands develop so early: The legacy of the Brethren of the Common Life, PDF coming soon, (with Dinand Webbink and Bas ter Weel) 
Changes in the task-content of occupations in the United Kingdom between 1997 and 2006, PDF coming soon, (with Suzanne Kok and Hugo Rojas-Romagosa)
The impact of trade, offshoring and multinationals on job loss and job finding, PDF coming soon, (with Henri de Groot and Stefan Groot)
Degisen universite-sanayi isbirliginde universite orgutlenmesi [University organisation in changing university-industry dynamics] (with Erkan Erdil, Teoman Pamukçu and Yelda Erden), April 2012
Isgücü piyasasindaki güncel dinamikler: Teknoloji, küresellesme ve ithal girdi kullanimi [Latest trends in labour market: Technology, globalisation and offshoring] April 2012
Origins of social capital: Cases from the British history (with Paul Stoneman), February 2010
selected publications
The impact of social capital on crime: Evidence from the Netherlands, Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2012, (with Bas ter Weel)
Measuring and interpreting trends in the division of labour in the Netherlands, De Economist (with Lex Borghans and Bas ter Weel), 2011
Social capital of social capital researchers, Review of Economics and Institutions, 2(2), May 2011,
Incubators as tool for entrepreneurship promotion in developing economies, in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Economic Development. Szirmai, Naude and Goedhuys (eds.), April 2011
Social capital, innovation and growth: Evidence from Europe, European Economic Review, 53(5), 544-67. July 2009 (with Bas ter Weel)
Reports
METU Research Centers evaluation report (in Turkish with Erkan Erdil, Teoman Pamukçu ve Yelda Erden), September 2011, a not so short version can be found here
selected popular writings
in Turkish
Dijital devrimin farkinda misiniz? 2, Bilgi Çagi, January 2012
Yerli otomobil stratejisi küresellesen üretimle ne kadar uyumlu?, Bilgi Çagi, Kasim 2011
Neden inovasyon konusacak bu kadar az insan var?, Bilgi Çagi, August 2011
Dijital devrimin farkinda misiniz?, Bilgi Çagi, Mart 2011
Görevlerin ticareti ve küresellesen Ar-Ge politikasi, Bilgi Çagi, May 2010
Türkiye uçlardan kurtulabilir mi?, Bilgi Çagi, May 2009