Ufuk Gunes Bebek is an applied economist whose research is primarily focused on international trade and macroeconomic aspects of international trade. He joined the University of Birmingham's Department of Economics in 2014 and has been in his current position as Assistant Professor in Economics since 2017.
His current research focuses on balance-of-payments constrained growth models incorporating reserve currency as a primary constraint on reserve currency providers’ growth. He is also leading the Department’s membership to the Alliance of Economics and Management Education, promoting knowledge exchange, and cultivating inter-disciplinary pedagogy culture between Birmingham and other member institutions.