Selva Demiralp
 Selva Demiralp      (economist, academic) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Turkish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of California (Davis) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interests | COVAX | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Interest of | Sebnem Kalemli-Özcan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bilderberg economist who has extensive interactions with several central banks including the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and the Central Bank of Türkiye. Pushed COVAX in 2021.
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Selva Demiralp attended the Bilderberg for the first time in 2019.
Education
Selva Demiralp received a PhD in Economics from the University of California, Davis in 2000.[1][2]
Career
Prior to joining Koç University in 2005, she worked for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. She was promoted to associate professorship in 2008 and professorship in 2017. From 2016 onwards she is the director of Koç University-TÜSİAD Economic Research Forum. Demiralp’s research is in monetary and macroeconomic policy and applied econometrics. She focuses on policy oriented research questions, particularly in the area of central banking.
Over the past decade, Demiralp had extensive interactions with several central banks including the Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and the Central Bank of Türkiye. She worked as a consultant for the ECB.[3]
Between 2013-2019 she wrote weekly articles for Milliyet, which is one of the major Turkish newspapers. She also writes for BBC Turkish News[1] and the Economist.
Covid
In 2021, she was the co-author of a "study" of the "economic consequences of not vaccinating the entire world’s population against COVID-19"[4]. The "study" was commissioned by the International Chamber of Commerce, and concluded that "equitable distribution of vaccines" is in every country’s economic interest. "Clearly, all economies are connected," said Demiralp. "No economy will be fully recovered unless the other economies are recovered."[5]
Event Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/2019 | 30 May 2019 | 2 June 2019 | Switzerland Montreux | The 67th Bilderberg Meeting |
