Hakan Mülayim is an M.A. student in Economics at Sabancı University and an educator working with students preparing for international examinations in mathematics and economics. His research interests lie in microeconomic theory, game theory, industrial organization, and matching and market design, with applications to transportation and urban economics. His master’s thesis, advised by Eren İnci, concerns the optimal financing of public transit. He is a co-author of the working paper “Financing Transit Through Economic Activity” with Kevin Hasker and Eren İnci.
He holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University. As an undergraduate he completed a graduation project on Khovanov homology, studied four-dimensional topology through the Directed Reading Program Turkey, and attended reading seminars at Galatasaray University. He has been part of the Nesin Mathematics Village programs since 2017 and was an instructor in its 2026 summer program.
At Sabancı University he has served as a teaching assistant for Games and Strategies (ECON 201) and Statistical Modelling (MATH 306). He also teaches students preparing for AP Calculus, AP Micro/Macroeconomics, IB Mathematics (AA/AI), IB Economics, SAT Math and TMUA, and coaches candidates for the Economics Olympiad.
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Education, research and teaching experience; available as PDF.
Research
Transit financing, market design and a mathematics background.
Teaching
University courses, Nesin Village and AP/IB/SAT/TMUA preparation.