Dr Emre Unlu is a Senior Lecturer in Business Economics at Edge Hill University. He joined Edge Hill Business School in 2015, following his role as Lecturer in Economics at Queen’s University Belfast Management School from June 2012 to September 2015. He holds a PhD and MSc in Economics from Louisiana State University and a BSc in Industrial Engineering from Middle East Technical University. At Queen’s University Belfast, he taught modules including Game Theory and Advanced Business Economics and received strong student evaluations.

In his current role at Edge Hill University, Emre teaches and leads a range of undergraduate and postgraduate economics modules. His teaching portfolio includes International Economics, Contemporary Issues in Economics, Principles of Microeconomics, Development of Economic Thought, Economics for Accountants and postgraduate International Economics. He has extensive experience of module leadership, curriculum development, assessment design, marking standards, moderation, feedback and student support.

A particular strength of Emre’s academic practice is his consistently high student satisfaction. Student feedback has consistently reflected the clarity of his explanations, structured assessment guidance, responsiveness to student queries, supportive approach and ability to connect economic theory with contemporary policy and business issues.

Emre’s teaching is research-informed and applied in focus. He integrates current debates on sustainability, green finance, artificial intelligence, unemployment, international trade, financial development and sovereign debt into his teaching. He has also used Bloomberg Terminal resources in postgraduate teaching to strengthen students’ engagement with real-world financial and economic data.

Emre supervises undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations across economics and related Business School areas, including finance, sustainability, business management and policy-focused topics. His supervision supports students in developing research confidence, selecting appropriate methods and applying theoretical and empirical approaches to contemporary business and economic questions.

In addition to his teaching and examination roles, Emre has contributed actively to academic leadership, student support and citizenship within Edge Hill Business School. He is serving as Programme Leader for the MSc Sustainable Leadership and Management during the 2025–26 academic year. He also served as Head of Year 2 for Business Management programmes and pathways between 2020 and 2023, supporting student progression, engagement and communication at cohort level. He coordinated the Edge Hill Business School Lunch Talk Seminar Series from December 2016 to March 2023, supporting research culture and academic dialogue within the School.

Emre’s commitment to academic standards is further evidenced by his role as External Examiner for Economics programmes at the University of Central Lancashire from September 2018 to September 2024. In this capacity, he contributed to external quality assurance, assessment review and the maintenance of academic standards.

Emre’s research profile includes environmental economics, green finance, international economics, research assessment and evaluation, applied microeconomics, and earlier work on game theory and network dynamics. His research output includes publications in reputable journals such as Empirical Economics, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Research Evaluation, the British Educational Research Journal, Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education and The Manchester School. His current research interests focus particularly on green bonds, green aid flows, climate exposure, sustainability performance, environmental outcomes and research evaluation.

Beyond publications, Emre has engaged in reviewing activities for journals including the International Journal of Economics and Finance, Review of Development Economics, Economic Modelling, Research Evaluation, Mathematical Social Sciences, Theory and Decision and Theoretical Economics Letters. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has been a member of the American Economic Association, the Game Theory Society and the European Economic Association.

My current research interests focus on environmental economics, green finance, sustainability and research evaluation. I am particularly interested in how green finance instruments, including green bonds and green aid flows, relate to environmental outcomes, climate exposure and sustainable development. I also examine how international capital flows, institutional conditions and policy frameworks shape environmental performance across countries. A second strand of my research focuses on research assessment and evaluation, including the role of submission rules, research environments and impact metrics in shaping research excellence.

Environmental Economics, Green Finance and Sustainability

• Green aid flows: classification and environmental quality
• Green bonds, climate exposure and sustainability outcomes
• Environmental impact of green bond issuance
• Foreign direct investment and environmental impacts
• Sustainable finance and environmental performance
• Climate-related financial risk and policy evaluation

Research Assessment and Evaluation

• Impact of submission rules on research assessment
• Quality assessment of research environments
• Role of impact metrics in research excellence
• Aid flows: classification and evaluation
• Innovative approaches to research evaluation

Network Dynamics

• Efficiency and heterogeneity in networks
• Information networks: spillovers and dynamics
• Collaborative networks and externalities
• Performance dynamics in network structures

My teaching experience spans undergraduate and postgraduate economics, business economics, quantitative methods, international economics, sustainability-related economics, and applied policy areas. I have taught and led modules across both foundational and advanced levels, adapting delivery to different student cohorts and programme requirements.

Past and Current Teaching:

• Economics for Accountants
• Intermediate Economic Analysis
• International Economics
• Postgraduate International Economics
• Contemporary Issues in Economics
• Principles of Economics
• Principles of Microeconomics
• Principles of Macroeconomics
• Development of Economic Thought
• Statistics for Economics
• Development Economics
• Game Theory
• Advanced Business Economics
• Market Theory
• Economics of Organisations