Ankara Koleji’nden mezun olduktan sonra Bilkent ve Princeton üniversitelerinden iktisatta lisans ve doktora derecelerini alan Prof. Dr. Refet S. Gürkaynak, ABD Merkez Bankası’nda iktisatçılık ve Massachusetts Institute of Technology’de ziyaretçi öğretim üyeliği yapmıştır.
Gürkaynak, Center for Economic Policy (Londra), Center for Financial Studies (Frankfurt), CESIfo (Münih) ve Bilim Akademisi üyesidir.
Araştırma alanları; para politikası, mali piyasalar ve makroiktisat olan Gürkaynak’ın bu konularda yaptığı yayınlar önde gelen uluslararası dergilerde yayımlanmıştır. TCMB ve AMB’ ye danışmanlık yapmış olan Gürkaynak çalışmalarıyla TÜBA, TÜBİTAK, TC Merkez Bankası ve Avrupa Merkez Bankası’ndan ödüller almıştır.
Gürkaynak, 2014-2020 yılları arasında Bilkent Üniversitesi İktisat Bölümü Başkanı görevini üstlenmiştir. Bilkent Üniversitesi İktisat Bölümü Öğretim Üyesi olarak görevine devam etmektedir.

Research Interests
Monetary Economics, Financial Economics, International Finance

Work Experience
Department Chair, Bilkent University, Department of Economics, 2014-
present.
Professor, Bilkent University, Department of Economics, 2014-present.
Visiting Associate Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Department of Economics, 2011-2012.
Associate Professor, Bilkent University, Department of Economics, 2010- 2014.
Assistant Professor, Bilkent University, Department of Economics, 2005- 2010.
Fellow, CESIfo, 2013-
Fellow, Center for Financial Studies, 2013-
Research Fellow, Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR),
International Macroeconomics Program, 2010-present
Research Affiliate, Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR),
International Macroeconomics Program, 2006-2010
Economist, Federal Reserve Board, Division of Monetary Affairs, 2001–2005.
Lecturer of Economics, and Public and International Affairs,
Princeton University, 2000-2001.
Assistant Instructor, Princeton University, Department of Economics, 1998-1999.
Education
Ph.D., Economics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 2004.
M.A., Economics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 2001.
B.A., Economics, Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey, 1996.

Editorial Responsibilities
Journal of Monetary Economics, Associate Editor, 2011-2018
Economic Policy, Co-Editor, 2011-2016
Economic Policy, Panel Member, 2010-2011
Central Bank Review, Associate Editor, 2010-2015
Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Associate Editor, 2009-2013
İktisat İşletme ve Finans, Editorial Board Member, 2004-2011
Toplum ve Bilim, Editorial Board Member, 2001-2011

Awards & Honors
Keynote Speaker, Bank of England/ESCB Research Cluster on Monetary
Economics, London, 2019
Keynote Speaker, Advances in Macro-Finance Conference, İstanbul, 2018
Invited talk, Econometric Society European Meeting, 2016
Keynote Speaker, Money Macro and Finance Conference, Dublin, 2013
Keynote Speaker, (Inaugural) Workshop on Empirical Macroeconomics,
Paris, 2013
Member, Academy of Sciences, Turkey, 2012-
Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey, Young Scientist Award
(TÜBİTAK Teşvik Ödülü), 2011
Distinguished Teaching Award, Bilkent University, 2010
Turkish Academy of Sciences, Young Scientist Award
(TÜBA-GEBİP), 2007
European Central Bank Lamfalussy Fellowship, 2006.
Central Bank of Turkey Young Economist Award, 2002.
Princeton University International Finance Section Summer
Dissertation Fellowship, 2000, 2001.
Social Science Research Council
Program in Applied Economics Fellow, 1999-2000.
Princeton University Fellowship, 1996-1998.
Bilkent University Fellowship, 1992-1996.

Other Service
Expert, SECO/Graduate Institute, Technical Assistance to Central Banks of
Azerbaijan, Albania, and Tunisia.
Member, Euro Area Business Cycle Dating Committee, 2012-
(Vice-chair, 2019- )
Consultant, Central Bank of Turkey, 2005-2011
Consultant, European Central Bank, 2005-2006, 2016-2018.