Necati Aydin

Dr. Necati Aydin is a professor of economics exploring wellbeing from a multi-disciplinary perspective. He was the founding director of the Neuroeconomics and Well-being Program at Florida State University. The program was established to conduct well-being studies both at individual and societal levels, bringing experts from different subject areas together for qualitative and quantitative analysis on happiness related issues. Dr.Aydin has two doctoral degrees, one in Education and the other in Economics. He worked as a researcher for a decade completing over forty research projects before embarking on his academic career. He has authored nine books, translated two, co-authored three books, and published many peer-reviewed articles. He recently published a book through Routledge on character building.

Dr.Aydin currently focuses on the economics of wellbeing, human development, and neuroeconomics. He has published in top academic journals including the Journal of Business Ethics, International Journal of Social Economics, Humanomics, and Journal of Developing Area. He is a referee for several academic journals including the Journal of Happiness Studies, the Journal of Applied Research in Quality of Life. He works on a project with a professor from Brown University to test three dimensions of happiness using functional MRI. He also conducts interdisciplinary studies to explore empirical evidence for three dimensions of happiness.