ERF 30th Annual Conference: Tragedies of Regional Conflicts and Promises of Peacebuilding; Morocco, 21-23 Nisan 2024, 2024

ERAA Research Director Prof. Asena Caner participated in the 30th Annual Conference of the Economic Research Forum (ERF) in Morocco. She was the Moderator and Chair of the panel (Plenary 4 – AI & Future of Work) where Prof. Daron Acemoğlu from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology was the keynote speaker.

Disruptive technologies at large and AI specifically, will surely impact inequality, but the nature of that effect will depend on exactly how this technology is adopted. The plenary set forward how to deploy generative AI to create and support new occupational tasks and new capabilities for workers. How public policy has a central role in encouraging this positive path of technology was also addressed at the panel.

The Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis Conference in Washington DC, Nisan 2024

The study titled “A Survey Experiment on How the Legal Status of Nicotine Products Influences Young Adults’ Perceptions and Choices,” prepared by the Economic Research Agenda Association (ERAA), was presented by Prof. Dr. Asena Caner at the “SBCA 2024 Annual Conference” organized by the Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis (SBCA) in Washington DC on April 4, 2024.

Conference Presentation:

Disclosure Note: 

This research was funded with a grant from Global Action to End Smoking (formerly known as Foundation for Smoke-Free World), an independent, U.S. nonprofit 501(c)(3) grantmaking organization, accelerating science-based efforts worldwide to end the smoking epidemic. Global Action played no role in designing, implementing, data analysis, or interpretation of the research results, nor did Global Action edit or approve any presentations or publications from the research. The contents, selection, and presentation of facts, as well as any opinions expressed, are the sole responsibility of the authors and should not be regarded as reflecting the positions of Global Action to End Smoking.

The Global Public Health Conference, Şubat 2024

The study titled “Symbolic Self-Completion as Mediator Between Nicotine Dependence and Quit Intention,” prepared by Prof. Dr. Berna Tarı Kasnakoglu and Prof. Dr. Asena Caner, was presented by Prof. Dr. Berna Tarı Kasnakoglu at the 7th edition of The Global Public Health Conference held on 22-23 February 2024.

Conference Presentation:

Disclosure Note: 

This research was funded with a grant from Global Action to End Smoking (formerly known as Foundation for Smoke-Free World), an independent, U.S. nonprofit 501(c)(3) grantmaking organization, accelerating science-based efforts worldwide to end the smoking epidemic. Global Action played no role in designing, implementing, data analysis, or interpretation of the research results, nor did Global Action edit or approve any presentations or publications from the research. The contents, selection, and presentation of facts, as well as any opinions expressed, are the sole responsibility of the authors and should not be regarded as reflecting the positions of Global Action to End Smoking.

Challenges of the Tobacco Epidemic and Addiction: Scientific Research in Central Europe and Asia, Prag, Şubat 2024

The study titled “Understanding the Consumption of Combustible and Non-Combustible Nicotine Products in Turkey” prepared by the Economic Research Agenda Association (ERAA) and the Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey (TEPAV) was presented at the conference “Challenges of the Tobacco Epidemic and Addiction: Scientific Research in Central Europe and Asia” organized by Healthy Initiatives in Prague on the 14th and 15th of February, 2024.

Presentation at the Meeting:

Disclosure Note: 

This research was funded with a grant from Global Action to End Smoking (formerly known as Foundation for Smoke-Free World), an independent, U.S. nonprofit 501(c)(3) grantmaking organization, accelerating science-based efforts worldwide to end the smoking epidemic. Global Action played no role in designing, implementing, data analysis, or interpretation of the research results, nor did Global Action edit or approve any presentations or publications from the research. The contents, selection, and presentation of facts, as well as any opinions expressed, are the sole responsibility of the
authors and should not be regarded as reflecting the positions of Global Action to End Smoking.

SBCA Konferansı, Milano, İtalya, Eylül 2023

 At the Fourth European Conference organized by The Society for Benefit Cost Analysis in Milan on 11-12 September 2023, the study titled “The Impact of Covid-19 on Smoking among University Students in Turkey” prepared by Prof. Dr. Asena CANER, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Belgi TURAN and Dr. Yenal Can YİĞİT was presented.

Conference Presentation:

Disclosure Note: 

This research was funded with a grant from Global Action to End Smoking (formerly known as Foundation for Smoke-Free World), an independent, U.S. nonprofit 501(c)(3) grantmaking organization, accelerating science-based efforts worldwide to end the smoking epidemic. Global Action played no role in designing, implementing, data analysis, or interpretation of the research results, nor did Global Action edit or approve any presentations or publications from the research. The contents, selection, and presentation of facts, as well as any opinions expressed, are the sole responsibility of the authors and should not be regarded as reflecting the positions of Global Action to End Smoking.