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Dr. Dervis Kirikkaleli

Associate Professor

dervis.kirikkaleli@lau.edu.lb
Ext. 3096
AKSB 1304
LAU Beirut

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Bio

Dervis Kirikkaleli is a senior lecturer at the Lebanese American University. He holds a BSc in economics from Eastern Mediterranean University and is an alumnus of the University of Stirling, where he completed his MSc and PhD in banking and finance. His research focuses on environmental economics, energy economics, econometrics, and financial economics, particularly in emerging economies.

Since 2021, Kirikkaleli has been ranked among the world’s top 2% of scientists by Elsevier BV and Stanford University. In 2022, he was also recognized among the top 1% of scientists by Clarivate. He serves as an editor for Elsevier, Springer, and Emerald publishers, and holds editorial positions with several academic journals, including Financial Innovation, Geoscience Frontiers, Future Business Journal, and the International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management.

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Publications and Working Papers

Saint Akadiri, S., Ozkan, O., & Kirikkaleli, D. (2025). Synergistic Impact of Renewable Energy Technology, Governance, Digitalisation, and Human Capital on Sustainable Development and Load Capacity Factor in Germany’s Energy Landscape. Technology in Society, 103002 

Kirikkaleli, D., & Agyemang, E. T. (2025). The dynamics between energy productivity, resource productivity, and environment in France; Empirical findings from Wavelet Quantile methods. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1-23.

Yufenyuy, M., Addai, K., & Kirikkaleli, D. (2025). Assessing the effect of transport infrastructure investments and total energy supply on material footprint: Insights from France. Energy & Environment, 0958305X251326183.  

Kirikkaleli, D., Aad, S., & Kirikkaleli, N. O. (2025). Sustainable development and investment in artificial intelligence in the USA. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, 12(1), 1-7.

Kartal, M. T., Sharif, A., Magazzino, C., Mukhtarov, S., & Kirikkaleli, D. (2025). The Effects of Energy Transition and Environmental Policy Stringency Subtypes on Ecological Footprint: Evidence from BRICS Countries via a KRLS Approach. Engineering.

Kartal, M. T., Mukhtarov, S., & Kirikkaleli, D. (2025). Achieving environmental quality through stringent environmental policies: Comparative evidence from G7 countries by multiple environmental indicators. Geoscience Frontiers, 16(1), 101956.

Athari, S. A., & Kirikkaleli, D. (2025). How do climate policy uncertainty and renewable energy and clean technology stock prices co-move? evidence from Canada. Empirical Economics, 68, 353–371.

Nwosu, L. C., Awosusi, A. A., Özkan, O., Kirikkaleli, D., & Adebayo, T. S. (2025) Projecting a long‐term healthcare expenditure in the United States: Do climate change, globalization, and technological innovation play a major role?. In Natural Resources Forum. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.  

Olanrewaju, V. O., & Kirikkaleli, D. (2024). Analyzing gas and oil efficiency’s role in environmental management: Does political risk matter?. Energy & Environment, 0958305X241262428.  

Addai, K., Al Geitany, S. H., Athari, S. A., Farmanesh, P., Kirikkaleli, D., & Saliba, C. (2024). Do Environmental Tax and Energy Matter for Environmental Degradation in the UK? Evidence from Novel Fourier-Based Estimators. Energies, 17(22), 5732. 

Subhan, M., Anjum, A., Zamir, M. N., & Kirikkaleli, D. (2024). Do energy, inflation, and financial development stimulate economic welfare in India? Empirical insights from novel dynamic ARDL and KRLS simulations. Economic Change and Restructuring, 57(4), 145.  

Kirikkaleli, D., & Umar, M. (2024). Do resource efficiency and energy productivity matter for environmental sustainability in G7?. Energy & Environment, 0958305X241260073.  

Kartal, M. T., Taşkın, D., Shahbaz, M., Kirikkaleli, D., & Depren, S. K. (2024). Role of energy transition in easing energy security risk and decreasing CO2 emissions: Disaggregated level evidence from the USA by quantile-based models. Journal of Environmental Management, 359, 120971.  

Kirikkaleli, D. (2024). Factors influencing the material footprint in the USA. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management.  20(5), 1217-1224.

Kartal, M. T., Kirikkaleli, D., & Pata, U. K. (2024). Role of Environmental Policy Stringency on Sectoral CO2 Emissions in EU-5 Countries: Disaggregated Level Evidence by Novel Quantile-Based Approaches. Energy & Environment, 0958305X241241026.  

Qayyum, M., Zhang, Y., Ali, M., & Kirikkaleli, D. (2024). Towards environmental sustainability: The role of information and communication technology and institutional quality on ecological footprint in MERCOSUR nations. Environmental Technology & Innovation, 34, 103523.  

Yu, S., Zhou, Y., Syed, Q. R., & Kirikkaleli, D. (2024).  Sustainable Growth, Political Risk and Carbon Footprint: Do Energy Transition and Financial Expansion Matter?. Politická ekonomie.