M. Utku Ünver
@muunver.bsky.social
Professor of Economics, Boston College | Matching Markets, Market Design, Mechanism Design | running, hiking, board games, phil. of science | https://sites.bc.edu/utku-unver
https://liverpairedexchange.bc.edu/en
https://www.covid19reservesystem.org
https://liverpairedexchange.bc.edu/en
https://www.covid19reservesystem.org
The BBS-Liver Exchange System today completed its 300th transplant in Malatya, Türkiye, with 102 of them completed this year. Breakdowns of all transplants, categorized by exchange sizes and the type of pairs involved, are provided below. When we launched this program in 2022.
September 11, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The BBS-Liver Exchange System today completed its 300th transplant in Malatya, Türkiye, with 102 of them completed this year. Breakdowns of all transplants, categorized by exchange sizes and the type of pairs involved, are provided below. When we launched this program in 2022.
Prof Sezai Yılmaz's interview in Turkey related to the BBS-liver paired exchange program that Tayfun Sönmez and I founded with him and their other liver transplant achievements in Malatya, Turkey by their amazing team (use google translate)
ankahaber.net/haber/detay/...
ankahaber.net/haber/detay/...
August 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Prof Sezai Yılmaz's interview in Turkey related to the BBS-liver paired exchange program that Tayfun Sönmez and I founded with him and their other liver transplant achievements in Malatya, Turkey by their amazing team (use google translate)
ankahaber.net/haber/detay/...
ankahaber.net/haber/detay/...
Great article regarding Prof. Sezai Yilmaz, his great success in building a world-leading transplant center in Malatya, and the founding of our liver exchange system (Google Translate works reasonably well)
www.fortuneturkey.com/malatyayi-du...
@tayfunsonmez.bsky.social
www.fortuneturkey.com/malatyayi-du...
@tayfunsonmez.bsky.social
Malatya’yı Dünya Haritasına Yerleştiren Hekim | Fortune Turkey
www.fortuneturkey.com
July 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Great article regarding Prof. Sezai Yilmaz, his great success in building a world-leading transplant center in Malatya, and the founding of our liver exchange system (Google Translate works reasonably well)
www.fortuneturkey.com/malatyayi-du...
@tayfunsonmez.bsky.social
www.fortuneturkey.com/malatyayi-du...
@tayfunsonmez.bsky.social
Elon Musk likened the government to the DMV; this is an incorrect and horrendous analogy. Another reminder:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/o...
Opinion | A Fact About the Floods the Government Doesn’t Seem Eager to Discuss
www.nytimes.com
July 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Elon Musk likened the government to the DMV; this is an incorrect and horrendous analogy. Another reminder:
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/o...
Musk's DMV = government analogy is so wrong at so many levels, especially in regulation and solving the public goods provision problem in research funding and infrastructure building. DMV analogy can work if police, traffic law provision and DOT become part of DMV. Then decide how to optimize it.
June 3, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Musk's DMV = government analogy is so wrong at so many levels, especially in regulation and solving the public goods provision problem in research funding and infrastructure building. DMV analogy can work if police, traffic law provision and DOT become part of DMV. Then decide how to optimize it.
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One my favorite college professors, Joe Nye, passed very recently. He developed the concept of soft power in international relations.
Two of the strongest sources of US soft power were international aid and higher ed. The Republican administration has utterly destroyed both. Ask yourself why.
Two of the strongest sources of US soft power were international aid and higher ed. The Republican administration has utterly destroyed both. Ask yourself why.
May 22, 2025 at 6:40 PM
One my favorite college professors, Joe Nye, passed very recently. He developed the concept of soft power in international relations.
Two of the strongest sources of US soft power were international aid and higher ed. The Republican administration has utterly destroyed both. Ask yourself why.
Two of the strongest sources of US soft power were international aid and higher ed. The Republican administration has utterly destroyed both. Ask yourself why.
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This is the stuff of authoritarian regimes. There isn't even the pretense that this is anything but persecution, unbound by law.
Breaking News: The Trump administration halted Harvard’s ability to enroll international students, a major escalation in its battle with the school.
Trump Administration Halts Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students
www.nytimes.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
This is the stuff of authoritarian regimes. There isn't even the pretense that this is anything but persecution, unbound by law.
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From the mayor of Istanbul to the world, opinion essay on FT:
on.ft.com/4jxJrrj Why Turkey’s democratic future matters for the world
on.ft.com/4jxJrrj Why Turkey’s democratic future matters for the world
Why Turkey’s democratic future matters for the world
My arrest in the government’s attempt to crush dissent shows how important the stability of my country is
on.ft.com
April 16, 2025 at 12:33 PM
From the mayor of Istanbul to the world, opinion essay on FT:
on.ft.com/4jxJrrj Why Turkey’s democratic future matters for the world
on.ft.com/4jxJrrj Why Turkey’s democratic future matters for the world
If you are not already following @seanmcarroll.bsky.social's Mindscape, probably the best Science and Philosophy podcast out there, you are definitely missing big time. After so many years of following, he deserves a shoutout. At these trying times, the best refuge.
April 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
If you are not already following @seanmcarroll.bsky.social's Mindscape, probably the best Science and Philosophy podcast out there, you are definitely missing big time. After so many years of following, he deserves a shoutout. At these trying times, the best refuge.
I certainly agree with all points. Some are good for Europe clearly. But fur the US, the scary part is that this is a tipping point problem. Even if the wave turns back it will take generations to build normalcy with the allies. Brexit is a living example.
March 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I certainly agree with all points. Some are good for Europe clearly. But fur the US, the scary part is that this is a tipping point problem. Even if the wave turns back it will take generations to build normalcy with the allies. Brexit is a living example.
Is the US going to become the science backwater it once was? The current administration's love of the 19th Century certainly points in that direction.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
75% of US scientists who answered Nature poll consider leaving
More than 1,600 readers answered our poll; many said they were looking for jobs in Europe and Canada.
www.nature.com
March 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Is the US going to become the science backwater it once was? The current administration's love of the 19th Century certainly points in that direction.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
2.2 million people gathered to protest the recent arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the main rival of Erdogan in the next presidential election.
From the europe community on Reddit: 2.2 Million Gathered in İstanbul for Justice and Freedom of İmamoğlu
Explore this post and more from the europe community
www.reddit.com
March 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
2.2 million people gathered to protest the recent arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the main rival of Erdogan in the next presidential election.
It feels like Adam Smith never
wrote either "Theory of Moral Sentiment" or "Wealth of Nations" or even a pin factory was never opened. At least there will be many poli sci and econ PhD theses written in the next decade due to this bonanza.
wrote either "Theory of Moral Sentiment" or "Wealth of Nations" or even a pin factory was never opened. At least there will be many poli sci and econ PhD theses written in the next decade due to this bonanza.
March 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
It feels like Adam Smith never
wrote either "Theory of Moral Sentiment" or "Wealth of Nations" or even a pin factory was never opened. At least there will be many poli sci and econ PhD theses written in the next decade due to this bonanza.
wrote either "Theory of Moral Sentiment" or "Wealth of Nations" or even a pin factory was never opened. At least there will be many poli sci and econ PhD theses written in the next decade due to this bonanza.
Thank you, Al, for promoting our collaborators' work. You can more learn about the background of how we initiated the Liver Paired Exchange Program in Malatya in Section 12.3 of the manuscript of @tayfunsonmez.bsky.social
arxiv.org/pdf/2401.003...
arxiv.org/pdf/2401.003...
February 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Thank you, Al, for promoting our collaborators' work. You can more learn about the background of how we initiated the Liver Paired Exchange Program in Malatya in Section 12.3 of the manuscript of @tayfunsonmez.bsky.social
arxiv.org/pdf/2401.003...
arxiv.org/pdf/2401.003...
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"We have fought and died alongside you....During your darkest hours...we were always there. Standing with you, grieving with you, the American people.” I’ve had my differences with Justin Trudeau, for sure, but he rose to the occasion here.
February 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM
"We have fought and died alongside you....During your darkest hours...we were always there. Standing with you, grieving with you, the American people.” I’ve had my differences with Justin Trudeau, for sure, but he rose to the occasion here.
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NBER Market Design Working Group Report, talking about many exciting recent papers in all areas of market design/design of economic mechanisms. www.nber.org/reporter/202...
Working Group Report: Market Design
www.nber.org
January 30, 2025 at 6:11 AM
NBER Market Design Working Group Report, talking about many exciting recent papers in all areas of market design/design of economic mechanisms. www.nber.org/reporter/202...
I am excited to share the new version of our paper "Market Design for Distributional Objectives in (Re)assignment:
An Application to Improve the Distribution of Teachers in Schools" with @combeju.bsky.social, Umut Dur, Olivier Tercieux, and @camilleterrier.bsky.social
An Application to Improve the Distribution of Teachers in Schools" with @combeju.bsky.social, Umut Dur, Olivier Tercieux, and @camilleterrier.bsky.social
January 30, 2025 at 6:09 AM
I am excited to share the new version of our paper "Market Design for Distributional Objectives in (Re)assignment:
An Application to Improve the Distribution of Teachers in Schools" with @combeju.bsky.social, Umut Dur, Olivier Tercieux, and @camilleterrier.bsky.social
An Application to Improve the Distribution of Teachers in Schools" with @combeju.bsky.social, Umut Dur, Olivier Tercieux, and @camilleterrier.bsky.social
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I encourage you all to submit a paper to the 14th Conference on Economic Design. The conference is organized by Albin Erlanson at the University of Essex, June 23rd-25th, 2025. Paper submission deadline is 1st February, 2025. Hope to see many of you there 🙂
#econsky @vmdseminar.bsky.social
#econsky @vmdseminar.bsky.social
coed2025
The 14th Conference on Economic Design will be held at the Department of Economics, University of Essex, on June 23rd-25th, 2025.
The conference contains papers from various fields including Economic...
sites.google.com
January 25, 2025 at 8:49 AM
I encourage you all to submit a paper to the 14th Conference on Economic Design. The conference is organized by Albin Erlanson at the University of Essex, June 23rd-25th, 2025. Paper submission deadline is 1st February, 2025. Hope to see many of you there 🙂
#econsky @vmdseminar.bsky.social
#econsky @vmdseminar.bsky.social
On the amazing downfall of Alzheimer's research by widespread manipulations and the crooked incentive structure in science: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/o...
Opinion | The Long Shadow of Fraud in Alzheimer’s Research
Fraud in research needs to end.
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
On the amazing downfall of Alzheimer's research by widespread manipulations and the crooked incentive structure in science: www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/o...
I am proud to announce that the BBS Liver Exchange System that I co-founded (along with Tayfun Sönmez and Sezai Yilmaz) just facilitated its 201st transplant. I am very proud to be helping such a brilliant and dedicated bunch of doctors and professionals.
caprazkaracigernakli.inonu.edu.tr/en
caprazkaracigernakli.inonu.edu.tr/en
Banu Bedestenci Sönmez Liver Paired Exchange System
Global Leader In Liver Paired Exchange | İnönü University Banu Bedestenci Sönmez Liver Paired Exchange System
caprazkaracigernakli.inonu.edu.tr
January 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I am proud to announce that the BBS Liver Exchange System that I co-founded (along with Tayfun Sönmez and Sezai Yilmaz) just facilitated its 201st transplant. I am very proud to be helping such a brilliant and dedicated bunch of doctors and professionals.
caprazkaracigernakli.inonu.edu.tr/en
caprazkaracigernakli.inonu.edu.tr/en
This is great news! Data Colada is one of the greatest services to science in the modern age. https://twitter.com/jpsimmon/status/1833976010192421244
November 26, 2024 at 9:52 PM
This is great news! Data Colada is one of the greatest services to science in the modern age. https://twitter.com/jpsimmon/status/1833976010192421244
Congratulations go to Inonu University Transplant Institute for completing their 150th liver paired exchange transplant with the (third-ever) 6-way exchange conducted today; the following write-up highlights some of the recent developments: https://t.co/k5MfabYDV4
November 26, 2024 at 9:52 PM
Congratulations go to Inonu University Transplant Institute for completing their 150th liver paired exchange transplant with the (third-ever) 6-way exchange conducted today; the following write-up highlights some of the recent developments: https://t.co/k5MfabYDV4