Erkan Yönder is an assistant professor of Finance and Real Estate at Ozyegin University, Turkey and an ECCE Research Affiliate at Maastricht University, the Netherlands. He received his Ph.D. degree in finance and real estate at Maastricht University, the Netherlands. He also visited the Center for Real Estate, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States, as a visiting Ph.D. student.

His main research interests consist of securitized real estate (REITs), corporate finance, behavioral finance and corporate sustainability. He has written several papers, some of which have been published in the Journal of International Money and Finance and additionally, as a chapter in a book published by University of Pennsylvania Press. One of his papers is also forthcoming in the Real Estate Economics.

Erkan was in the top 0.1 percent during the University Entrance Exam in Turkey. He previously completed B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Economics (with Honours) at Middle East Technical University, Turkey.