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General
- Güzel Haberler (Good News) / TAF Network, “Yurtdışındaki Türk bilim insanları: Prof. Dr. Utku Ünver” (“Turkish scientists abroad: Prof. Dr. Utku Ünver”) (March 23, 2017), in Turkish, and TAF Network, RöporTAF (March 17, 2017), Video, in Turkish.
- CNN Turk TV, “Türkiye’nin bilim öncüleri” (“Science pioneers of Türkiye”)(Summer 2016), Video, in Turkish.
- TÜBİTAK Science Youth Magazine, Interview, Mehmet Sığırcı (August 22, 2014), in Turkish.
- Snapshot, Portrait, “Economist applies matching theory for organ transplants, school choice,” The University of Pittsburgh Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences (June 2014, Issue 15).
- Boston College Magazine, “Matchmakers,” Charles Radin (Spring 2014).
- Serbestsiyasa.com, Political Economy Platform, “Serbest Siyasa söyleşileri – VI: Tayfun Sönmez ve M. Utku Ünver” (April 8, 2013), in Turkish.
- The BC Chronicle, “BC Economists’ work cited by Nobel Committee,” Ed Hayward (October 18, 2012).
- Hürriyet Newspaper, News, Nuran Çakmakçı (October 28, 2012), in Turkish.
- SkyTurk 360 TV, News (October 2012), Video, in Turkish.
- Authored: Hürriyet Newspaper Education, “Eğitim ve piyasa tasarımı” (“Education and market design”), M. Utku Ünver (October 12, 2012), in Turkish.
- Authored: Ekoform Magazine “Mekanizma ve piyasa tasarımı: Ekonomik ve sosyal krizler ve mikroekonomik çözüm önerileri,” (“Mechanism and market design: Economic and social crises and microeconomic solution suggestions”) M. Utku Ünver (No: 2, 2010), in Turkish.
- Quote: Scientific American, “The ‘Stable Marriage Problem’ solution underpins dating apps and school admissions,” Max Springer (October 10, 2024).
- Quote: Time Magazine, “Falling for the job,” David Zax (September 16, 2013).
- Quote: The Economist, “Game, set and match,” in Free Exchange Column, Gregg Ip (October 20, 2012).
Liver-Paired Exchange
- BC News, “Boston College economists play integral role in the largest liver transplant exchange in history” Ed Hayward (July 2026)
- Hürriyet Newspaper, “İnönü Üniversitesi tarihe geçti… Dünyanın ilk sekizli organ nakli” (“İnönü University makes history… World’s first 8-way organ transplant”) (June 17, 2026), in Turkish.
- Hürriyet Daily News, “Malatya makes medical history with 8-way liver transplant” (June 16, 2026)
- Anadolu News Agency, “İnönü Üniversitesi ‘sekizli çapraz karaciğer nakliyle’ dünyada bir ilke imza attı” (“İnönü University achieves a world first with the ‘8-way liver-paired exchange’”) Fatma Sevinç Çetin (June 16, 2026), in Turkish.
- Council of Higher Education of Türkiye (YÖK), “Historic Medical Breakthrough: World’s First Simultaneous Eight-Way Paired Liver Transplant Performed at İnönü University” (June 16, 2026) (Turkish version)
- Ekonomi Newspaper, “Dünyada ilk 8’li çapraz karaciğer nakliyle aynı anda 8 hayat kurtardılar” (“They saved 8 lives at once with the world’s first 8-way liver-paired exchange”) Vahap Munyar (June 16, 2026), in Turkish.
- Milliyet Newspaper, “Malatya’da dünya tıp tarihine geçen bir rekor! 8’li çapraz karaciğer nakli” (“A record for world medical history in Malatya! 8-way liver-paired exchange”) (June 15, 2026), in Turkish.
- Ekonomi Newspaper, “İki Türk ekonomist ‘çapraz işlem’le karaciğer naklinde fark yarattı” (“Two Turkish ekonomists made a difference in liver transplantation through ‘paired exchange’ “), Vahap Munyar (August 12, 2025), in Turkish.
- Anadolu News Agency, “180 hastaya çapraz karaciğer nakli gerçekleştiren merkezden organ bağışı çağrısı” (“Center that performed liver-paired exchanges for 180 patients calls for more organ donation”), Yeter Edirne (November 8, 2024), in Turkish.Medimagazin, “Türk hekimler yine tarih yazdı: 7’li çapraz nakil” (“Turkish physicians make history again: 7-way paired exchange”) (September 24, 2024), in Turkish.
- Sabah Newspaper, “Dünya tıp tarihinde bir ilk! Türk hekimler aynı anda 7 karaciğer nakli yaptı” (“A first in world medical history! Turkish physicians performed 7 liver transplants at once”) (September 21, 2024), in Turkish.
- DHA News Agency, “A seven-way crossover liver transplant was performed for the second time at İnönü University,” Ruken Kadıoğlu (September 21, 2024) (Translated from Turkish).
- BC News, “BC economists integral to one of the world’s leading liver exchange initiatives,” Ed Hayward (September 2024).
- Ekonomi Newspaper, “‘Çapraz karaciğer nakli’nde 20 yılı 2 yıla sığdırdı, 7’li nakil ile dünyada ‘ilk’i gerçekleştirdi” (“They compressed 20 years into 2 in liver-paired exchange transplants and achieved world’s ‘first’ with 7-way exchange”), Vahap Munyar (July 29, 2024), in Turkish.
- Diken Newspaper, “Dünyanın ilk yedili karaciğer çapraz nakli” (“World’s first 7-way liver-paired exchange”) (July 27, 2024), in Turkish.
- Anadolu News Agency, “Malatya çapraz karaciğer nakillerinde ‘dalya’ demeye hazırlanıyor” (“Malatya prepares to reach 100 liver-paired exchanges”) (March 23, 2024), in Turkish.
- Ekonomi Newspaper, “Malatya, ‘çapraz karaciğer nakli’nin dünya başkenti oluyor” (“Malatya is becoming the world capital of liver-paired exchange”) (January 29, 2024), in Turkish.
- Diken Newspaper, “Dünyanın ilk altılı karaciğer çapraz nakli Malatya’da yapıldı” (“World’s first 6-way liver-paired exchange performed in Malatya”) (January 26, 2024), in Turkish.
- TRT News, “Dünyanın ilk 6’lı çapraz karaciğer nakli Malatya’da yapıldı” (“World’s first 6-way liver-paired exchange performed in Malatya”) (January 26, 2024), in Turkish.
- Anadolu News Agency, “Turkish academics’ innovative cross-liver transplantation system saving lives,” Yeter Edirne (September 12, 2023), translated from Turkish.
- Habertürk, “İlklerin üniversitesi! Dünyanın ilk beşli çapraz karaciğer nakli yapıldı” (“University of firsts! World’s first 5-way liver-paired exchange performed”) (November 1, 2023), in Turkish.Habertürk, “Karaciğer naklinde büyük devrim” (“A big revolution in liver transplantation”) Temel Yılmaz (September 27, 2023), in Turkish.
- Sözcü Newspaper, “Karaciğer naklinde dünyada bir ilk” (“A world first in liver transplantation”) (September 13, 2023), in Turkish.
- Habertürk TV (video), “Organ nakli için ekonomik çözüm” (“An economic solution for organ transplantation”) (September 7, 2023), in Turkish.
- BC Heights, “BC Economists Develop First Four-Way Liver Exchange,” Lucy Freeman (September 3, 2023).
- Sarkaç Magazine, Official Media Outlet of Science Academy, Türkiye, “Karaciğer nakillerinde bir devrimin hikâyesi” (“The Story of a revolution in liver transplants”), Defne Üçer Şaylan, Tayfun Sönmez, and M. Utku Ünver (August 31, 2023), in Turkish.
- Ekonomi Newspaper, “İki Türk ekonomist ‘çapraz işlem’le karaciğer naklinde fark yarattı” (“Two Turkish economists made a difference with exchange in liver transplants”), Vahap Munyar (August 24, 2023), in Turkish.
- AAAS Eureka Alert, “Paired liver exchange developed by Boston College economists results in first four-way liver exchange” (August 22, 2023).
- News Medical, “New matching system enables world’s first four-way liver exchange” (August 22, 2023).
- Diken Newspaper, “Organ nakline ‘ekonomik’ dokunuş” (“An ‘economic’ touch to organ transplantation”), Mesude Demir (August 13, 2023), in Turkish.
- Ekonomi Newspaper, “Malatya’da aynı anda 5 karaciğer naklini ABD’deki Türk gördü 4’lü, çapraz naklin yolunu açtı” (“A Turk in the US watched 5 liver transplants at once in Malatya and paved the way for the 4-way paired exchange”) (July 31, 2023), in Turkish.
- ANKA News Agency, “Malatya’da İnönü Üniversitesi Karaciğer Nakli Enstitüsü 4’lü çapraz nakil ameliyatı yaptı” (“Malatya İnönü University Liver Transplant Institute conducted 4-way liver exchange”) (July 28, 2023), in Turkish.
- Hürriyet Newspaper, “Organ takas merkezi yılda 5 bin hayat kurtaracak” (“Organ transplant center will save 5,000 lives per year”), Vahap Munyar (May 27, 2018), in Turkish.
Allocating Scarce Medical Resources
Reserve Systems in COVID-19 Vaccine and Therapeutics Allocation
- MIT News, “Building equity into vaccine distribution,” Peter Dizikes (February 4, 2021).
- STAT, “Disadvantage indices can help achieve equitable vaccine allocation,” Harald Schmidt (February 1, 2021).
- The BC Chronicle, “A ‘reserve’ system can equitably allocate COVID-19 vaccine,” Ed Hayward (December 2020/February 25, 2021).
- The Boston Globe, “In the rush to roll out vaccines, commitment to social and racial justice must not fall by the wayside,” in Opinion, Harald Schmidt and Ruqaiijah Yearby (December 8, 2020).
- Associated Press, “Vaccine rollout could ease crisis, but who gets it first?” Carla K. Johnson and Nicky Forster (December 3, 2020).
- The New York Times, “Will the hardest-hit communities get the coronavirus vaccine?” Gina Kolata (October 30, 2020).
- The New York Times, “Who gets the COVID-19 vaccine first? Here’s one idea,” Gina Kolata (July 23, 2020).
- Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy News, “Only half of US states have ventilator allocation guidelines,” Mary Van Beusekom (June 22, 2020).
- Medium, “The coming big rationing,” Joshua Gans (May 22, 2020).
- The Wall Street Journal, “Hospitals are rationing Remdesivir,” Melanie Evans and Joseph Walker (May 22, 2020).
- MIT News, “Who gets ventilator priority?” Peter Dizikes (May 13, 2020).
- Bloomberg, “Why science won’t ace its COVID-19 test,” in the Science and Technology Section, Arial Procaccia (April 18, 2020).
- Freakonomics Radio, “Who gets a ventilator?” Stephen J. Dubner (April 15, 2020).
- The BC Chronicle, “Reserve system could help to address COVID-19 ventilator crisis,” Ed Hayward (April 2020).
- Bloomberg, “Markets Can Improve Rationing of Medical Supplies,” in the Economics Section, Scott Duke Kominers (April 10, 2020).
Increasing COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma Supply
- The Wall Street Journal, “Blood banks face a generation gap in giving,” Amy Dockser Marcus (July 22, 2020).
- The BC Chronicle, “Increasing COVID-19 plasma donations,” Ed Hayward (July, 2020).
- Medium, “The coming big rationing,” Joshua Gans (May 22, 2020).
- Marginal Revolution, “Incentivizing plasma donation for convalescent therapy,” Alex Tabarrok (May 20, 2020).
- Bloomberg, “How to end the plasma shortage for coronavirus patients,” in the Technology and Ideas Section, Scott Duke Kominers (May 11, 2020).
Kidney-Paired Exchange
- Microeconomic Insights, “Kidney exchange: An operations perspective” (September 8, 2021).
- BBC News, “How an economist helped thousands get a new kidney,” Ian Rose (December 17, 2019).
- VoxEU/CEPR, “Market failure in kidney exchange” (November 3, 2018)
- Quartz, “How AI changed organ donation in the US,” Corinne Purtill (September 10, 2018).
- Authored: Renaliz Magazine, “Çapraz ve zincir canlı donör böbrek takasları ve Türkiye’ye kazandırabilecekleri” (“Kidney-paired cyclic and chain exchanges: What they can bring to Türkiye”), M. Utku Ünver (September 2016, vol: 59, page: 16), in Turkish.
- Mashable, “Big data’s effect on organ transplant wait lists,” Eli Epstein (July 23, 2014).
- Boston College Alumni and Parents, “The Economics of Hope,” Video (March 2014).
- Hürriyet Newspaper, “Ekonomi profesörü ‘böbrek havuzu’ problemini çözdü,” (“Economics professor solved the kidney ‘pool problem’ “) in Turuncu Section, Mesude Erşan (January 11, 2014), in Turkish.
- The New York Times, “60 lives, 30 kidneys, all linked,” Kevin Sack (February 12, 2012).
- Dünya Newspaper, “Amerika’da sağlık sistemini değiştiren Türkler,” (“Turks who have made changes in the American health system”), Ela Erozan (August 24, 2010), in Turkish.
- CBS Evening News, “Paying it forward one kidney at a time,” (March 12, 2009).
- CNN.com, “Donation chain has led to 10 kidney transplants,” Anne Harding (March 11, 2009).
- The BC Chronicle, “BC Economist examines the ‘matching market’ of kidney exchange: New computer models aid kidney transplant patients,” Ed Hayward (March 12, 2009), from Eureka Alert!
- The Financial Times, “Undercover Economist: Stakes in Kidneys,” Tim Harford (July 13, 2007).
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Paired donations give organ transplants a brighter future,” Mark Roth (May 09, 2007).
- The New York Times Magazine, “Flesh trade: Why not let people sell their organs?” in the Freakonomics Section, Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner (July 09, 2006).
- The Harvard Crimson, “Database expedites organ donation,” Patrick S. Lahue (March 15, 2006).
- National Science Foundation, “Kidney exchange: A life-saving application of matching theory,” in Discoveries (October 5, 2005).
- CNN Turk TV, News (August 13, 2004), Video, in Turkish.
- The Wall Street Journal, “Easing the kidney shortage,” in Capital Column, David Wessel (June 17, 2004).
- The Boston Globe, “Cross-donor system planned for region’s kidney patients,” Scott Allen (May 6, 2004).
Lung-Paired Exchange
- Hürriyet Newspaper, ” ‘Ekonomik’ organ nakli” (” ‘Economic’ Organ Transplantation”), Mesude Erşan (August 2, 2015), in Turkish.
- The Economist, “Lung exchanges: Breathe deeply for the three of us,” in Free Exchange Blog, Alex Teytelboym (September 28, 2014).
Other
Affirmative Action and Law
- The Hindu, “Sequence of implementation, EWS quota outcomes,” Ashwini Deshpande and Tayfun Sönmez (November 1, 2022).
Design of Sports Competitions: Penalty Shootouts
- EFN Ekonomikanalen, “The truth about football’s biggest drama: ‘Pure luck’,” Johan Persson (June 7, 2026), in Swedish.
- Boston College Magazine, “Goal-l-l-l-l!” (Fall 2015).
Room Assignment-Rent Division
- The Washington Post, “Dear Dylan: I am getting ripped off in my group house!” in Wonkblog, Dylan Matthews (August 24, 2013).
Unraveling in Matching Markets
- The Harvard Crimson, “Markets, by way of the BCS,” Prateek Kumar (October 9, 2008).