Dr Şule Şahin
Senior Lecturer

Profile

Biography

Şule Şahin is currently a Senior Lecturer in Actuarial Science at the University of York. Previously, she worked as a Lecturer in Actuarial Mathematics at the University of Liverpool (2017-2021). She also held an Associate Professor position at Department of Actuarial Sciences at Hacettepe University, Turkey between 2018 and 2020.

She received her PhD degree at Actuarial Mathematics from Heriot-Watt University in 2010, her MSc degree in Actuarial Science from Hacettepe University, her MSc degree in Sociology and undergraduate degree in statistics from the Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey.

Her research interests lie in the area of stochastic investment models for long-term applications, mortality modelling and compensation for loss of earnings. She visited Witwatersrand University, Johannesburg in 2012 and Columbia University, New York in 2019 based on different research projects funded by the Witwatersrand University, the Casualty Actuarial Society and Society of Actuaries. Besides attending several conferences over the years, she has published papers in leading actuarial, applied mathematics and statistics journals. She is one of the co-editors of the open access Springer Actuarial Series Book, “Pandemics: Insurance and Social Protection” published in 2021.

Career

Subject Group

 Accounting and Finance

Research

Overview

Şule’s research interests lie in actuarial mathematics. More specifically, stochastic investment models (also known as economic scenario generators), mortality modelling, and actuarial compensations for loss of earnings and pensions. Her research is interdisciplinary which combines actuarial mathematics, statistics, economics and sociology.

Her recent research focuses on mortality modelling - transitory jumps with renewal process incorporating the history of catastrophic events such as pandemics, two-population models and longevity hedging as well as different aspects of economic scenario generators such as model uncertainty.

She also works on developing advanced actuarial compensation tables for injury and death applied to jurisdictions of different countries.

Publications

Full publications list

Please see York PURE Database.

Teaching

Undergraduate

Şule is a Fellow of Higher Education Academy and she has an extensive teaching experience in undergraduate and graduate levels.

Modules

• Further Statistics for Actuarial Science
• Advanced Quantitative Methods

Other teaching

Some of the modules taught previously: 

• Theory of Interest
• Applied Probability
• Actuarial Models
• Statistical Methods in Insurance and Finance
• Life Insurance Mathematics
• Actuarial Programming