Dogan Tirtiroglu

Dr. Dogan Tirtiroglu is a Professor and Chair of the Real Estate Management Department at Toronto Metropolitan University, a position he has held since September 2019. He holds a PhD in Finance from the University of Connecticut, USA, with a focus on Real Estate. His academic career includes roles at institutions such as the University of Cambridge (UK), Kadir Has University (Turkey), and others. He is a peer-elected fellow of the Homer Hoyt Institute and an affiliated researcher with the Middle East Technical University's Financial Mathematics group.

Education:

• PhD in Finance (Real Estate focus), University of Connecticut, 1991
• MBA, St John Fisher College, 1987
• BSc (Honors) in Business Administration, Middle East Technical University, 1983

Research Interests: Dr. Tirtiroglu specializes in real estate finance (including REITs and house price indices), banking, and corporate finance. His work explores topics such as capital structure, mortgage choice, regulatory impacts, and market dynamics. His research has been published in top-tier journals like the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking and Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics.

Articles Trends: His recent publications (2020–2025) focus on REIT profitability, regulatory competition in banking, and placemaking’s behavioral impacts. Earlier works (2010–2014) address IPO dynamics, housing demand elasticity, and banking productivity.

Awards:

• Peer-elected fellow of the Homer Hoyt Institute (since 2009)
• 2009 Best Paper Award at the FIRN Meeting (Adelaide)

Advising & Grants: He has supervised numerous post-graduate theses and is a co-investigator in a SSHRC grant on real estate asset challenges in the retail sector. He organizes the annual RealPAC/Toronto Metropolitan University Canadian Commercial Real Estate Symposium.

Labs/Teams: He contributes to editorial boards of the Journal of Urban Design and Economics & Politics, and serves on RealPAC’s research committee. His work bridges academia and industry through collaborative research initiatives.