Professor Girol Karacaoglu

BA MBA Bogazici, PhD Hawaii

Research Interests

Integrated economic, social and environmental policy for intergenerational wellbeing

Girol Karacaoglu is the recently appointed Head of School of Government. He came to VUW from the New Zealand Treasury, where he was Chief Economist. Before then, he was the Chief Executive of the Co-operative Bank of New Zealand for nine years.

His previous roles included General Manager at Westpac NZ, Chief Economist at the National Bank of NZ, and lecturer in Economics at Victoria University of Wellington.

His academic fields of specialisation were in Monetary and Financial Economics, International Finance, Econometrics, Corporate Accounting and Finance. His current research interest is in public policy – an integrated approach to economic, environmental and social policies towards improving intergenerational wellbeing.