Rate My Professor Onur Kesten

Kesten’s research interests lie in market design, matching markets, game theory, and school choice mechanisms. His publications feature in top-tier journals including the Journal of Economic Theory, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Theoretical Economics, and Games and Economic Behavior. Key works include “On two competing mechanisms for priority-based allocation problems” (Journal of Economic Theory, 2006), “School choice with consent” (The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2010), “A theory of school-choice lotteries” (Theoretical Economics, 2015), “Chinese college admissions and school choice reforms: A theoretical analysis” (Games and Economic Behavior, 2017), and “Chinese college admissions and school choice reforms: An experimental study” (Games and Economic Behavior, 2019). He has also published on topics such as strategy-proof mediation, perishable goods auctions, and field evaluations of matching mechanisms in Australian university admissions.

In 2024, Professor Kesten was granted an Australian Research Council Discovery Project award of $359,134 for “Developing Optimal Mediation Protocols for Dispute Resolution.” His contributions address efficient, fair, and strategy-proof allocation and mediation protocols with applications in education and dispute resolution.