Cavit is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Bilkent University, currently visiting University of Oxford. His research interests lie in econometric theory, with a focus on nonlinear panel models with unobserved heterogeneity. Cavit is also affiliated with St Antony’s College, Oxford, as a College Advisor.
He obtained his DPhil in 2012 from the University of Oxford. In the 2016-17 academic year he was a Visiting Assistant Professor at Princeton University.