Cavit is a theoretical econometrician, with research interests in networks, and nonlinear panel models with unobserved heterogeneity. He is also affiliated with St Antony’s College, Oxford, as a College Advisor and is currently an Assistant Professor of Economics at Bilkent University (on unpaid leave).
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.