Duygu Güner
Duygu joined Bruegel in June 2022 as part of the Future of Work and Inclusive Growth team. She left Bruegel in May 2025.
She is an applied economist, and her research mainly focuses on structural labour markets issues such as barriers to labour force participation, gender gaps, informality, skill shortages and unemployment.
Before joining Bruegel, shewas actively involved in research for more than 10 years in a diverse setting. She participated in multiple projects for various institutions including JRC-Seville, the World Bank, the International Labour Organization, and the Ministry of Labour and Social Security of Turkey.
She holds an MA in Economics and a BSc in Management Engineering from Istanbul Technical University (Turkey). Currently, she is finalising a PhD in Economics at KU Leuven.
Disclosure of interests
Featured work
Labour market outlook dashboard
This dashboard offers a comprehensive overview of the evolution of key labour market outcomes across EU member states, from 2006 onwards
Memo to the commissioner responsible for employment and social rights
Ignoring the hidden barriers behind low training participation is no longer an option
Skills anticipation for the green transition
How do we build a workforce that has the skills needed for the future and how do we ensure the process works for everybody?
All work
Dataset
24 February 2025
Labour market outlook dashboard
This dashboard offers a comprehensive overview of the evolution of key labour market outcomes across EU member states, from 2006 onwards
Memo
04 September 2024
Opinion piece
06 June 2024
Podcast
07 February 2024
Skills anticipation for the green transition
How do we build a workforce that has the skills needed for the future and how do we ensure the process works for everybody?
Dataset
10 January 2024
Twin transition skills dashboard
This dashboard displays the evolution of skills demand in the EU member states.
Event
17 January 2024
Bruegel presents: Technology adoption and Twin transition dashboards
At this event, we delved into two dashboards offering key insights on the evolution of work and technology adoption in Europe.
Analysis
20 December 2023
Promoting STEM skills: a brief assessment of French individual learning accounts
French ILA successfully promotes basic digital skills but falls short of fostering more advanced capabilities.
Podcast
29 November 2023
The role of civil society in skills development
How can civil society help close the skills gap?
Dataset
31 October 2023
Podcast
11 October 2023
Skills-based hiring: tackling the labour shortages
What is skills-based hiring and how can it improve labour or skill shortages?