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Oytun Meçik

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Oytun Meçik
Associate Professor, Faculty of Administrative and Economic Sciences, Department of Economics, Eskişehir Osmangazi University

Oytun Meçik was born in Eskişehir/Turkey in 1985. He graduated from Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Department of Economics in 2008. In the same year, he began his academic career as a Research Assistant at Uşak University, Department of Economics and he completed his graduate degree at Uşak University in 2010. Then, he completed his Ph.D. studies at Anadolu University, Department of Economics in 2014. He has been working at Eskişehir Osmangazi University, Faculty of Administrative and Economic Sciences, Department of Economics since 2015. Meçik became an associate professor in 2017. Meçik’s main research fields of study, labor market, social and economics networks, and structural transformations. Meçik is currently researching the effects of education-job mismatch, industrial transformation, and computerization in the labor market. He has recently prepared "Analysis of the Local Economic Development of Eskişehir and Eskişehir's Labour Market Analysis" as part of ILO's Promoting Decent Work Opportunities for Non-Syrian Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Turkey project. He has also editorial experiences in various journals, and he is a member of the Turkish Economic Association.

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Labour market effects of robots: evidence from Turkey

Evidence from developed countries on the impact of automation on labour markets suggests that there can be negative effects on manufacturing jobs, but also mechanisms for workers to move into the services sector. But this narrative may not apply in developing economies. This column reports new evidence from Turkey on the effects of robots on labour displacement and job reallocation.

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Artificial intelligence and the renewable energy transition in MENA

Artificial intelligence has the potential to bridge the gap between abundant natural resources and the pressing need for reliable, sustainable power in the Middle East and North Africa. This column outlines the constraints and proposes policies that can address the challenges of variability of renewable resources and stress on power grids, and support the transformation of ‘sunlight’ to ‘smart power’.

Arab youth and the future of work

The Arab region’s labour markets are undergoing a triple transformation: demographic, digital and green. As this column explains, whether these forces evolve into engines of opportunity or drivers of exclusion for young people will hinge on how swiftly and coherently policy-makers can align education, technology and employment systems to foster adaptive skills, inclusive institutions and innovation-led pathways to decent work.

Digitalising governance in MENA: opportunities for social justice

Can digital governance promote social justice in MENA – or does it risk deepening inequality and exclusion? This column examines the evolution of digital governance in three sub-regions – Egypt, Jordan and the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council – highlighting how data practices, transparency mechanisms and citizen trust shape the social outcomes of technological reform.

Wrong finance in a broken multilateral system: red flags from COP30-Belém

With the latest global summit on climate action recently wrapped up, ambitious COP pledges and initiatives continue to miss delivery due to inadequate commitments, weak operationalisation and unclear reporting systems. As this column reports, flows of climate finance remain skewed: loans over grants; climate mitigation more than climate adaptation; and weak accountability across mechanisms. Without grant-based finance, debt relief, climate-adjusted lending and predictable multilateral flows, implementation of promises will fail.

Why political connections are driving business confidence in MENA

This column reports the findings of a new study of how the political ties of firms in the Middle East and North Africa boost business confidence. The research suggests that this optimism is primarily driven by networked access to credit and lobbying, underscoring the need for greater transparency and institutional reform in corporate governance.




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