Cevat Giray is Principal Economist in the Office of the Chief Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in London and a part-time Assistant Professor of Economics at King's College London, Department of Political Economy.

His work mainly focuses on applied labour economics with a strong focus on migration, labour market inequalities, and globalisation.

His research has been covered by local and international media outlets, including Bloomberg, Business Insider, Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, Mirror, Reuters, The Daily Mail, The Telegraph, The Times, Quartz, Vox, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and World Economic Forum.

Cevat Giray joined IZA as a Research Affiliate in October 2017.