Deniz Ünal holds and MPhil equivalent in International Economics and Development from the University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne). She is an economist with the CEPII.

Deniz Ünal is working closely with the network of the Forum of Euro-Mediterranean Economic Institutes (FEMISE) and the Groningen Growth and Development Centre (GGDC).

As part of her research on international productivity comparisons, Euro-Mediterranean relations and economic specialisations, Deniz Ünal-Kesenci is participating in the projects:

The Emerging Countries in the International Trade of the EU (2009)
Bilateral Trade Flows in Services: Towards a Harmonized Database (2009)
New Players in International Trade: Europe Facing the Challenge of Emerging Economies and Rentiers (2008)
China and India: the New Big Players in International Trade (2008)
China and India in International Trade: from Laggards to Leaders (2007)
Globalization in Services: from Measurement to Analysis (2007)
International Trade: Services Included (2007)
Europe and the Challenge of Emerging Economies (2007)
China's Emergence and the Reorganisation of Trade Flows in Asia (2006)
China: the Price of Competitiveness (2006)
China: a Workshop of the World and a Market for Europe (2005)
China's Integration in East Asia: Production Sharing, FDI & High-Tech Trade (2005)
Turkey-Europe: From a Customs Union to a Full Union (2004)
Regionalism and the Regionalisation of International Trade (2004)
Turkey at the Crossroads (2004)
Trade and Technology Transfers: a Comparative Study of Turkey, India and China (2003)
China's Outward-Oriented Industries: a Source of Technological Dependency or a Means to Catch-Up? (2002)
The Competitiveness of French Industry: Lessons from a European Comparison (2002)
China in the International Segmentation of Production Processes (2002)
The French-German Productivity Comparison Revisited: Ten Years after the German Unification (2001)
The Nature of Specialization Matters for Growth: an Empirical Investigation (2001)
High-Technology Products: A Source of Asymmetry in Europe ? (1999)
French and German Productivity Levels in Manufacturing: A Comparison Based on the Industry-of-Origin Approach (1994)

Rise of China and India in International Trade: from Textiles to New Technology (China & World Economy, vol.16, n°5, octobre 2008)
China's Emergence and the Reorganisation of Trade Flows in Asia (China Economic Review, 2007)
China's Integration in East Asia: Production Sharing, FDI & High-Tech Trade (Economic Change and Restructuring, 2007)
The Emergence of China and its Impact on Asian Trade (Background paper prepared for the World Bank Report “An East Asian Renaissance: Ideas for Economic Growth”, September, 2006)
China's Integration into Asian Production Networks and its Implications (conference "Resolving New Global and Regional Imbalances in an Era of Asian Integration, 2004)
Assembly Trade and Technology Transfer: the Case of China (World Development, vol. 32, n° 5, pp. 829-850, 2004)
La competitividad de la economia espanola : inflacion, productividad y especializacion (coleccion Estudios Economicos, La Caixa, 2004
Trade in Technology and Quality Ladders: Where do EU Countries Stand? (International Journal of Development Planing Literature, 1999)
French and German Productivity Levels in Manufacturing (1996)