Gyöngyvér Gyene teaches the course Sustainable Development Policy and the European Green Deal in the first year of CIFE's Executive Master in EU Studies and a course on Strategic planning, implementation and evaluation of development programs in the EU in the second year of the programme.
She served the Hungarian government in various capacities for the past 15 years, including advisory roles in the cabinet of the Minister for European Affairs and the Hungarian National Development Agency, managing departments responsible for the strategic planning, strategic environmental assessment, programming and later the evaluation of development programs financed by European Cohesion Policy funds, also advising the Croatian government in their strategic planning process upon EU accession, running the project to create the first national strategy for sustainable development for Hungary, and integrating environmental and sustainability considerations in development policy. She represented Hungary in several professional networks of the European Union, including the European Network of Environmental and Managing Authorities, DG Regio’s Evaluation Network, and the Jaspers Knowledge Platform.
Gyöngyvér Gyene joined the government after a decade of business management and consulting for a major law firm and several years spent working for NGOs and companies in organic agriculture and nature conservation. She quit her government position and now works as an independent advisor on evaluation and sustainable development projects.