ASSISTANT PROFESSORS AND POSTDOCS
We are looking for new colleagues to accommodate our growth. Are you enthusiastic about Econometrics and Data Science? Then we invite you to apply for our junior or senior positions. Read more.
(October 2020)
Teaching Assistant (TA) applications invited for Business Statistics
We are looking for Teaching Assistants to support our teaching in Business Statistics (first year course) for both the Bedrijfskunde (Dutch taught) and International Business Administration (English taught) programs. Tasks are related to the computer based part of the course, where students learn the basics of R for statistical analysis. We need TAs to supervise the (online) lab sessions and help students with questions. Possibly we also need support for making instruction videos on the material. Are you interested in a temporary side job in the core area of your study program? You can find the full discription of the job here.
(October 2020)
FWO grant for Kris Boudt
Kris Boudt (Ghent University, VUB and Econometrics and Data Science group at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) has secured a 2.7M euro consortium grant on pension system research: “Towards efficient pillar II and III pension decisions in Belgium: product innovations, customized goal based pensions planning and nudging.” Kris coordinates the grant, which brings together nine professors of three universities across Europe. For more information, read here.
(May 2020)
Econometrics Summer Workshop 2020
This summer, 19-28 August 2020, the Department of Econometrics and Data Science organizes another Econometrics Summer Workshop. Due to COVID-19 circumstances the Summer Workshop will be held online. Are you a student entering the Econometrics Master or a PhD student, and interested in attending a summer workshop covering all the basic econometrics methods and tools for analyzing both cross-sectional and time-series data? Please find more information on the program, registration and other details here!
(May 2020)
Research ranking 2nd in the Netherlands, and top 50 worldwide
The Econometrics and Data Science group is proud to be part of the research culture at the School of Business and Economics of Vrije Universiteit, now ranking 2nd in the Netherlands and 47th worldwide in the 2015-2019 edition of Tilburg University Top 100 Worldwide Economics Schools Research Ranking.
(May 2020)
Master Econometrics and Operations Research rated excellent in the Keuzegids 2020
This year, our MSc program even surpasses the high scores of previous years. Our scores on challenging education are now outstanding, and scores on scientific training and bridging theory and practice have also further improved. The Masters selection guide 2020 is published by the Centre for Higher Education Information to help students choose a master's programme. Visit the master’s programme in Econometrics and Operations Research for a complete overview and registration.
(May 2020)
Francqui Chair for Siem Jan Koopman
Siem Jan Koopman has been appointed as the 2019-2020 Laureate of a Francqui Chair, at the Faculty of Business and Economics, University of Antwerp, Belgium. Every year, the Francqui Foundation invites Belgian or European scientists to stay with Belgian universities, giving the opportunity to eminent researchers and scholars to teach a series of guest lectures at the host university and to participate in the scientific life of the institution.
(March 2020)
Two professors EOR in top 10 of ESB Economentop 40
Siem Jan Koopman (4) and Andre Lucas (6) are also in 2019 among the first ten of this year's Top 40 of Economists in The Netherlands. The Economentop 40 is published annually by Economisch Statistische Berichten (ESB). You can read the entire article (in Dutch) here.
(December 2019)
Bachelor programmes awarded ‘Top Rated Programme’ distinction
Julia Schaumburg awarded The Eagle Prize
NWO Open Competition grant for Andre Lucas
Andre Lucas received an Open Competition grant (250k) from NWO for a PhD student on Dynamic clustering for business model identification and financial stability. The project aims to develop new methodology to study the dynamics of financial business models and their convergence/divergence in times of stress and under non-standard monetary policies. The results will be applied to the European banking sector and will be developed in a network that involves prime regulatory players such as the ECB and BIS as well as national central banks.
(July 2019)
Paper accepted to the Journal of Econometrics
Vidi grant for Chico Blasques
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research has awarded Francisco Blasques a Vidi grant for his research "Econometric methods for incorrect models". Econometric models offer simplistic and stylized representations of vastly complex economies. Statistical methods used in econometrics are designed to be reliable and efficient only when the model provides a perfect description of reality. This project investigates new econometric methods that are optimal in situations when the model is not perfect.!
(May 2019)
Econometrics Summer Workshop August 2019
The Econometrics Summer Workshop to be held on Wednesday, Aug. 21 - Friday, Aug. 30 2019 is now open for registration! Are you a student entering the Econometrics Master or a PhD student, and interested in attending a summer workshop covering all the basic econometrics methods and tools for analyzing both cross-sectional and time-series data? Then please find more details and register for the course
here!
(May 2019)
Master Econometrics and Operations Research rated as Top Programme
Two professors EOR in top 10 of ESB Economentop 40
Siem Jan Koopman
(4) and
Andre Lucas
(8) are in the Top 10 of this year's Top 40 of Economists in The Netherlands. The Economentop 40 is published annually by Economisch Statistische Berichten (ESB). Ten researchers of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam are in the Economists top 40, from which nine members are affiliated with the School of Business and Economics. You can read the entire article (in Dutch)
here.
(December 2018)
Farewell Symposium prof. Gerrit Timmer
On 31 October, professor Gerrit Timmer retired from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Besides being CEO of Ortec, he was more than 25 years professor of Bedrijfseconometrie at the department of Econometrics and Operations Reseach. In honour of his retirement we organize the symposium “Is Data Science the new Operations Research” on 31 January 2019, to be held in the Auditorium of Symphony Building in Amsterdam from 2:00 - 6:30 pm. For the programme and registration click here.
(December 2018)
Bachelor programmes awarded ‘Top Rated Programme’ distinction
Paper forthcoming in Journal of Financial Econometrics
SBE Diversity Fund awarded to Siem Jan Koopman
Siem Jan Koopman
received financial support from the diversity fund of the School of Business and Economics. The fund is established to increase gender diversity among academic personnel and support talented female researchers in their academic career development. Janneke van Brummelen, VU EOR alumna and current Tinbergen Institute MPhil student will be hired to conduct research during Spring 2019 under the supervision of Siem Jan Koopman.
(November 2018)
Paper accepted to the Journal of Applied Econometrics
VIDI grant for Neil Olver
Neil Olver
has started his
Vidi grant
(€800.000) by NWO for his research ‘Usable algorithms for network optimization’. Networks of many kinds have been growing in size and importance. The same mathematical problems about efficiently designing and utilizing networks occur in many different contexts. This project will uncover new algorithms for these problems that are faster, more accurate and more revealing. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Econometrics and Operations Research.
(October 2018)
VENI grant for Geert Mesters
Geert Mesters
has started his
Veni Grant
by NWO for his research ‘Testing Networks’. Network structures have large implications for aggregate output in economics and financial stability in finance. A key difficulty is that these networks are typically not observed. In this research we develop methodology that facilitates testing different network structures that are estimated from large time series panels. He is assistant professor at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona and will conduct his Veni research at the Department of Econometrics and Operations Research.
(September 2018)
Forthcoming paper in Social Choice and Welfare
The paper ‘A Bargaining Experiment with Asymmetric Institutions and Preferences’ by
Harold Houba
is forthcoming in the journal Social Choice and Welfare.
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(September 2018)
Paper accepted to Environmental Modelling & Software
Ilka van de Werve Fellow at NCSR
Since July,
Ilka van de Werve
is a fellow of the Life-course Cluster at The Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR).
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(July 2018)
Julia Schaumberg awarded a Lamfalussy Fellowship
In April
Julia Schaumburg
was awarded a Lamfalussy Fellowship by the European Central Bank for her proposal "Networking the Yield Curve".
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(April 2018)
André Lucas
The paper