Primary fields of research

• social data science
• political economics
• public economics

Current research

• predicting social and economic life trajectories using administrative and network data (Villum grant)
• social data science: applied machine learning and prediction in the social science, text-as-data, privacy (SODAS)

Possible conflicts of interest

Co-chairman of the Board, Statistics Denmark; member of the Competition Council; member of the board, DEA; chairman for videnskab.dks Advisory Board; misc. reviewing for non-Danish foundations etc.

Teaching

In 2015 I created, with a postdoc, the course Social Data Science, and have been teaching this, most recently called Introduction to Social Data Science, as well as Data Governance for the past five years. These courses are now part of the M.Sc. program in Social Data Science. Earlier I taught political economy, public economics and regulation, and microeconomics. 

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Personal

Born October 5, 1973, in Rødovre, Denmark. 

Education

2002                     Ph.D. in Economics, EPRU and Institute of Economics, University of Copenhagen.

1999-2000            Visiting student, Department of Economics, Harvard University.

1998                     M.Sc. in Economics, Institute of Economics, University of Copenhagen.

Employment and positions

2015-                   Rector, University of Copenhagen

2021-2025           Prorector for Research, University of Copenhagen 

2017-2020.          Deputy Director, DNRF Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality

2016-2020           Center director, Copenhagen Center for Social Data Science (SODAS)

2012-                   Professor of Economics, University of Copenhagen

2007-2012           Career Professor of Economics, University of Copenhagen

2007                    Visiting scholar, Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard University

2004-2007           Associate Professor of Economics, University of Copenhagen

2003                    Visiting researcher, Center for Basic Research in the Social Sciences, Harvard

2002-2004           Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Copenhagen

Consultancy and advisory activities for Government and Business

Nordic Council of Ministers, World Bank, IMF, Danish Economic Councils, KREVI, Swedish Fiscal Policy Council, Ernst & Young, BDO, McKinsey

Selected recent research grants and management experience

Villum Foundation Synergy Grant, 2020-, Joint PI 

ERC Advanced Grant, 2020-, co-PI

Danish National Research Foundation Center of Excellence (CEBI), 2017-, co-PI, deputy director

UCPH 2016 Interdisciplinary grant. “Social Fabric.” 2013-17. PI.

ERC Starting Grant, SH2, 2013-2017.PI.

Sapere Aude, Research Leader, Danish Independent Research Council 2011-4. PI.

Selected university and professional experience

Independent Research Fund Denmark (DFF), chairman of the board, 2019-20

Danish Council for Independent Research | Social Sciences (FSE), member 2014-, Member of executive Committee and co-chair, 2016-7, chair 2018

Academic Council, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Copenhagen, member 2013-20

Rector’s Advisory Board, University of Copenhagen, member 2013-18

Danish Competition Council, member 2013-5

Teaching and Supervision experience

Ph.D. 14 completed, 7 on-going. Postdocs/assis profs: 4 completed, 1 current. Supervised 150+ M.Sc.