Maximilian Kasy

Maximilian Kasy serves as Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford, having joined after academic appointments at UCLA and Harvard University. He holds a PhD from UC Berkeley.

His educational background includes:

• PhD, University of California, Berkeley

Professor Kasy's research pioneers the social foundations of statistics and machine learning, challenging traditional single-agent decision theory frameworks. His work critically examines economic inequality alongside policy-focused studies on universal basic income and job guarantee programs. At Oxford, he teaches a dedicated course on machine learning foundations within the Department of Economics, bridging theoretical statistics with socioeconomic applications.