Prottoy A. Akbar

Prottoy A. Akbar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Aalto University's School of Business. His research focuses on urban economics, transportation economics, and development economics, with emphasis on residential sorting patterns and mobility costs within/between cities.

He is affiliated with the Helsinki Graduate School of Economics and serves as a Research Affiliate at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) under the International Trade and Regional Economics program. His methodological approach often combines traditional economic analysis with novel data sources like navigation app scrapings and digitized historical maps.

• Education: PhD in Economics, University of Pittsburgh (2021)