Sebastian Petric

Sebastian Petric is a Research Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute (University of Oxford) and a Senior Investment Strategist in the Research and Strategy division of a global bank. His work focuses on fixed income and foreign exchange, particularly in emerging markets and developing nations, while also leveraging multimodal AI to predict catastrophic events like financial crises.

Research Interests

• Financial Crises (sovereign defaults, bank runs, FX crises)
• Predictability of Financial Crises through fundamental, policy-induced, and institutional vulnerabilities
• Application of Data Science and Machine Learning in capital market research
• Policy, institutions, and economic challenges in emerging markets

Education

• Graduate of WU Wien (Vienna University of Economics and Business)
• London School of Economics (LSE)
• University of Oxford

Advisory & Professional Roles

• Portfolio Advisor at the African Innovation Fellowship (AIF)
• Focus on energy access financing for economic, environmental, and social challenges