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R. Keith FreelandView profile

Associate Professor

• Mathematical Finance
• Financial Risk Management
• Actuarial Science
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R. Keith Freeland is an Associate Professor Teaching Stream at the University of Waterloo , specializing in Mathematical Finance and Financial Risk Management . He serves as the Director/Advisor for the Business Administration and Mathematics Double Degree program and teaches courses such as ACTSC 231 (Mathematics of Finance), MATBUS 470 (Derivatives), and MATBUS 472 (Risk Management). Education: Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science, University of Calgary PhD in Business Administration, University of British Columbia American Statistical Association (ASA) designation, Society of Actuaries (1991) Research Interests: Freeland's research historically focused on equity-linked insurance products and discrete-valued time series , contributing to statistical modeling for financial and actuarial applications. His publications include methodological advancements in categorical ARMA models and Poisson autoregression. Awards and Recognitions: ASA designation from the Society of Actuaries, reflecting expertise in statistical applications and actuarial science (1991) Teaching and Publications: Freeland transitioned from a research career to focus on teaching, maintaining an active role in curriculum development. His refereed publications (2004–2012) highlight innovative approaches to modeling count data and financial risk.

Craig MackenzieView profile

Senior Lecturer

• Sustainable Finance
• Climate Change Mitigation
• Ecosystem Services
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Dr. Craig Mackenzie is a Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Enterprise at the Business School of the University of Edinburgh. He has worked part-time at the School since 2011 and teaches courses on climate and nature finance. Additionally, he holds non-executive roles with the Scottish Land Commission, RSPB Scotland, and the Financial Reporting Council. Education: PhD in Ethics/Behavioural Economics, University of Bath (1997) BSc in Combined Social Science, Durham University (1990) His research focuses on financing mechanisms for nature restoration and ecosystem services, particularly carbon removals. He actively shares insights on LinkedIn about topics including: Pension fund investments in nature Insurance and wealth sector engagement with environmental finance Forest carbon project returns and partnership models Scientific awards include an ESRC-funded fellowship analyzing border adjustment mechanisms for reducing greenhouse gas emissions (2010-2013). His 15+ research outputs examine intersections between finance, corporate governance, and sustainability frameworks like FTSE4Good, UN PRI, and CDP Carbon Action.

• AI Ethics and Policy
• Clean Energy Transition
• Public Health Policy
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Dr. Muhammad Salar Khan is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), affiliated with the Department of Public Policy within the College of Liberal Arts. His work bridges science, technology, and policy, focusing on AI ethics, clean energy transitions, public health, and innovation-driven economic development in developing economies. He holds a PhD in Public Policy from George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government, and a Master’s in Public Policy (Economic Policy) from Oregon State University as a Fulbright Scholar. His research emphasizes policy frameworks for responsible AI adoption, particularly in public sectors of developing nations, alongside analyzing AI equity, explainability, and economic implications. He has contributed to a Department of Defense grant on AI and augmented cognition in the U.S. Air Force, and his work appears in journals like Government Information Quarterly and AI & Ethics . He also engages with policy communities through outlets like The Diplomat and The Conversation . Key research themes include: AI governance and ethical challenges Clean energy transitions in Global South Public health policy innovations Innovation systems in middle-income economies Behavioral economics applications His publications reflect interdisciplinary approaches to contemporary challenges, including urban transit systems in Lahore, pandemic policy impacts on religious institutions, and AI adoption strategies for low-income countries. He received the Don E. Kash Postdoctoral Fellowship in Science and Technology Policy during his postdoctoral research. Teaching responsibilities include courses on ethics in public policy, decision analysis, and global technological innovation policy.

• Actuarial Science
• Machine Learning
• Insurance Pricing
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Roel Henckaerts is a Research Fellow at the Insurance Research Group, KU Leuven. His work centers on integrating advanced computational methods with actuarial science to optimize insurance pricing models. Research Focus: Henckaerts specializes in machine learning applications for insurance, including telematics-based dynamic pricing, interpretable AI for regulated industries, and data-driven risk assessment. His methodologies emphasize neural networks, tree-based models, and transparent surrogate systems to balance accuracy with regulatory compliance. Publication Trends: Recent articles (2019–2025) demonstrate a shift toward neural networks and model interpretability, while earlier work (2016–2018) established foundations in tree-based methods and risk factor engineering. Thematic evolution shows consistent focus on bridging machine learning scalability with actuarial rigor. Affiliations: As part of KU Leuven's Insurance Research Group, Henckaerts collaborates on industry-facing projects, though specific lab/team structures are undisclosed.

• Industrial Organization
• Monotone Comparative Statics
• Game Theory
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Dr. David Rietzke is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at Lancaster University Management School (LUMS). He holds a PhD from the University of Arizona (2014) and specializes in microeconomic theory, focusing on industrial organization, monotone comparative statics, game theory, contract theory, and contest theory. His research explores topics such as regulation, innovation, R&D strategies, and asymmetric information in economic decision-making. Education: PhD in Economics, University of Arizona, 2014 Research Interests: Industrial organization and strategic market behavior Monotone comparative statics and equilibrium analysis Game-theoretic models of contests and oligopolistic competition Contract design under information asymmetry Public policy implications of regulation and innovation incentives Professional Activities: Participated in conferences such as the Public Economic Theory Conference, Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory, and Stony Brook Game Theory Conference Invited talks at institutions like the University of Graz and Keele University Active in research groups: Economics Research Group and Industrial Organisation and Economic Theory Advising: PhD student supervision focuses on industrial organization and economic theory Current student: Qihang Guo (q.guo4@lancaster.ac.uk) Labs/Teams: Affiliated with Lancaster's Economics Research Group and the Industrial Organisation and Economic Theory research cluster.

• Insurance Law
• Product Liability
• Corporate Insurance
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Harald Ullman is a Visiting Professor at Linköping University's Department of Management and Engineering (IEI). His research focuses on insurance law, product liability, and corporate insurance, with a particular emphasis on judicial case analysis and legal frameworks. He holds a formal affiliation as an Employee of the university. Key research interests include the intersection of insurance coverage, corporate liability, and environmental legal issues. His recent publications address topics such as product liability standards, weather-related insurance claims, and property damage regulations. No awards or grants are explicitly mentioned in the provided texts. His academic contributions are centered on advancing legal understanding in commercial and business law contexts.

Sabine KnappView profile

Researcher

• Maritime Safety
• Risk Assessment
• Econometrics
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Sabine Knapp is a maritime safety expert and researcher affiliated with the Econometric Institute at Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam. She is also the Director and Founder of Seven Ocean Research Pty Ltd, an Australian consultancy providing science-based advice to the shipping industry. Her work bridges academic research and practical application in maritime safety regulation and risk management. Dr. Knapp holds a PhD in Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam, with her thesis titled "The Econometrics of Maritime Safety - Recommendations to Enhance Safety at Sea." She has built a unique career combining extensive practical experience at sea with rigorous academic research. Her work focuses on applying econometric methods to maritime safety issues, with particular emphasis on port state control effectiveness, vessel risk assessment, and maritime regulatory frameworks. Her research interests span maritime safety, risk assessment methodologies, port state control regimes, maritime economics, and the application of machine learning techniques to maritime risk prediction. Dr. Knapp has pioneered multi-layered risk estimation frameworks that integrate various risk dimensions including detention risk, incident risk, and environmental factors to provide comprehensive risk profiles for vessels and shipping companies. Analysis of her publication record shows a clear evolution from foundational work on port state control effectiveness to increasingly sophisticated risk modeling approaches incorporating machine learning. Her recent research demonstrates growing emphasis on predictive analytics for maritime safety, with publications focusing on vessel-specific risk prediction, inspection targeting optimization, and quantification of risk exposure across the global fleet. Dr. Knapp has held significant positions across the maritime sector including Project Officer at the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), Statistical Officer at the International Maritime Organization (IMO), and Senior Scientific Advisor at the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA). Her work has practical applications for maritime regulators and industry stakeholders seeking to improve safety and environmental protection while optimizing resource allocation for inspections.

Eric StroblView profile

Professor

• Climate Economics
• Environmental Economics
• Disaster Economics
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Prof. Eric Strobl is a Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Bern, specializing in climate economics, environmental policy, and the socioeconomic impacts of natural disasters. His research spans historical economic analysis, disaster finance, and sustainable development. Research Interests: Climate adaptation strategies, disaster-driven innovation, historical economic systems, and the macroeconomic consequences of environmental shocks. He examines topics like hurricane impacts on Caribbean economies, drought resilience in financial systems, and long-term human capital investment in disaster-prone regions. Key Trends in Publications: Focus on historical case studies (e.g., colonial Jamaica, early 20th century Japan) to analyze how societies adapt to climate and environmental challenges. Recent work explores the interplay between natural disasters and financial systems, including sovereign debt dynamics and banking sector resilience. Grants & Advising: While specific grants are not listed, his prolific publication record suggests active involvement in funded research projects on climate resilience and disaster economics. No formal advisees are documented here. Labs/Teams: Engaged with interdisciplinary teams at the University of Bern, possibly collaborating with climate scientists and policy experts to address global environmental challenges.

Shakia T. HardyView profile

Assistant Professor

• Cardiovascular Disease
• Social Epidemiology
• Health Equity
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Shakia T. Hardy, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Gillings School of Global Public Health. She holds a PhD in Epidemiology from UNC Chapel Hill (2017), an MPH in Health Policy from the University of South Florida (2011), and a BA in Biology from UNC Chapel Hill (2008). Her research focuses on cardiovascular disease and social epidemiology, particularly hypertension prevention and health equity interventions. She leads the Equity in Prevention and Progression of Hypertension (EPIPHANY) study, a church-based intervention addressing rural Black adults' hypertension risks. Dr. Hardy has secured NIH K01 funding for a peer support intervention targeting adolescent hypertension and co-leads the EPIPHANY trial. Her work emphasizes social determinants of health disparities, with publications in Hypertension , JAMA , and Circulation . Awards include NIH loan repayment programs and AHA fellowships. She collaborates with national networks like the Jackson Heart Study and REGARDS cohort. Her research portfolio addresses hypertension trends, treatment adherence, and intervention efficacy across lifespan stages. Key areas include childhood blood pressure trajectories, healthcare access barriers, and community-based strategies to reduce cardiovascular risk in marginalized populations.

Raphael HeffronView profile

Visiting Professor

• Energy Law
• Environmental Law
• Planning Law
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Raphael Heffron is a Visiting Professor in Energy Law at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and holds the prestigious Jean Monnet Chair in Energy & Natural Resources Law (awarded by the European Commission). He also serves as Visiting Professor at the International Hellenic University (Greece) and Associate Researcher at the University of Cambridge's Energy Policy Research Group. His career includes academic roles at the Universities of Leeds, Stirling, and Cambridge, alongside visiting positions at MIT, University of Texas at Austin, and the British Institute for International and Comparative Law. Heffron holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge, an LLM from the University of St. Andrews, and a law degree from Trinity College Dublin. As a trained barrister, he combines legal expertise with interdisciplinary research across energy law, policy, and economics. His work focuses on energy infrastructure development, electricity markets, energy justice, nuclear liability, and Arctic energy governance. Heffron has secured funding from the EU Horizon 2020 program, ESRC, and EPSRC, and consults for the World Bank and London think tanks. His research has been cited over 200 times in two years and appears in journals like Energy Policy and Nature Energy . He co-chairs the UK Energy Law and Policy Association and edits the International Energy Law Review . Recent research highlights include the GATEWAY project (examining CO2 transport for carbon capture), energy justice frameworks, and global nuclear liability regimes. He supervises PhD students on international energy law and policy issues.

Paul MullerView profile

Associate Professor

• Labor Economics
• Job Search
• Program Evaluation
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Paul Muller is an Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and a research fellow at the Tinbergen Institute. He previously held an Assistant Professor position at the University of Gothenburg and earned his PhD from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in 2016. His research focuses on empirical labor economics, particularly job seeker-employer matching, labor market policies (disability, childcare, migration), and the evaluation of job search assistance programs. He received an NWO-Vidi grant (2024) for studying labor market scarcity in the Netherlands. Education: PhD in Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (2016). Research Interests: Job search behavior and strategies Experimental and quasi-experimental evaluation methods Disability insurance and labor supply disincentives Automated labor market information tools Childcare policy impacts on labor participation Recent Research Trends: Focus on behavioral economics in job search decisions Analysis of policy instruments using RCTs and natural experiments Investigation of wage announcement effects on labor market dynamics Awards: NWO-Vidi Grant (2024) Advising & Grants: Supervised 1 PhD thesis (van der Meijden, M.) Principal Investigator for NWO-VIDI project on labor market scarcity Contributed to NWO-VICI project on efficient labor-school allocation Labs/Teams: Active collaboration through the Tinbergen Institute and VU Amsterdam's economics department.

Lisa GaoView profile

Assistant Professor

• Insurance Risk Modeling
• Spatial Statistics
• Predictive Analytics
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Lisa Gao is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Actuarial Science at the University of Waterloo. Her research focuses on insurance risk modeling, spatial statistics, predictive healthcare analytics, and biomarker-driven disease differentiation. She is affiliated with the Actuarial Science faculty and can be contacted at lisa.gao@uwaterloo.ca. Her work integrates environmental and medical data to address challenges in insurance claims management, healthcare policy, and autoimmune disease diagnosis. Notably, she has developed spatial models for insurance loss prediction and pioneered biomarker research for distinguishing psoriatic arthritis from psoriasis. Her articles span interdisciplinary topics including weather-related property insurance modeling, causal analysis of healthcare delays, and novel biomarker validation for autoimmune diseases. She holds no listed scientific awards but demonstrates a strong publication record in actuarial science and medical research. No grants, advising relationships, or specific laboratories are explicitly mentioned in the provided text.

Sebastian EbertView profile

Professor

• Behavioral Economics
• Behavioral Finance
• Behavioral Insurance
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Sebastian Ebert is a Professor of Economics and Head of the Chair of Economic Theory I at Heidelberg University's Alfred-Weber-Institute for Economics. He previously held professorships at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management and Tilburg University. His research focuses on behavioral economics, finance, and decision-making under uncertainty, integrating insights from economics, statistics, and psychology. Education: PhD in Economics (summa cum laude) from the University of Bonn (2011), M.Sc. in Economics (with highest honors), M.Sc. in Statistics, and B.Sc. in Mathematics with Physics minor. His editorial roles include Operations Research, Geneva Risk and Insurance Review, and Journal of Risk and Insurance. Research Interests: Behavioral Finance & Insurance, Risk Psychology, Negotiation Strategies, and Time-Consistent Decision Models. He has received grants from ERC, DFG, and NWO, and was named one of Germany's top 10 young economists by WirtschaftsWoche (2021). Teaching: Extensive experience across undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs at institutions like ETH Zurich and Mannheim Business School. Awarded 'Best Lecturer' for his Behavioral Finance course at Tilburg University. Grants & Awards: ERC Starting Grant (€917,500), NWO Veni Grant (€250,000), and recognition for advancing behavioral economics through interdisciplinary research. Labs & Teams: Leading research groups in behavioral economics and experimental finance at Heidelberg University.

Tomasz J. KozubowskiView profile

Professor

• Stochastic Modeling
• Distribution Theory
• Laplace Distribution
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Dr. Tomasz J. Kozubowski is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Nevada, Reno. He holds a Ph.D. in Statistics and Applied Probability from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an M.S. in Statistics from the University of Texas, El Paso. His research focuses on stochastic modeling of natural phenomena across climate science, geosciences, finance, and economics. Key research areas include distribution theory (particularly Laplace and heavy-tailed distributions), limit theory, mathematical statistics, financial mathematics, and stochastic models for hydro-climatic events. He has authored/co-authored over 120 publications, including two monographs, and serves on editorial boards of multiple journals. In 2016, he received the Sentinel of Science Award from Publons for peer review contributions. Education: M.S. in Statistics, University of Texas, El Paso Ph.D. in Statistics and Applied Probability, University of California, Santa Barbara His work emphasizes interdisciplinary applications, such as modeling extreme weather events, financial risk, and environmental variability. Publications span journals like Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics , Scandinavian Journal of Statistics , and Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics . He is actively involved in academic service, including editorial roles and peer review for over 100 journals. Research tools include advanced statistical methodologies and computational frameworks for high-dimensional data analysis.

Deborah J. LucasView profile

Professor

• Financial Economics
• Public Policy Analysis
• Government Financial Activities
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Deborah J. Lucas is the Sloan Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Director of the MIT Golub Center for Finance and Policy . Her research focuses on the intersection of finance and public policy, particularly measuring the costs and risks of government financial activities. She evaluates government subsidies to state-owned enterprises, credit guarantees, energy sector policies, pension systems, and financial products like reverse mortgages. Current roles include visiting scholar at the IMF, Research Associate at the NBER, and editorial board member of Annual Review of Financial Economics . She also serves as an independent director of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, P/E Investments, and NatureServe. Elected positions include membership in the National Academy of Public Administration and the National Academy of Social Insurance, alongside Fellowships at the Asian Bureau of Financial and Economic Research and the Econometric Society. Her previous roles include Chief Economist at the Congressional Budget Office, senior staff economist at the White House Council of Economic Advisers, and Professor at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. She holds BA, MA, and PhD in economics from the University of Chicago. Key research areas include fiscal impacts of government interventions, macroeconomic effects of credit policies, and regulatory frameworks for systemic risk. Recent publications analyze central bank transparency, costs of government bailouts, and the social discount rate in policy evaluation. Awards: Fellow of the Econometric Society, Member of National Academy of Public Administration Grants/Advising: Extensive testimony before Congress on Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, student loans, and financial institution regulation Labs/Teams: Leads MIT Golub Center initiatives on global financial institutions and fiscal policy research