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Robert TANTONView profile

Professor

• Spatial Disadvantage
• Wellbeing Analysis
• Spatial Statistics
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Professor Robert Tanton holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Canberra and has been affiliated with the National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM) since June 2005. His primary research focuses on spatial disadvantage, wellbeing analysis, and spatial microsimulation techniques. He is internationally recognized for expertise in poverty measurement, housing stress analysis, and small-area estimation methodologies. Tanton leads projects applying microsimulation models to assess socioeconomic indicators, including work presented to the Senate Select Committee on Housing Affordability and collaborations with organizations like AURIN. Education: PhD in Economics, University of Canberra (specializing in small-area estimation) Research Interests: Spatial analysis of economic disadvantage Wellbeing metrics and policy evaluation Microsimulation models for public policy Health economics and informal care costs Environmental policy and urban development Grants & Collaborations: Chief Investigator on multiple Australian Research Council (ARC) grants Commissioned work for government agencies including the Tasmanian Social Inclusion Unit and Commonwealth Bank Member of the Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network (AURIN) Key Contributions: Developed spatial microsimulation frameworks for poverty and wellbeing analysis Authored over 140 publications on socioeconomic disadvantage, health economics, and policy impact assessments Advised on tax reform, EV policy, and mental health costing through microsimulation models

• Public Economics
• Labor Supply
• Inequality and Redistribution
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Max Löffler is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Microeconomics and Public Economics at Maastricht University and a Research Fellow at the same institution since December 2023. He is also affiliated with the ERC-funded HIPPO project at the University of Cologne, reflecting his strong ties to leading European economic research centers. His research focuses on public economics and labor economics, with particular emphasis on taxation, inequality, labor supply modeling, and urban/regional economic issues. His work combines structural econometric methods with empirical analysis to evaluate the welfare and distributional effects of public policies. The recent publications reveal a consistent trend in studying the real-world impacts of taxation, labor market policies, and inequality, while expanding into newer domains such as climate change exposure and the long-term economic consequences of surveillance. His research often involves collaboration with prominent economists and utilizes large-scale microdata and policy simulation models. IZA Discussion Papers and Standpunkte Published in journals: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy , Journal of the European Economic Association , Journal of Economic Inequality , Labour Economics , German Economic Review , Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik Löffler has advised or contributed to policy-relevant research through institutions such as IZA, ifo Institute, and ZEW. He has not received any explicitly mentioned scientific awards in the provided text. He does not appear to lead a named lab or research team, but is deeply embedded in collaborative research networks focused on public policy evaluation.

Adrian PabstView profile

Professor

• Political thought
• Political economy
• Contemporary European politics
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Adrian Pabst is Professor of Politics at the University of Kent , School of Politics and International Relations. Since 2009 he has progressed from Lecturer to Senior Lecturer (2013), Reader (2016) and Professor (2019). He is also Director of Kent’s Centre for Federal Studies , a Fellow of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research , and holds editorial and trustee roles with Telos , the Foundation Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice , and the James Madison Charitable Trust . Education PhD in Political Thought and Philosophy of Religion, University of Cambridge (2002–2006) Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship, University of Nottingham (2007–2009) Research Interests Adrian’s work integrates political theory, political economy and international politics . He interrogates liberalism and its critics—especially Burke, Tocqueville, and the conservative, socialist and Catholic traditions—while advancing post-liberal alternatives rooted in Catholic Social Teaching , civil economy and guild socialism . Key themes include: Post-liberalism beyond the left–right, state–market binaries The English School of International Relations and the primacy of association Christian social thought and economic anthropology (Polanyi, Mauss) Federalism and the future of Europe Blue Labour, UKIP and the renewal of British politics Research Outputs & Trends Across more than 70 publications, Adrian has developed a distinctive interdisciplinary research programme . Recent articles (2016–2024) reveal a focus on post-liberal responses to technocracy and populism , climate-sustainability policy , Brexit and Trump , and renewing Western universalism . His monographs and edited collections—such as The Politics of Virtue (2016), The Demons of Liberal Democracy (2019) and Postliberal Politics (2021)—have become touchstones for scholars rethinking liberal order. Scientific Awards & Fellowships Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship, University of Nottingham (2007–2009) Fellow, National Institute of Economic and Social Research (2017–present) Sir Peter Lawler Visiting Fellow, PM Glynn Institute, Australian Catholic University (2018) Doctoral Supervision & Grants Adrian welcomes PhD and MPhil supervision in political and social theory, political economy, politics and religion, and European politics . Current and recent supervisees are exploring topics such as EU–Russia discursive interaction, grand theory in IR, French revolutionary change, post-Cold War Russia, Uzbekistan’s IPE, and EU religious-freedom enlargement policy. Grant-funded projects include: Nuffield Foundation project on British fiscal policy (NIESR) Regional microsimulation modelling (NiReMS) Compass reports on global social democracy Laboratories, Centres & Teams As Director of the Centre for Federal Studies , Adrian leads an interdisciplinary team examining federal and multi-level governance. He collaborates with the National Institute of Economic and Social Research on fiscal policy research and with the PM Glynn Institute on Catholic social thought and labour traditions.

Dianna SmithView profile

Professor

• Health Geography
• Public Health Policy
• Food Insecurity
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Dianna Smith is a Professor at the University of Southampton , operating at the intersection of health geography and public health. Her work integrates geospatial analysis with health policy, particularly focusing on food insecurity and social inequalities. Academic Role : Professor Contact : D.M.Smith@soton.ac.uk Research Interests include: Household food insecurity and poverty dynamics Small-area estimation for policy analysis Spatial microsimulation methods Citizen science applications in urban planning Development of toolkits for local government decision-making Recent Publications demonstrate her focus on food security, dietary interventions, and geospatial health data analysis. These works often involve collaborations with interdisciplinary teams and utilize both secondary data and primary citizen science approaches. Scientific Contributions : 2019- Editor-in-chief, Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy 2016-2018 Editor, Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy Student Supervision includes PhD candidates in primary care, business studies, and geography. Her External Roles encompass keynote speaking engagements and consultancy work for public health initiatives.

Maja-Emilia MarcusView profile

Research Fellow

• Development Economics
• Global Health
• Noncommunicable Diseases

Maja-Emilia Marcus is a Research Fellow at the University of Göttingen, affiliated with the Chair of Development Economics and the Center for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS). She serves as Equal Opportunities Officer and EPOS Coordinator, focusing on global health systems in low- and middle-income countries through interdisciplinary collaboration with international research teams. Her research centers on Development Economics and Global Health, with specific expertise in Noncommunicable Diseases including cardiovascular conditions, diabetes, and hypertension. She investigates healthcare access barriers, treatment coverage gaps, and sociocultural determinants of health using large-scale multinational datasets. Her work emphasizes policy-relevant analysis of health system performance and equity in resource-limited settings. Analysis of her 15 recent publications reveals consistent focus on cardiovascular risk management and diabetes care across 50+ LMICs, utilizing nationally representative surveys to map treatment cascades and identify implementation gaps. Her methodological approach combines epidemiological analysis with health economics to assess real-world healthcare delivery. Dr. Marcus actively collaborates with major international consortia including the HPACC (Health and Aging in Africa) and HAALSI (Health and Aging in Africa: Longitudinal Studies of INDEPTH Communities) projects, contributing to research on aging populations and chronic disease management in sub-Saharan Africa. Current projects examine SMS-based health interventions in Indonesia and community HIV testing in rural South Africa.

• Food Security
• Food Systems
• Nutrition
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Marijke Kuiper is a Researcher in International Policy at Wageningen University, specializing in food systems, nutrition, and agricultural economics. With over 100 research outputs including 17 journal articles and 45 reports, she leads major EU-funded projects like BATModel and BATMAN, focusing on trade policy impacts, dietary transformations, and circular food economies. Her research centers on food security (100% fingerprint relevance), food systems (87%), and nutrition (55%), examining spillover effects of EU consumption, land use dynamics, and healthy diet transitions. She employs computable general equilibrium (CGE) models and spatial microsimulations to analyze socio-economic impacts across Bangladesh, Ghana, and Ethiopia, with particular emphasis on poverty reduction and environmental sustainability. Recent publications reveal converging trends in dietary transformation economics and circular bioeconomy policy, demonstrating how animal feed innovations reduce greenhouse gas emissions while trade policy adjustments could mitigate negative international spillovers. Her work bridges agricultural economics, environmental science, and public health through interdisciplinary modeling approaches. Kuiper actively mentors the next generation of researchers and secures competitive funding for high-impact projects: PhD Supervision: Co-promoted A. Gatto's doctoral research on circular bio-based societies' economic consequences Project Leadership: BATModel (2023-2024): Analyzed trade's distributional impacts through employment/income channels BATMAN (2020-2022): Developed trade policy frameworks for food system transformation India Food Safety Systems (2017): Evaluated economic costs of safety protocols She operates within international research consortia including INRAE (France) and Dutch knowledge networks, collaborating across 9 similar profiles in food security research. Her work integrates spatial microsimulation with economic modeling to address real-world policy challenges in global food systems.

Wen YeView profile

Researcher

• Biostatistics
• Public Health
• Epidemiology
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Wen Ye is a Research Scientist in the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Michigan School of Public Health. She also serves as Assistant Director of SABER (Statistics and Analysis of Biomedical Evidence) and Associate Director of the Method and Measurement Core at the Michigan Center for Diabetes Translational Research (MCDTR). Her work bridges statistical methodology with applications in public health and clinical research. PhD in Biostatistics from the University of Michigan (2006) MS in Pharmacology from the University of Toledo (1999) BS in Physiology and Biophysics from Peking University (1997) Wen Ye's research focuses on biostatistical methodology for longitudinal data analysis, survival analysis, joint modeling, and microsimulation models. Her applied work spans multiple domains: Diabetes research: modeling cardiometabolic risk factors, cost-effectiveness of prevention programs, and hypoglycemia risk factors. Pediatric liver diseases: studying biliary atresia, Alagille syndrome, and cystic fibrosis-related liver disease. Tuberculosis epidemiology: analyzing racial disparities and transmission patterns. Neurocognitive outcomes: examining post-stroke cognitive trajectories and education level impacts. Her recent publications (2025) emphasize: Statistical innovations in integrating prediction models with time-to-event data Clinical applications in diabetes technology (hybrid closed-loop systems) Public health analysis of tuberculosis disparities Longitudinal studies of post-stroke cognitive decline Noninvasive diagnostics for liver disease progression Economic evaluations of diabetes and liver disease interventions

Vanessa Galeano-DuqueView profile

Researcher

• Spatial Analysis
• Urban Development
• Policy Evaluation
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Dr. Vanessa Galeano-Duque is a Research Associate at the Edinburgh Business School , Heriot-Watt University. She specializes in spatial analysis, urban development, and policy evaluation, integrating quantitative methods and AI applications. Collaborations with the World Bank, UCL, LSE, and Universidad de Antioquia Focus on inequality, infrastructure equity, and climate policy Research Interests Economic geography and spatial inequality AI-enhanced policy tools for climate negotiations Venture debt dynamics in tech ecosystems Urban segregation and infrastructure equity Interdisciplinary approaches to development Research Trends include urban accessibility, financial systems in innovation ecosystems, and data-driven health policy. Her work aligns with UN SDGs for sustainable cities and climate action. Scientific Awards include prestigious Colciencias (£160,000), Colfuturo (£50,000), and Universidad Católica del Norte scholarships. She has secured £58,000 in competitive grants for urban health equity and tech finance projects. Teaching spans microeconomics, development, and quantitative methods at Heriot-Watt, UCL, and Universidad de Antioquia, emphasizing student-centered learning and real-world applications.

• Transportation Systems Modelling
• Machine Learning Applications
• Urban Mobility
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Guido Cantelmo is an Assistant Professor at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) within the Department of Technology, Management and Economics, specifically in the Division of Transport's Section for Transport Systems Modelling. His research leverages big data analytics and machine learning to address complex transportation challenges, with expertise spanning traffic flow modeling, demand estimation, shared mobility systems, and urban network optimization. He maintains active collaboration with international cities including Copenhagen, Munich, and Tel Aviv-Yafo for empirical validation of his models. His research integrates computational techniques such as Graph Neural Networks, meta-learning, and physics-informed AI with transportation theory. Primary domains include: Dynamic traffic assignment using real-time data sources Machine learning for imbalanced mobility datasets Emission impact modeling of urban fleets Behavioral analysis of shared mobility adoption Large-scale simulation calibration frameworks Publication analysis (2022-2025) reveals dominant themes: data-driven demand estimation (37% of recent works), machine learning metamodeling (27%), shared mobility optimization (20%), and urban policy impact studies (16%). Methodological innovations include transfer learning for sparse data and multi-city validation approaches. No scientific awards or student mentoring relationships are documented in available sources. Similarly, no information exists regarding research grants, laboratory affiliations, or educational background.

Daniel GerberyView profile

Associate Professor

• Social Inequalities
• Poverty Analysis
• Economic Sociology
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Assoc. Prof. Daniel Gerbery is a sociologist at the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts, Comenius University in Bratislava. He holds a PhD in Sociology (2009) and has been a faculty member since 2009, promoted to Associate Professor in 2022. Research focuses: living standards, poverty, social inequalities, economic sociology, comparative social policy Teaching areas: research methodology, quantitative methods, economic sociology, dissertation preparation Active in EU projects like CHIEF (Horizon 2020) and national grants (APVV, VEGA) Educational Background: M.A. in Sociology (2000, Comenius University) PhD in Sociology (2009, Comenius University) His publications analyze poverty dynamics, labor market exclusion, and social policy in Central Europe, with a focus on Slovakia. Key contributions include studies on energy poverty, intergenerational mobility, and Roma living conditions. Recent work explores precarious labor, cultural identity in Eastern Europe, and wage mobility patterns. He leads the VEGA project "Práca ako zdroj sociálneho vylúčenia" (2019-2022) and contributes to the APVV-23-0492 "Hodnotové orientácie vo vzťahu k práci" (2024-2027). International Engagements: Marie Sklodowska Curie Action (2002-2003, University of Antwerp) Sociological research in Germany (University of Göttingen, 2001)

• Transport Engineering
• Traffic Management
• Network Modelling
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Dr. Kasun De Silva Wijayaratna is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), with over 14 years of combined industry and academic experience in transport engineering and research. His work focuses on practical applications across network modeling, traffic management, parking systems, and car-sharing solutions, making significant contributions to understanding transport network reliability and vulnerability. His educational background includes: PhD in Civil Engineering (Transport Modelling) from the University of New South Wales (2016) Bachelor of Engineering (Civil Engineering, Honours 1) from the University of New South Wales (2011) Bachelor of Commerce (Finance with Distinction) from the University of New South Wales (2011) Dr. Wijayaratna's research primarily investigates travel behavior under different information scenarios, with particular emphasis on shared spaces, personalized mobility solutions, and transport network reliability. His recent work demonstrates a strong focus on integrating AI and big data analytics into transport modeling, examining pandemic impacts on mobility patterns, and developing innovative approaches to shared road infrastructure. His publications reveal a consistent trajectory toward more sophisticated modeling techniques and increasingly complex real-world applications. His scientific achievements include the prestigious 2016 SIDRA Solutions Postgraduate Award as the most outstanding transport engineering researcher in Australia and New Zealand, along with multiple research funding successes totaling over $1.5 million from state and local government sources. He has secured significant grants through iMOVE CRC and Transport for NSW for projects examining shared spaces, transport system optimization, and road safety innovations. As an educator, Dr. Wijayaratna serves as subject coordinator for Roads and Transport Engineering and Traffic and Transportation courses at UTS. He has been recognized as an innovator in tertiary education for developing blended learning approaches that effectively engage contemporary student cohorts. His teaching philosophy integrates practical industry experience gained during his time at Cardno with academic rigor, creating a dynamic learning environment that prepares students for real-world transport engineering challenges.

Velibor MačkićView profile

Associate Professor

• Political Economy
• Behavioral Economics
• Competitiveness Analysis
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Velibor Mačkić is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics & Business, University of Zagreb, where he has been employed since 2009. He serves as President of the Economic Analytics module council at the Integrated Undergraduate and Graduate University Study Program in Business Economics and has been a Special Advisor for the Economy and Chair of the Economic Council of the President of the Republic of Croatia, Zoran Milanović, since 2020. His academic career includes teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in Behavioural Microeconomics, Microeconomics, Principles of Economics, Political Economy, and Political-Economic Analysis, as well as doctoral courses in Political Economy and Competitiveness Analysis. Mačkić's research focuses on political economy, behavioral economics, and competitiveness analysis of modern economies. His scholarly work examines political budget cycles, electoral clientelism, fiscal transparency, and labor market dynamics, particularly concerning pensioner reactivation. He has published extensively in international journals and has received the prestigious Marijan Hanžeković Foundation Award in 2013 for the best scientific paper. His recent publications demonstrate a consistent focus on the intersection of politics and economics, with particular attention to Croatian and EU contexts. He has participated in research projects funded by the Croatian Science Foundation, European Social Fund, and Ministry of Science, Education and Sports. As a reviewer, he contributes to journals including Contemporary Economic Policy, Croatian Operational Research Review, Economic Thought and Practice, and Public Sector Economics. Mačkić is also an external associate of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Zagreb, an alumni of the Academy for Political Development, and a member of the Management Board of the Miko Tripalo Center for Democracy and Law.

Núria Badenes PláView profile

Professor

• Public Economics
• Taxation
• Microsimulation Modeling
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Dr. Núria Badenes Plá is a Professor at the Complutense University of Madrid and a key contributor to the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Her academic career spans over 25 years with a focus on Applied Economics, particularly in public economics, taxation, and microsimulation modeling. She has co-authored 41 journal articles, 18 collective works, 8 books, and directed 2 PhD theses. Research Interests: Dr. Badenes Plá's work examines how fiscal policies affect income distribution, with specific expertise in gender financial gaps, tax reform assessments, and microsimulation techniques like EUROMOD. Her research covers household economic behavior during crises, wealth taxation models, and the redistributive impacts of universal basic income. Key collaborations with José Manuel González Páramo and Borja Gambau Suelves 2024 thesis direction on microsimulation modeling at UNED 2011 thesis on altruistic behavior in negotiations at Complutense Scientific output includes 75 citations (H-index: 4) since 1994, with recent 2024-2023 articles analyzing tax reforms, pandemic economic impacts, and gender financial dynamics in Spain. She has contributed to policy debates on fiscal neutrality, local government reforms, and environmental taxation.

Esteban Garcia MirallesView profile

Researcher

• Public Finance
• Labor Economics
• Household Finance
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Esteban Garcia Miralles is an Economist at the Bank of Spain's Research Department and External Researcher at the University of Copenhagen's Department of Economics. His work bridges central banking research with academic economics, focusing on critical policy issues affecting European economies. His educational background includes a PhD in Economics from the University of Copenhagen, followed by a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Institute for Fiscal Studies. This strong academic foundation supports his research in public finance and labor economics. Garcia Miralles' research interests center on the intersection of public policy and individual behavior, particularly regarding retirement decisions, taxation systems, household financial behavior, and health economics. His work often employs rigorous microeconometric methods to analyze how policy changes affect economic decisions across different demographic groups, with special attention to pension systems, inheritance taxation, and fiscal responses to economic shocks. His publication record shows a consistent focus on European fiscal policy challenges, with recent work examining post-pandemic inflation effects, energy crisis responses, and retirement behavior. The articles demonstrate methodological sophistication combining theoretical modeling with empirical analysis of large administrative datasets, particularly from Spanish tax records. Winner of the Alexandre Pedrós Prize for research on inheritance taxation Finalist for the AldE Young Researchers' Prize Regular contributor to high-impact economics journals including American Economic Journal: Economic Policy and Journal of Public Economics As a researcher at the Bank of Spain, Garcia Miralles contributes to the institution's analytical work on fiscal policy, including the development of microsimulation tools for policy evaluation. His collaborations span multiple European institutions, reflecting the transnational nature of contemporary fiscal challenges. His work frequently appears in policy discussions, with features in major Spanish media outlets including El País and El Mundo, demonstrating its relevance to current economic debates.

• Economic Analysis
• Public Economics
• Tax Policy
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Michael Christl is an External Associate Professor specializing in Foundations of Economic Analysis within the Economics department. His academic credentials include a PhD in Economics from Vienna University of Economics and Business (2020), complemented by dual Master's degrees in Quantitative Finance (Vienna University of Economics and Business) and Economics (Vienna University), and a Bachelor's in Economics from Vienna University. Christl's research focuses on applied economic analysis with emphasis on: Income inequality and redistribution mechanisms Tax policy and fiscal systems in the EU Labor market dynamics and social welfare policies Empirical evaluation of economic interventions Childcare policy impacts on employment Crisis response measures His work consistently examines European policy frameworks using microsimulation and comparative analysis. Recent publications (2023-2025) demonstrate concentrated focus on taxation systems, social redistribution, and labor market policies within European contexts. The research employs empirical methodologies to evaluate policy alternatives, with recurring themes including childcare subsidies, pandemic income support, energy price interventions, and inequality-growth relationships. Christl leads significant research projects including: Simulation of Net Childcare Costs in EU (ECJRC/SVQ/2025/VLVP/1018) EUROMOD framework extension for SPIN project analyzing spatial inequalities His professional background includes 12 years of sector experience and recent consulting engagements.