Aapo Stenhammar

Aapo Stenhammar is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Bonn, affiliated with the Institute for Applied Microeconomics. He is also a Research Fellow at the Labour Institute for Economic Research LABORE in Helsinki, Finland. His research focuses on labor markets, public policy, political economy, and economic history, utilizing machine learning for digitizing archival documents and analyzing text/image data. He holds a PhD from Aalto University and Helsinki GSE, with visiting scholar experiences at UC Berkeley and Stockholm University's IIES.

Education:

• PhD in Economics, Aalto University and Helsinki GSE (2024)
• Master of Science in Economics, Stockholm School of Economics (2018)
• Bachelor of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki (2016)

Research Interests: Labor Economics, Political Economy, Economic History, and Economic Development. His work examines structural change impacts, technology policy effects on employment, and migration outcomes during EU enlargement. He integrates computational methods to analyze historical and policy data.

Grants & Awards: Secured multiple grants including Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation (€37,500 in 2022), Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment (€20,000 in 2020), and others. His research has been presented at leading institutions like CEPR, Ifo Institute, and conferences such as SEA and EALE.

Teaching: Teaches PhD courses like Topics in Text Data and undergraduate courses at Bonn and Aalto University. His pedagogical focus includes empirical analysis and microeconometrics.

Labs & Collaborations: Affiliated with LABORE, IZA, and ECONtribute. Engaged in interdisciplinary projects combining text-as-data methods with economic analysis.