Andrea A. Naghi

Dr. Andrea A. Naghi is a Lecturer in Econometrics and Data Science at Queen Mary University of London's School of Business and Management. She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Warwick and previously served as Assistant Professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam's Econometric Institute. Her research focuses on econometrics, machine learning, causal inference, and their applications in economics and finance. Dr. Naghi has held grants including a €170,000 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Grant (2018-2020) and a €240,000 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals grant (2018-2022). She teaches undergraduate and postgraduate courses including Entrepreneurship and Data Science: Methods and Applications. Her work emphasizes advancing causal machine learning methodologies and robust statistical techniques.

Education: PhD in Economics (University of Warwick), with a visiting research period at University of California San Diego. Professional Experience: Assistant Professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam (prior to Queen Mary appointment). Research Interests: Machine learning applications in econometrics, causal inference, applied econometrics, and robust statistical methods. She actively supervises PhD students exploring machine learning in economics contexts.

Grants & Awards: European Commission Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Grant (2018-2020, PI); United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Funds (2018-2022, PI). Teaching: BUS025 Entrepreneurship (Undergraduate), BUSM193 Data Science: Methods and Applications (Postgraduate). Methodological Expertise includes Probit models with endogeneity, inflation forecasting, and causal discovery algorithms.