Julia Schaumburg

Prof. Julia Schaumburg is a Full Professor of Econometric Methods and Applications at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam's School of Business and Economics, serving as Head of the Department of Econometrics and Data Science. She holds concurrent roles as a research professor at Halle Institute for Economic Research and a research fellow at Tinbergen Institute. Her research focuses on time series econometrics, financial stability, systemic risk, and climate economics, integrating machine learning and panel data methods. She has secured significant grants including NWO-Veni (2015), NWO-Vidi (2020), and the ECB Lamfalussy Fellowship (2018).

Educated at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (PhD 2013), she teaches advanced econometric courses and supervises PhD students. Her work addresses macro-financial interdependencies, climate policy implications, and financial system resilience. She contributes to peer-reviewed journals like Journal of Econometrics and serves on editorial boards including International Journal of Forecasting and Oxford Open Economics. Recent publications explore dynamic factor models, clustering algorithms for financial data, and policy responses to climate change.

Award-winning scholar with the Engle Prize (2019), she advocates for ethical academic-industry collaborations and participates in public debates about fossil fuel ties in academia. Her work aligns with UN Sustainable Development Goals on climate action and sustainable finance.