Qiyuan Peng

Qiyuan Peng is a Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Oslo's Department of Psychology under the Faculty of Social Sciences. Their research focuses on the intersection of applied economics and genetics, particularly in education, health, gender, migration, and social inequality. They are affiliated with PROMENTA and the Neighborhood Genetics research group.

Education:

• Master of Economics (2021), University of Edinburgh
• Master of Management (2019), Renmin University of China
• Bachelor of Management (2016), Jilin University

Research Interests:

• Causal intergenerational effects on education using novel genetic methods
• Policy simulation through theoretical models and causal inference
• Integration of large-scale micro-level datasets

Recent Work: Analyzing parental genetic effects on educational outcomes via Trio-GCTA methodology. This work is supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Networks (MSCA-DN).

Awards:

• SGPE Econometrics Project Top 2 (2021), University of Edinburgh

Grants/Projects: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA-DN), PROMENTA.

Labs/Teams: PROMENTA, Neighborhood Genetics research group.