Sascha Steffen

**Sascha Steffen** holds dual roles as the **DWS Senior Chair in Finance and Professor of Finance** at **Frankfurt School of Finance & Management**, and as **Research Professor** at the **Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH)**, part of the Leibniz Association. His research focuses on **banking, financial intermediation, monetary policy, and corporate finance**, with a particular emphasis on integrating **AI applications** into financial policy analysis. He leads projects like the **Financial Big Data Cluster (safeFBDC)** exploring AI/ML in central banking and the **Bank Credit and Macroeconomy** study analyzing loan-market credit spreads.

**Education & Experience**: Prior roles include Professor of Financial Markets at the University of Mannheim and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Leeds. He serves on editorial boards of the *Journal of Banking and Finance* and *Journal of Financial Stability*, and advises institutions like the ECB, IMF, and FDIC. His work bridges academia and policy, addressing systemic risks, banking stability, and cross-border financial dynamics.

**Research Interests**: Highlights include the role of shadow banking in liquidity access, capital misallocation’s impact on innovation, and Brexit’s effects on syndicated lending. He co-founded the “AI Frontiers in Finance” seminar series to bridge technical research and practical applications in finance.

**Grants & Projects**: Recipient of grants from the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs (BMWi), DFG, and others. Current initiatives include exploring AI’s role in policy analysis and comparative studies of bank credit’s macroeconomic impact across the U.S. and Europe.

**Media & Outreach**: Regular commentator on financial markets for *CNBC*, *Deutsche Welle*, *Financial Times*, and others. Invited speaker at global institutions like the Federal Reserve, European Parliament, and Bundesbank.