External institution: Stockholm School of Economics in Riga
Aivars Timofejevs
About:
Aivars Timofejevs is Research Associate at BICEPS and SSE Riga, CEO of Oxford Research Baltics. Aivars has more than 15 years’ experience in conducting different research projects including evaluations and impact assessments. In addition, Timofejevs is a PhD candidate with a research topic Catalysts of SME Development in Latvian Regions which is focused on assessment of efficiency of entrepreneurial support instruments. Timofejevs has extensive experience in carrying out evaluations and impact assessments that included a policy / programme analysis, examination of its impacts, results and efficiency, overall assessment of an intervention, as well providing recommendations for planning and implementing growth and employment enhancing policies.
Contacts:
E-mail: aivars.timofejevs[at]sseriga.edu
Anete Pajuste
Expertise:
- Corporate Finance
- Corporate Governance
- Behavioral Finance
- Transition Economies
Education:
- PhD in finance, Stockholm School of Economics (Sweden), 2000-2004
- Visiting Fellow at the Department of Economics, Harvard University (Cambridge MA), Jan2002-Jan 2003
- MSc in International Business and Finance, Stockholm School of Economics (Sweden) 1997-1999
- BSc in Economics and Business, Stockholm School of Economics in Riga (Latvia) 1995-1997
About:
Anete Pajuste is associate professor at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga. Her primary research focus is on the issues of investor protection and corporate governance. Her articles have appeared in several journals including the Journal of Banking and Finance, the Oxford Review of Economic Policy, and the Economics of Transition. Professor Pajuste received a Ph.D. in finance from the Stockholm School of Economics in 2004. During her doctoral studies, she spent a year as a visiting research fellow at the Harvard University, and a semester at the European Central Bank. Before beginning her doctoral studies, she was the head of research at the asset management division of Rietumu Banka. In parallel with her academic work, Professor Pajuste serves as a consultant to small and medium-size companies in Latvia advising on financial planning, investment management, and firm valuation issues.
Contacts:
Phone: (+317) 26186301
E-mail: anete.pajuste[at]sseriga.edu
Anna Elizabete Grike
About:
Anna Elizabete Grike is a Junior Research Fellow at BICEPS and Junior Teaching Fellow at SSE Riga since 2019. Anna Elizabete Grike is a doctoral degree candidate from the University of Latvia. Her dissertation topic is “Borderland traditions: a case study in south-east Latgale”. With the expertise in qualitative research methods, Grike’s academic interests cover traditions, kinship, migration and onomastics. Grike is also a research assistant in the Latvian Language Institute since 2018.
Education:
- PhD student in Folkloristics, University of Latvia, since October 2018;
- MA with distiction of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Latvia, June 2018;
- BA of Philology, University of Latvia, June 2013.
Interests:
- Traditions, kinship, migration, onomastics
Contacts:
Phone: +371 28844757
E-mail: anna.grike[at]sseriga.edu
Dominik Gerber
Contacts:
E-mail: dominik.gerber[at]sseriga.edu
Zane Varpina
Expertise:
- Higher Education
- Demography
- Labour Market
Education:
- PhD in Demography, University of Latvia
- Inter University Diploma in EU Studies, Universite Nancy II, Ex-en-Provence Institute of Political Science, June 2004
- MA of Science in Mathematical Economics, University of Latvia, June 2003
- BA of Science in Analytical Economics, University of Latvia, June 2001
Contacts:
Phone: (+371) 67015828
E-mail: zane.varpina[at]sseriga.edu
Kata Fredheim
About:
Kata is Research Associate at BICEPS and Assistant Professor at SSE Riga. Dr Kata Fredheim is a social anthropologist. Her research is on migration, internationalization of higher education and Brexit. Her early research and PhD explored the social and economic effects of migration looking at the role of creative industries and entrepreneurs. She investigated how entrepreneurs (first, second and third generation migrants) in cultural and creative industries simultaneously represent and challenge discourses of cultural diversity. Her later work focused on building research-based strategy and policy advice on Brexit. She investigated the Brexit’s impact on migrants in education and research.
Contacts:
E-mail: kata.fredheim[at]sseriga.edu
Talis Putnins
Education:
- Ph.D. in economics, University of Sydney (2010)
- Bachelor of Engineering with First Class Honours, University of Adelaide (2005)
- Bachelor of Finance, University of Adelaide (2005)
Research interests:
- Financial market microstructure, including market manipulation, insider trading, liquidity, price discovery, short selling, dark trading, high-frequency trading
- Shadow economies
- Asset pricing
About:
Talis Putnins is a research associate at the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga and Baltic International Centre for Economic Policy Studies. His research interests include financial market integrity, market manipulation, short selling, partial detection modelling and topics in market microstructure. He actively presents his research at international conferences and universities in Europe, Australia, Asia and the US.
Contacts:
E-mail: talis.putnins[at]sseriga.edu
Dmitrijs Kravcenko
Contacts:
E-mail: dmitrijs.kravcenko[at]sseriga.edu
Morten Hansen
Expertise:
- Monetary Policy
- EU economics
- Economics of Education
- Regional disparities
About:
Morten Hansen is Head of Economics Department, Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Vice-President of the Latvian European Community Studies Association (LECSA), Research Associate at BICEPS and Research Fellow at the Centre for European and Transition Studies (CETS) at University of Latvia. He was formerly with EuroFaculty, University of Latvia and has resided in Latvia since 1994. He holds an MSc in economics from Aarhus University, Denmark, where he specialized in econometrics.
CV:
Konstantins Benkovskis
Education:
Dr. oec., University of Latvia, branch – economics, subbranch – econometrics
Research interests:
- International trade
- Global Value Chains (GVC)
- productivity and resource allocation
- CGE modelling
About:
Konstantins Benkovskis got a PhD in Economics from the University of Latvia in 2006. His current research activities focus in studies of international trade, non-price competitiveness, and global value chains. Konstantins Benkovskis combines lecturing at Stockholm School of Economics in Riga with an adviser position in the Monetary Policy Department of the Bank of Latvia. He is also the active member of the ESCB Competitiveness Research Network (CompNet).
Contacts:
Phone: (+371) 67015810
E-mal: konstantins.benkovskis[at]sseriga.edu