Expert Categories: Research Associate
Andrejs Jakobsons
Expertise:
- Macroeconomic Modelling
- Managerial Economics
- Public Economics
- Economics of transition
- Labour market policy
Education:
- M.A. in economics, Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana, USA), 1997
- B.A. in economics, University of Latvia (Riga, Latvia), 1995
About:
Andrejs Jakobsons joined BICEPS in 2006. He has worked as an economist with the World Bank Latvia mission for more than 8 years prior to joining BICEPS. His interests include a broad range of areas including macroeconomics, labor economics and international economics.
Contacts:
E-mail: andrejs.jakobsons[at]rbs.lv
Research Associates
Lauris Gravelis
Contacts:
E-mail: lauris.gravelis[at]gmail.com
Ija Trapeznikova
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
Andris Saulitis
About:
Andris Saulitis received his MA in Social Anthropology from The New School (New York, USA) and PhD in sociology from the European University Institute in Florence, Italy (thesis title: Can a Nudge Make Debtors Budge? Four Field Experiments on Payment Reminders). He focuses on household financial behaviour and experimental methodology. He works on both qualitative and quantitative projects to study individual behaviour and how social contexts influence financial decisions.
Andris studies the reasons for the willingness of people to pay taxes by analysing factors that stem from the shadow economy and create preconditions for unfair competition, social inequality and insufficient protection of some population groups.
Contacts:
E-mail: andris.saulitis[at]sseriga.edu