Expert Categories: Research Associate
Rita Kasa
Education:
- Ph.D. in Comparative Education (SUNY Buffalo, USA)
- M.A. in Political Science (University of Latvia, Latvia)
- B.A. in Political Science (University of Latvia, Latvia)
Research interests:
- Higher education finance
- educational policy
- social integration
About:
Rita Kaša holds a PhD in Comparative Education from the State University of New York in Buffalo, USA; MA and BA in Political Science from the University of Latvia. Her research interests concern educational policy, finance and governance with specific focus on student financial assistance policies in the circumstances of intensifying transnationalism, equity and equality in educational access. Rita is a board member in Latvia Dyslexia Association and is a member of Comparative and International Education Society. As a Fulbright scholar to the US, Rita has worked for the International Comparative Higher Education Finance and Accessibility Project (http://gse.buffalo.edu/org/IntHigherEdFinance/), chaired by Dr. Bruce Johnstone; she has also assisted in the study Religion Among Academic Scientists, led by Dr. Elaine Howard Ecklund (http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~ehe/raas.html).
Contacts:
Phone: +371 67015840
E-mail: rita.kasa[at]sseriga.edu
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