Speakers

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Svetlana Rujin

ECB

After finishing my PhD in economics at the RUB, I joined the Business Cycle Analysis Division of the ECB. Previously, I worked as a researcher in the Macroeconomics and Public Finance Division at RWI. My research field is empirical macroeconomics with a focus on policy-related research questions in international macroeconomics. Currently, I analyze the cross-country macroeconomic effects of technological innovations and their transmission channels using structural VAR models.

Gerhard Rünstler

ECB

My current postion is Senior Lead Economist at the ECB in the Monetary Policy Research Division. After studies in math and social sciences I joined the postgraduate progamme in economics at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna and specialised in time series econometrics. After a 5 year assistant professor at this institute and a position at the Austrian National Bank I joined the ECB in 1999. My major work includes unobserved components models, nowcasting via dynamic factor models, structural VARs, the analysis of monetary and macroprudential policies, and macroeconomic analysis and forecasting. Publications i.a. in the Journal of Applied Econometrics, Econometrics Journal, Joural of Forecasting, Journal of International Forecasting,.

Kilian Ruppert

Deutsche Bundesbank and Goethe University Frankfurt

Kilian Ruppert is a PhD Student at Goethe University and Research Assistant at Deutsche Bundesbank’s Fiscal Policy Division. He received his master’s degree in 2017 from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. His main research interests are fiscal policy and dynamic asset allocation.

Ana Isabel Sá

FEP, University of Porto

Ana Isabel Sá is a Ph.D. Candidate in Economics and teaching assistant at the University of Porto, and a visiting researcher at Banco de Portugal. After working ten years in the banking industry, mainly in risk and regulatory offices, she enrolled in the Ph.D. course with the financial support of FCT-Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia and Banco de Portugal. Her main interests are Banking, Finance, and Monetary Policy. She expects to get her degree by the end of 2020.

Lorien Sabatino

Polytechnic University of Turin

I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Polytechnic University of Turin (DIGEP). I received my Ph.D. in economics from the Vilfredo Pareto Doctorate in Economics held by the University of Turin & Collegio Carlo Alberto. My research interests are Applied Microeconomics, Industrial Organization, Market Regulation & Competition Policy, and Digital Economics.

Navid Sabet

Goethe University Frankfurt

Navid Sabet joined the Department of Economics at the University of Frankfurt in October 2019. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Munich, an MPA in Public and Economic Policy from LSE and a BSc in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto. His work employs empirical methods to answer questions that lie at the intersection of politics and economics, in particular migration and the distribution of public spending.

Barbara Sadaba

Bank of Canada

I am a Senior Analyst in the International Economic Analysis Department, Advanced Economies Division at the Bank of Canada in Ottawa. I obtained my PhD. from the Tinbergen Institute at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Erick Sager

Federal Reserve Board

I am a Senior Economist at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in the Prices and Wages Section. I received my Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 2013. Prior to joining the Board, I was a Research Economist in the Price Research Division of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. I work in the areas of macroeconomics, public finance, international trade and growth.

Orkun Saka

University of Sussex & LSE

Orkun Saka is an Assistant Professor of Finance at the University of Sussex, a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and a Research Associate at the Systemic Risk Centre. He has a PhD in Finance from Cass Business School, City, University of London and an MSc from LSE. His main research interests are in financial intermediation, international finance and political economy. He tweets @_orkunsaka.

Aurélien Sallin

Universität St Gallen

BA in philosophy, MA in economics and MA in philosophy from University of Fribourg, CH. PhD candidate at the University of St Gallen, with specialisation in econometrics. Interests in applied health and education economics.