About Max
Research Interests
- Applied Macroeconomics
- Time-Series Econometrics
- Machine Learning
Education
PhD Candidate - Centre for Applied Macroeconomics and
Commodity Prices (CAMP)
Handelshøyskolen BI Oslo, expected completion 2024
Title: Modeling Macroeconomic Uncertainty and its Drivers
Advisors - Leif Anders Thorsrud & Dimitris Korobilis
Committee: Hilde Bjørnland (BI), Silvia Miranda-Agrippino (New York Fed)
Pre-doc examination passed in June 2023
M.Sc. Economics - PhD oriented
University of Tuebingen, 2019
B.Sc. Economics
University of Tuebingen, 2016
Exchange Semester
Valparaiso University (IN), 2015
Professional Experience
Central Bank Experience
Intern - Monetary Policy
Norges Bank, August 2021 - present
Monetary Policy Analyst - Monetary Policy Strategy
European Central Bank, May 2020 - August 2020
Trainee - Monetary Policy Strategy
European Central Bank, May 2019 - April 2020
Master’s Thesis Intern - Economics Department
Deutsche Bundesbank, Oct 2018 - Dec 2018
Intern - Research Department
Deutsche Bundesbank, Sep 2017 - Dec 2017
Research Assistance
Research Assistant
Institute for Applied Economic Research, Jan 2018 - Apr 2019
Research Assistant - Chair of Econometrics
University of Tuebingen, Feb 2018 - Aug 2019
Research Assistant
Institute for Applied Economic Research, Nov 2016 - Aug 2017
Research Assistant - Chair of Econometrics
University of Tuebingen, Oct 2016 - Aug 2017
Intern
Institute for Applied Economic Research, Aug 2016 - Oct 2016
Teaching
Teaching Assistance
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PhD - Advanced Summer School 2023: Bayesian Machine Learning Methods for Modelling Macroeconomic and Financial Time Series
University of Crete -
MSc - Trends, Cycles, and Signal Extraction from a Macroeconomic Perspective
Handelshøyskolen BI Oslo -
BSc - Data Analysis with Programming
Handelshøyskolen BI Oslo -
MSc - International Macroeconomics and Finance
Handelshøyskolen BI Oslo -
BSc - Causality, Machine Learning and Forecasting
Handelshøyskolen BI Oslo -
Lab Sessions - Statistical machine learning
University of Glasgow
Refereeing Activity
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Journal of Applied Econometrics
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International Journal of Forecasting
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Studies in Nonlinear Dynamics & Econometrics
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Latin American Economic Review
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Journal of Economics and Finance
Conferences
2023
Junior Workshop in Econometrics and Applied Economics, Rome; 3rd Sailing the Macro Workshop, Siracusa; ESOBE 2023, Glasgow; IAAE Annual Conference 2023, Oslo ; 3rd Dolomiti Macro Meetings, San Candido; 27th International Conference on Macroeconomic Analysis and International Finance, Rethymno; SNDE Symposium 2023, Orlando.
2022
Advances in alternative data and machine learning for macroeconomics and finance, Paris; Workshop on Recent Advances in Econometrics, Glasgow.
2019
Third Research Conference of the CEPR Network on Macroeconomic Modelling, Frankfurt