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General Information

Full Name Simon Gero Haastert
Date of Birth 29th July 1996
Languages German, English, Spanish

Academic Interests

    • Reinforcement Learning and Dynamic Optimization
    • Game Theory and Social Dilemmas
    • Economics of Networks
    • Computational Economics and Statistics

Education

  • 2021
    Master of Science
    WestfĂ€lische Wilhelms-University MĂŒnster, Germany
    • Subject: Economics (Specialisation in Econometrics and Statistics)
    • Topic of thesis: Bayesian Cluster Detection
    • Final grade: 1.2
  • 2018
    Bachelor of Science
    WestfĂ€lische Wilhelms-University MĂŒnster, Germany
    • Subject: Economics
    • Topic of thesis: Ideology and Economic Behavior
    • Final grade: 1.5
  • 2017
    Semester abroad
    Universidad de Granada, Spain
    • Subject: Economics

Experience

  • 10.2021 - today
    Research Associate and PhD fellow
    Institute of Econometrics and Economic Statistics, WestfĂ€lische Wilhelms-UniversitĂ€t MĂŒnster
    • Research: Application of reinforcement learning to economic modelling
    • Teaching: Reinforcement Learning and Introduction to R
  • 10.2019 - 09.2021
    Student Assistant
    Chair of Empirical Economics & Institute of Econometrics and Economic Statistics, WestfĂ€lische Wilhelms-UniversitĂ€t MĂŒnster
    • Task area: Statistics tutor
  • 03.2020 - 05.2021
    Internship
    Westphalia DataLab GmbH in MĂŒnster
    • Task area: Data analysis and support at implemtation of forecasting models in R and Python
  • 12.2018 - 07.2019
    Student Assistant
    Institute for cooperative systems, WestfĂ€lische Wilhelms-UniversitĂ€t MĂŒnster
    • Task area: Data research and cleaning

Awards, Certificates und Memberships

  • 08.2020
    • Digital Shaper Certificate
  • 09.2019-today
    • Member in Beta Gamma Sigma, International Business Honor Society