Education
PhD in Economics, University of Oxford
Subjects
Development Economics, Economic History, Political Economy, Applied Econometrics, Machine Learning
Achievements
First Class BSc (Hons) in Economics from the University of Exeter with 18/20 Firsts and 3/3 annual academic commendations; MPhil in Economics from the University of Cambridge and MSc in Economic and Social History from the University of Oxford, both on full scholarships; DPhil on a full scholarship; led impact evaluations worth 1 billion pounds as a UK Government Economist
About
Maiwand is a DPhil Economics candidate at the University of Oxford on a full scholarship, with research interests in development economics, economic history, political economy, applied econometrics, and machine learning. He holds prior degrees from Oxford, Cambridge, and Exeter. As a former UK Government Economist, he led impact evaluations using large-scale microdata and advanced econometric methods and helped develop a machine-learning-enabled microsimulation model. His technical expertise includes Stata, R, Julia, SAS, SQL, Python, QGIS, and Java.
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