Francisco Blasques

Professor of Econometrics
and Data Science

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Director of Data Science
Metyis. datastuff. QuantiQ

Research Fellow
Tinbergen Institute

E-mail: f.blasques@vu.nl
Tel: +31 205 985 621

PhD Supervision

2024 - 2028 :  Anthony van Veen
Topic: Econometric Methods

2024 - 2028 :  Frederik Stroes
Topic: Dynamic filtering techniques

2024 - 2028 :  Kevin Cecere Palazzo
Topic: Mixed Causal Non-Causal Models

2023 - 2027 :  Kamalika Patra
Topic: Causal Machine Learning

2023 - 2027 :  Robin van Kooten
Topic: State-space methods

2022 - 2026 :  Pieter de Kok
Topic: Data science methods and forecasting

2022 - 2026 :  Marthijn den Hartog
Topic: Data science methods and forecasting

2021 - 2025 :  Gabriele Mingoli
Topic: Statistics, filtering methods and dynamic modeling

2020 - 2023 :  Georgia Banava
Topic: Statistical methods for panel data

2020 - 2023 :  Noah Stegehuis
Topic: Causal data science and filtering methods

2020 - 2023 :  Mariia Artemova
Topic: Statistics and time-series analysis

2019 - 2023 :  Meindert Hoogerkamp
Topic: Data science applications

2018 - 2022 :  James Sampi Bravo
Topic: Macroeconometrics and forecasting

2018 - 2022 :  Ilka va de Werve
Topic: Data science applications and time-series analysis

2019 - 2023 :  Youri Weesie
Topic: Statistics and financial econometrics

2019 - 2023 :  Janneke van Brummelen
Topic: Statistics and filtering methods

2018 - 2022 :  Karim Moussa
Topic: Filtering, machine learning and data science

2015 - 2018 :  Marc Nientker
Topic: Statistics and stochastic processes

2014 - 2017 :  Andries Vlodrop
Topic: Filtering methods and applications

2013 - 2016 :  Paolo Gorgi
Topic: Statistics and time-series analysis

2012 - 2015 :  Zhaokun Zhang
Topic: Forecasting and time-series analysis

2012 - 2015 :  Erkki Silde
Topic: Financial econometrics

Academic Supervision


Master Thesis Supervision 

David Dubois 
Artem Duplinskiy 
Anjali Chouhan 
Andries Vlodrop 
Michael Pollmann 
Tom Portegies
Barbora Dlouha 
Xavi Quiel
Ricardo Marques 
Tamer Dilaver
Bo Andree 
Michael van Baren 
Ken Fontijn 
Deborah Ho
Lennart Scholte 
Alireza Kahali
Karim Moussa
Tim Hage
Frank Eijkelenboom
Sen Yang
Nikitas Katsaras
Youri Weesie
Ruben Hekster
Yvonne Bouhuizen
Thierry Davelaar
Edzo Hermans
Kasper Bik
Wesley Boelrijk
Jeroen van Muiswinkel
Hans Nuijt
Karel de Wit
Michiel Doornenbal
Tevhide Dogan
Tamanna Colijn
Nahom Giorgio
Elselien Hagedoorn
Roger Buuren 
Simon Skorna
Casper Vissers
Christos Kostopoulos
Lars Vilters
Marcelo de Wit
Damiaan Bonnet
Xingye Ling
Maurits de Vries
Dennis Botman


Claudia Bony 
Ruben Hekster 
Meindert Hoogerkamp 
Ton Koopmans 
Stef Vijgen 
Nuria Senar 
Christina Rakitzi 
Mariam Absalah 
Maurits Waterbolk 
Janneke van Brummelen 
Hilliene Vandermeer 
Charlotte Blankenberg 
Thijs Roukens 
Wesley Broderik 
Marthijn den Hartog 
Georgia Banava 
Max Diender 
Elias Bloomendal 
Noah Stegehuis 
Christina Rakitzi 
Frederik Stroes 
Stijn de Kijzer 
Khoa Tran 
Jacco Fijnheer 
Mariia Artemova 
Ezra Blomendal 
Daan van Voorneburg 
Bob Rombach 
Roger de Jong  
Sjoerd van den Beukel
Marlies Wielders
Tereza Michálková
Jaime Laguera
Wouter Groot
Anthony van Veen
Jens Bloem
Lisa Cuesta Valentin
Abel van den Heuvel
Marieke Beerepoot
Aicha el Hri
Colle Witte
Bugra Kaya
Haitam Laachir
Romnick Evangelista
Duygu Ozparlak
Syb Heringa
Floris van der Harst
Gijs Vermeulen

Coordination of doctoral programs
Doctoral Director 2020 - 2022
School of Business and Economics

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Directorship and Coordination
of Master and Bachelor programs


MSc & BSc Econometrics and Operations Research

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2017 - 2019

Minor Big Data Experience

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2017 - 2019

Econometrics and Data Science Specialisation
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2017 - 2019