
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