Prof. Dr. Astrid Krenz
Chair of the department, Lehrstuhlinhaberin, Professor, Professorin
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Curriculum Vitae
since October 2022
Professor of Economics, leading the Chair of Data Science in Economics, Ruhr University Bochum
Faculty Member, Ruhr Graduate School in Economics (RGS)
Associate Research Fellow, University of Sussex, "Digital Futures at Work Research Centre" (Digit)
since October 2024
Affiliate at the LSE Data Science Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science
2024 - 2025
Miguel Dols Fellow, Canada Blanch Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
May 2020 - September 2022
Research Fellow, University of Sussex, “Digital Futures at Work Research Centre” (Digit)
October 2020 - March 2021
Alfried Krupp Junior Research Fellow, University of Greifswald
October 2017 - September 2019
Marie Curie Junior Research Fellow, Durham University
September - December 2014
Visiting researcher, Monash University
October - November 2013
Visiting researcher, Universite de Fribourg
February - March 2013
Visiting researcher, College of William and Mary
February 2012
PhD in Economics, University of Goettingen
August 2005 - May 2006
Exchange student, DAAD fellowship, Purdue University
November 2007
Diploma in Economics, University of Bielefeld
Research focus
Data Science in Economics
Digital Transformation and New Technologies
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Big Data
Regional Economics
Labour Economics
International Economics
Inequality
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2023
Unsupervised Document Classification integrating Web Scraping, One-Class SVM and LDA Topic Modelling, with B. Saefken, A. Thielmann, C. Weisser, Journal of Applied Statistics, 50:3, 574-591, https://doi.org/10.1080/02664763.2021.1919063.
2023
What makes German manufacturing plants move locations?, Annals of Regional Science, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00168-023-01238-x
2023
Physiological Ageing in India: The Role of the Epidemiological Transition, with H. Strulik, PLOS ONE, 18, 7, e0287259, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287259.
2021
Robots, Reshoring, and the Lot of Low-Skilled Workers, with K. Prettner and H. Strulik, European Economic Review, 136, 103744, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.euroecorev.2021.103744.
2021
Quantifying Reshoring at the Macroeconomic Level - Measurement and Applications, with H. Strulik, Growth and Change, 52, 1200-1229.
2021
The Impact of Menstruation Hygiene Management on Work Absenteeism of Women in Burkina Faso, with H. Strulik, Economics and Human Biology, 43, 101067, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2021.101067.