Selected PhD Placements

The first Tinbergen Institute PhD student graduated in 1990. In 2018, the number of TI PhD alumni has increased to over 700. Roughly half of our alumni work in research universities all over the world.

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Below is a selection of placements of our PhD alumni.

A detailed placement record for recent graduates per year can be found by clicking on the links at the left side of this page if you are using a laptop or desktop and via hamburger button > Graduate Program > Recent PhD Placement if you are using a tablet or mobile phone.

Daria Minina

2025

First placement: Economist Program (EP), International Monetary Fund

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Yasmine van der Straten

2025

First placement: Assistant Professor in Finance, Nova School of Business and Economics (Portugal)

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Christopher Graser

2024

First placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute at Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, United States

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Megan Haasbroek

2024

First placement: Research Associate (Postdoctoral researcher), Janeway Institute, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

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Stefanos Tyros

2024

First placement: Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Business School, Harvard University, United States

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Eva Janssens

2022

First placement: Economist, Macroeconomic and Quantitative Studies section in the Research and Statistics division of the Federal Reserve Board, Washington (United States).

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Simon Mayer

2021

First placement (starting: 2021): Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business (United States)
Second placement (starting: 2022): Assistant Professor, HEC Paris (France)

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