Ronald de Vlaming
University
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Research field
Econometrics
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Biography
Ronald is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics at the School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He is trained as an econometrician and holds a PhD from Erasmus University Rotterdam.
His research focuses on statistical methods, machine learning, and econometrics, with particular emphasis on using large-scale human genetic data to elucidate the interplay between biology and environment in shaping brain morphology and social-scientific outcomes such as educational attainment, intelligence, personality traits, and income. In addition to this summer school, Ronald teaches courses on econometrics, database systems, and analysis of genome-wide data.