CV

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Current position

Research Data Scientist, Bank of Finland (since April 2026),
Monetary Policy and Research Department

Previous positions

• Researcher, Bank of Finland (2023–2026)

• Research Assistant, Bank of Finland (2023)

• Senior Statistician, Statistics Finland (2019–2023)

Fields

Monetary economics, central bank communication, inflation expectations.

Methods: text-as-data, applied macroeconometrics, forecasting.

Published in the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Journal of Forecasting, and Applied Economics.

Education

Ph.D. in Economics, University of Jyväskylä (2026)
Dissertation: "Essays on Expectations and Communication in Macroeconomics" (accepted with distinction)
Reviewers: Michael Ehrmann and Michael Weber
Opponent: Michael Ehrmann Supervisor: Kari Heimonen

M.Sc. in Economics, University of Jyväskylä (2019) 

B.Sc. in Economics, University of Jyväskylä (2017)

Visiting positions

Visiting Scholar, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management (upcoming, January 2027)

Host: Michael Ehrmann

Visiting Scholar, University of Oxford (upcoming, March 2027)

Host: Michael McMahon 

Selected recognitions

• Top-viewed article, Journal of Forecasting (2025) – "Media Tone: The Role of News and Social Media on Heterogeneous Inflation Expectations"

• 3rd Place, 2025 ESCB/SSM Hackathon – "From news to forecast: Experimenting with AI time series models"

• Ph.D. dissertation accepted with distinction

Publications and working papers are listed on the Research page with abstracts and links. The PDF above has the complete record, including conferences, skills and references.