Luka Sikic

Luka Sikic

Asistant professor of Statistics

Faculty of Croatian Studies

About

I am a professor of statistics at the Faculty of Cratian Studies in Zagreb. My research interests include Data Science, Big Data, macroeconomics, econometrics and applied quantitative methods. These days I`m working on several new university courses like Big Data in social sciences and Natural Language Processing in communicology research and also freelancing on two Data Science projects.

I`m enthusiastic about academic research in economics and data science, teaching, technology and acquiring new quantitative skills. I like all data related things like (beautiful) visualizations, models and ecosystems…In my free time I enjoy sports, ice baths and consume lots of veggies, coffee, and computational power…

Interests

  • Data Science
  • Statistics
  • Economics
  • Econometrics

Education

  • PhD in Economics, 2018

    Faculty of Economics and Business, Zagreb + Universität Wien, AT

  • Msc in International Economics, 2015

    Kiel Institute for the World Economy, DE

  • Msc in Finance, 2010

    Faculty of Economics and Business, Zagreb

  • BSc in Business, 2009

    Faculty of Economics and Business, Zagreb

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Assistant professor

Faculty of Croatian Studies

Aug 2020 – Present Zagreb

Teaching statistics and writing academic papers.

Responsibilities include:

  • Teaching
  • Developing new courses
  • Writing academic papers
 
 
 
 
 

Researcher

Institute Ivo Pilar

Jan 2012 – Aug 2020 Zagreb
Research in macroeconomics and econometrics for publication and academic projects.

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