Joris Bücker

Biography

Joris is a freelance researcher and economist. His research has focused on production networks, labour market network frictions, industrial policy, and economic development. His wider research interests include non-linear dynamics in social systems, learning and creativity, languages and society, and complexity science in the broadest sense.

Joris holds a DPhil in Geography and the Environment from the University of Oxford, where he was part of the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, and the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment. He also has an MSc in Complex System Modelling (physics) from King’s College London and a BSc in Econometrics from the University of Amsterdam. Prior to starting his doctoral studies, he worked in medical data science and the semiconductor industry.

Joris is interested in data-driven economics, complexity science, and dynamical systems approaches to social sciences. He is passionate about identifying pathways towards a more sustainable and equitable futures, and understanding how to overcome bottlenecks on the way.