Upcoming events
Market-driven Forecast Combination Trees
Ekaterina Kazak (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom)
- Econometrics Seminars and Workshop Series
Buyouts with Payouts: The Impacts of Private Equity on Workers...
Constantine Yannelis (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
- Erasmus Finance Seminars
How niche platforms scale after the entry of platform leaders
Georg Reischauer (WU Vienna, Austria)
- ABRI Seminar (Vrije Universiteit)
Shrinkage Estimation for Large Portfolios under Estimation Risk
Ming Yuan (Columbia University, United States)
- Erasmus Econometric Institute Series
Title to be announced
Vladimir Sobota (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom)
- ABRI Seminar (Vrije Universiteit)
E is the new P
Peter Grünwald (Leiden University)
- Erasmus Econometric Institute Series
Quantile on Quantiles
Martina Pons (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
- Econometrics Seminars and Workshop Series
Title to be announce
Patrick Gagliardini (University of Lugano, Switzerland)
- Erasmus Econometric Institute Series
FinEML Conference 2025
Keynote speakers: Maryam Farboodi (MIT, United States), Patrick Gagliardini (USI, Switzerland), and Andrea Vedolin (Boston University, United States)
Title to be announced
Rasmus Lönn (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
- Econometrics Seminars and Workshop Series
Why study Business Data Science
Business Data Science is a two-year research master (120 EC) aiming to train future PhD students in business and econometrics departments.
7 reasons to study Business Data Science:
- Challenging new research opportunities
- Jumpstart for PhD trajectory
- Focus on Data Science & Business
- Focus on preferred specialization
- Small scale close-knit program
- Scholarships and tuition waivers available
- Three leading universities
Open Days
These sessions offer an excellent opportunity to learn more about the program's courses, PhD prospects, hands-on experience, admission process, and much more.
Student Experience
Are you more interested in Economics? If so, take a look at our other research master's program.
The Tinbergen Institute serves as a gateway to PhD positions for students who have completed TI’s Research Master's programs in Economics and Business Data Science. PhD vacancies are announced throughout the academic year. For positions also open to external candidates, we encourage you to explore the opportunities listed in our PhD vacancies section.

Business Data Science
The Business Data Science (BDS) research master program at Tinbergen Institute is a joint initiative of the schools of economics and business of Erasmus University Rotterdam, the University of Amsterdam and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. The program ties the foundations of data science directly to different business fields: management science, operations analytics, quantitative finance and accounting.