Upcoming events
4th International Econometrics PhD Conference
Marvin Borsch (University of Cologne), Ertian Chen (University College London), Jing Kong (University of Southern California), Kieran Marray (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam), Gyungbae Park (Brown University), Bernhard van der Sluis (Erasmus University Rotterdam) et al.
Unlocking Mortgage lock-In: Evidence from a Spatial Housing Ladder...
Pierre Mabille (INSEAD, France)
- Erasmus Finance Seminars
Designing Human–AI Collaboration at Scale: From Abductive Design...
Timo Strohmann (University of Münster, Germany)
- ABRI Seminar (Vrije Universiteit)
Price Drop Damages
Adriana Robertson (University of Chicago Law School, United States)
- ACLE Law & Economics Seminars
UvA Master's Week 2025
Director, DGS and students
House on Fire: Climate Risk, Mortgages, and Monetary Policy
Diana Bonfim (Bank of Portugal and Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, Portugal)
- TI Finance Research Seminars
Early Birds Get the Vol: Morning Volatility Uncertainty and Variance...
Rodrigo Hizmeri (University of Liverpool, United Kingdom)
- Erasmus Econometric Institute Series
Shapley Instruments
Giovanni Mellace (University of Southern Denmark)
- Econometrics Seminars and Workshop Series
EUR Master Open Day (hybrid)
Director, DGS and students
AI and the Extended Workday: Productivity, Contracting Efficiency,...
Wei Jiang (Emory University, United States)
- TI Finance Research Seminars
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.