Summary
Niels Aka is a Senior Consultant based in Berlin with nine years of experience turning economic research and econometric methods into reproducible data and analytics solutions. With a PhD in Econometrics from Freie Universität Berlin and a background as a research fellow and doctoral candidate at DIW Berlin, he blends rigorous time-series expertise and forecast model selection with hands-on delivery in data, analytics and AI at Cassini Consulting. He has practical experience forecasting labour markets at the ECB and teaching econometrics, which informs his ability to explain complex statistical results to policy and business stakeholders. Known for emphasizing reproducibility, he also maintains a privacy-conscious developer identity (PGP key) on GitHub, reflecting attention to security and trust in collaborative projects.
9 years of coding experience
Dr. rer. pol., Econometrics and Quantitative Economics, Dr. rer. pol., Econometrics and Quantitative Economics at Freie Universität Berlin
Master's degree, Economics, Master's degree, Economics at University of Regensburg
Bachelor's degree, Politics and Economics, Bachelor's degree, Politics and Economics at Durham University
English, German, Spanish