Sebastian Barfort
Partner at Vant Advisors
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark
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Top SchoolSebastian Barfort is a PhD economist and data scientist with 11 years of experience building AI and data science capabilities across research, public policy, consultancy, and startups from Copenhagen. He co-founded TRACE in 2025 after leading and scaling data science at Round and serving as lead data scientist at ReD Associates and DAMVAD, blending rigorous academic training with product-focused delivery. Sebastian has a strong policy and economic analysis background from roles in Danish government agencies and academia, including postdoctoral positions at LSE and University of Copenhagen. He also communicates complex ideas to broader audiences as co-host of the popular economics and tech podcast "Hakon og Sebastian elsker penge." Known for translating causal economic thinking into practical ML solutions, he brings a rare mix of theoretical depth and hands-on implementation. His career path shows a sustained interest in making data-driven insights actionable outside the lab, from government decision-making to commercial productization.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Ph.D, Economics, Ph.D, Economics at Københavns Universitet - University of CopenhagenM.A, International Business and Politics, M.A, International Business and Politics at New York UniversityLondon School of Economics and Political Science
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (47)
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journal9
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stata9
geom9
open-access8
browsersync8
autoprefixer8
gulp8
data-science8
sas8
academia7
coordinate-systems7
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
sebastianbarfort/sds
Oct 2014 - Jul 2017
Social Data Science, course at University of Copenhagen
Contributions:234 commits, 1 PR, 192 pushes in 2 years 9 months
data-science
sebastianbarfort/sebastianbarfort.github.io
Jan 2015 - Aug 2020
Contributions:66 pushes in 5 years 8 months
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