Curriculum Vitae
Name
Andreas Pollak
Address
#18, 238 Main Street
Saskatoon, SK
S7N 0B5
Canada
Date of birth
13th July 1978
Professional Experience
since 2007
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Saskatchewanlink
2005-2006
Scientific Assistant at the Department of Economics, University of Freiburglink
2002
External researcher for the International Labour Office, Geneva; background research for the World Employment Report 2003link
Education
2003-2006
Ph.D. in economics on unemployment insurance at the University of Freiburg
2006 Ph.D.
link2005 thesis submitted
link
2002-2003
Master Programme "MSc Econometrics and Mathematical Economics" at the London School of Economics
2003 MSc
link
1999-2007
Distance study of Computer Science (supplementary subject Mathematics) at FernUniversität Hagen (Germany)
2008 Diplom
link2007 thesis (area: algorithmic geometry)
2002 first diploma
link
1997-2001
Study of Economics (supplementary subject Econometrics) at the University of Freiburg (Germany)
2001 Diplom
link2000 thesis (topic: labour economics)
1999 first diploma
link
Language Skills
German
mother tongue
English
fluent
Spanish
basic knowledge
Latin
Computer Skills
Programming
Java, C++, Pascal, BASIC, Assembler
Applications
Microsoft Office, StarOffice, Mathematica, Maple, several statistics/econometrics packages, SQL
Scholarships and Prizes
2007
Universität Freiburg
Friedrich-August-von-Hayek Price for an excellent Dissertation		link
2003
London School of Economics and Political Science
Ely Devons Prize for outstanding performance in MSc Economics and MSc Econometrics and Mathematical Economics		link
2003-2005
University of Freiburg
Graduate scholarship to support the Dissertation		link
2001-2005
e-fellows.net, Munich
Online Scholarship		link