Hannes Mueller

About me

I am a tenured researcher at the Institute for Economic Analysis (IAE(CSIC)) and Program Director for the Data Science for Decision Making M.Sc. at the Barcelona School of Economics (BSE). My CV can be found here.

My fields of interest are machine learning, political economy, development economics, conflict studies, and industrial organization. In my most recent research projects, I have analyzed how political institutions can make societies more robust, the channels through which violence affects the economy and how conflict can be predicted using millions of newspaper articles. Based on this last project we have launched the conflict forecast webpage which delivers monthly updates on conflict risks worldwide.

My work has been published in leading journals in economics and political science such as the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the American Economic Review (AER), the American Political Science Review (APSR), the Journal of the European Economic Association (JEEA) and the American Journal of Economics: Macro (AEJ: Macro). I have also produced research reports for governments, NGOs, the IMF, the World Bank, and the UN.

Things I do

Most of my time is dedicated to academic research. But I also teach graduate courses and engage in policy related work. I regard both of these activities an important part of disseminating the insights gained from research.

Academic Research

My research fields are in Political Economy, Development Economics, Conflict and Machine Learning.

Teaching

Teaching political economy, conflict studies and machine learning for graduate students at the UAB and the BGSE.

Policy Reports

My policy work is directly related to my academic research on armed conflict, political institutions and industrial organisation.

PAPERS AND PROJECTS

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Research
Policy Reports

2018 - Can Power-sharing Foster Peace? Evidence From Northern Ireland

Economic Policy, 33(95), pp. 447–484. / joint with Dominic Rohner

2018 - Reading Between the Lines: Prediction of Political Violence Using Newspaper Text

American Political Science Review, 112(2), pp. 358-375. / joint with Christopher Rauh

2018 - Feeling Useless: the Effect of Unemployment on Mental Health in the Great Recession

IZA Journal of Labour Economics, 7(8). / joint with Lídia Farré and Francesco Fasani

2018 - Predation, Protection and Productivity: A Firm-Level Perspective

American Economic Journal: Macro, 10(2), pp. 184-221. / joint with Tim Besley

My Blog

This section contains private fun. Mostly the things you find here are links to TED talks and other videos that impressed or entertained me. Entertainment section is at the bottom.

Please write an email if links are broken.