Saeed Saffari
Ph.D. Student - Researcher
Department of Economics
Dalhousie University
Bio
I am a Ph.D. student in economics from the Department of Economics at Dalhousie University. Besides my strong interest in economics and passion for data and models, I have a solid technological background. My focus and interest range from various types of data and quantitative analysis to project management. Moreover, I was also a researcher at SBTT, which provides me with a well-balanced program study that offers the potential to develop analytical and technical skills as well as leadership and team-building abilities.
For the past three academic years (F20 – S23), I held the post of Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of Tehran. In this position, I teach principles of Python and R programming applied to economics. At the same time, I worked as an economics researcher at SBTT. I gained solid research, analytical and problem-solving skills while working on many projects. My background in programming, working with data, and generating innovative ideas and strategies to improve processes of projects has provided me with a deeper understanding of the steps of solving problems and skills in writing academic and policy reports. I am also a teaching assistant for the Econometrics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Planning Economics, Natural Resources Economy, Game Theory, and Public Economics courses at Tehran University, Sharif University of Technology, Allameh Tabataba’i University, and Dalhousie University.
I am interested in learning human behavior, and I enjoy solving mathematical problems and modeling real-world situations with math and machine algorithms. I like to do research and work with different types of data. Furthermore, I enjoy the process of looking at an economic occurrence, thinking about the key empirical factors, and choosing the correct variable and structural choices to generate a model that explains the situation.
Contact
Email: Saeed.Saffari@dal.ca
LinkedIn: Linkedin.com/saeed-safari
Github: Github.com/saeed-saffari/
Professional Education
Ph.D., Dalhousie University, Economics
M.A., Allameh Tabataba’i University, Economics
B.Sc., University of Tehran, Economics
Research Interest
Development Economics
Public Economics
Data Analysis
Financial Economics
Game Theory
Machine Learning
News
May 2024: Become a Teaching Assistant in Intermediate Microeconomics at the Dalhousie University.
January 2024: Become a Research Assistant at the Dalhousie University.
January 2024: Become a Teaching Assistant in Econometrics II at the Dalhousie University.
January 2024: Become a Teaching Assistant in Econometrics I at the Dalhousie University.
September 2023: Become a Teaching Assistant in Microeconomics at the Dalhousie University.
September 2023: Accepted in Ph.D. Economics at the Dalhousie University.
July 2023: Lecturer in "Python for Economics" workshop at the Allameh Tabataba'i University.
December 2022: Selected as "Top Researcher" among the Economics graduate students at Allameh Tabataba’i University.
September 2022: Successfully defended my Master's thesis titled "The Role of Domestic Value-added in Gross Export with Emphasis on Vertical Specialization in the Global Market".
November 2022: I passed the GRE test with 170 in Quantitative and 162 in Verbal.
August 2022: Lecturer in "Python fo Economics" workshop at the University of Tehran.
August 2022: I passed the TOEFL iBT test with an overall score of 102.
April 2022: Become a Teaching Assistant of Public Economics at the Sharif Univesity of Technology.
October 2021: Become a Teaching Assistant in Advanced Natural Resource Economics at the University of Tehran.
September 2021: Lecturer in "Python for Economics" workshop at the University of Tehran.
June 2021: Enrolled summer school in Economic Complexity organized by the ZHAW School of Management and Law (SML) in collaboration with the University of Lausanne and Harvard Growth Lab.
May 2021: Lecturer in "Python for Economics" workshop at Al-Zahra University.
May 2021: Published an Intra-university paper about "Predict COVID-19 cases with VSIRD model" with Prof. Tavakolian and etc.
April 2021: I joined the group of researchers at the Sharif Business Think Tank.
March 2021: Pre-defense of thesis for master's degree about "The Role of Domestic Value-added in Gross Export of with Emphasis on Vertical Specialization in the Global Market".
February 2021: Become a Teaching Assistant in Advanced Macroeconomics at the Allameh Tabataba'i University.
February 2021: Become a Teaching Assistant in Econometrics at the Allameh Tabataba'i University.
January 2021: Enrolled in Behavioral Development Economics full-term courses by Professor Gautam Rao from Harvard University.
January 2021: Enrolled Virtual International Programme (VIP) at the Justus Liebig University Giessen in German (Online).
October 2021: Become a Research Assistant at the Allameh Tabataba'i University.
September 2020: Become a Lecturer of Principles of Programming (Applied Python in Economics) at the University of Tehran.
September 2020: Become a Teaching Assistant in Game Theory at the Allameh Tabataba'i University.
September 2020: Become a Teaching Assistant in Advanced Macroeconomics at the University of Tehran.
October 2019: Become a Teaching Assistant in Advanced Macroeconomics at the Allameh Tabataba'i University.
September 2019: Accepted in M.A. Economics at the Allameh Tabataba'i University. (Top 3% of the nationwide university M.Sc. entrance exam)