Alessandro Bramucci

Guest Lecturer in Economics

Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR Berlin)

Hi, I’m Alessandro!

I am an Economist interested in Data Science. I am passionate about data and in particular macroeconomic data. I have 8+ years of experience in teaching courses in Economics, Econometrics, R and Python. Previously, I worked on academic projects aimed at creating interactive contents for students. My goal is to combine my knowledge of Macroeconomics with my interest in Data Science. Occasionally I write articles on economic policy issues in Italy and Europe.

Here you can find my cv.

And here the complete list of my articles.

Interests

Macroeconomic modelling & data analysis
Pluralism in economics education
Demand and growth regimes

Education

PhD (Dottorato di ricerca) in Economics and Management, 2015

University of Urbino
MA in International Economics, 2013

Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR Berlin)
MA (Laurea Specialistica) in Philosophy, 2010

University of Urbino
BA (Laurea Triennale) in Philosophy, 2007

University of Urbino

Skills

R

Python

Git

Experience

Guest Lecturer (Gastdozent)

Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR Berlin)

Apr 2023 – Present Berlin (DE)

I teach the following courses:

Macroeconomics: The Economic Cycle and Employment (en/de)
International Economics (de)
Introduction to Python for Data Analytics (de)
Theory of Economic Policy (de)
Microeconomics (de)
Data Visualization with R (en)

Research Associate (wiss. Mitarbeiter)

Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR Berlin) & IPE Berlin

Oct 2017 – Aug 2022 Berlin (DE)

I have worked mainly on two projects, MGWK, short for Modelltheoretische Grundlagen wirtschaftspolitischer Kontroversen, and WIPOSIM - The economic policy simulator. Goal of the two projects was to develop online tools to teach Macroeconomics in an interactive and engaging way using some simple simulations. Both projects have been developed entirely in R/RStudio and numerous other packages (shiny, plotly, bookdown, etc.).

My responsibilities included:

Programming of the simulations and the relative interactive applications
Drafting of the explanatory texts of the simulations
Editorial work on the final textbook

Lecturer (Lehrbeauftragter)

Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR Berlin)

Apr 2016 – Feb 2025 Berlin (DE)

I have developed and taught the following courses:

Business Economics (WS 2017-18)
Economics Tutorium (WS 2016-17)
International Economics (SS 2016, SS 2018)
Macroeconomics: The Economic Cycle and Employment (SS 2016, WS 2016-17, SS 2017, SS 2018, WS 2018-19, SS 2019)
Quantitative Methods for Economists (WS 2017-18, WS 2018-19, WS 2019-20, WS 2020-21, WS 2021-22, WS 2022-23, WS 2023-24, WS 2024-25)
Research Methods Seminar (WS 2019-20)