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Simon Amez

Policy Advisor

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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My New Track

Data Analyst

My New Course

Introduction to Python

My New Track

Data Analyst

Insights curator, carefully selecting and presenting the most valuable knowledge.

My Work

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Introduction to Power BI

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Introduction to SQL

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Introduction to Python

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Introduction to Power BI

DataCamp Course Completion

Take a look at all the courses I’ve completed on DataCamp.

Courses

Introduction to Python
Introduction to SQL
Understanding Artificial Intelligence
Understanding ChatGPT

My Work Experience

Where I've interned and worked during my career.

Vrije Universiteit Brussel | Dec 2021 - Present

Policy Advisor Doctoral Education

For more than 180 years VUB has helped build a better society as an innovative, free inquiring and critical thinking university. We are linked to the world from within our international capital Brussels. A never-ending quest for knowledge, insights and enlightenment form the golden thread in all we do in education, research and social commitment. At the same time we continue to advance our very personal and democratic approach that enables all the members of the VUB-community to grow, so they can successfully take up their roles in the world of today and tomorrow. Main responsibilities and expertise: - Careers of young researchers, - Doctoral training programme - Policy making - Policy implementation
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UGent | Aug 2021 - Aug 2022

Voluntary Postdoctoral Researcher

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Voka Kamer van Koophandel West-Vlaanderen | Aug 2021 - Dec 2021

Adviseur kenniscentrum

Voka is het Vlaams netwerk van ondernemingen. Het vertegenwoordigt meer dan 18.000 bedrijven in Vlaanderen en Brussel, goed voor 65% van de private werkgelegenheid en 66% van de toegevoegde waarde in Vlaanderen. - Verantwoordelijk voor het uitwerken van beleidsvoorbereidende documenten - Opstellen visienota’s, white papers en memoranda

UGent | Oct 2017 - Aug 2021

Doctoral Researcher

I succesfully completed and defended my doctoral dissertation titled "Scroll, study, sleep, repeat! Examining the toxic love triangle between smartphone use, sleep quality and academic performance". I executed and published multiple studies in peer-reviewed scientific journals. My research was mostly multi-disciplinar by nature and located in the fields of economics of education, communication sciences and sport economics.

HOWEST University of Applied Sciences (Hogeschool West-

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Vlaanderen) | Mar 2017 - Aug 2017

Lecturer

As a lecturer I'm responsible for the courses accountancy, financial management and corporate economics. Next to teaching this courses, I coach last year's students during their final internship. At last I will also be analysing and optimising the administration of the @home education.

PwC Belgium | Sep 2016 - Feb 2017

Associate Auditor

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Ghent University | Mar 2016 - Apr 2016

Research Support

collected and encoded data for different research projects in the field of empirical labour economics.

Hi-Potential | Nov 2014 - Apr 2016

Tutor

During my studies at the University of Ghent I help other students out by tutoring them. The students need help in different courses, going from macro economics to accounting.

CEDER | Sep 2015 - Dec 2015

Internship

Although my program at the University doesn't provide an obligated internship I choose to drop an optional subject to make time for an internship. CEDER is the thinktank behind the Flemish political party CD&V. This internship gave me the opportunity to combine doing research and getting to know the Belgian political scene.

Molecule | Jul 2015 - Jul 2015

Assistant Accountant

Molecule is a well-known Flemish mall situated in Vichte. For 2 weeks I helped them out at the accountancy department.

Crop's | Sep 2012 - Sep 2012

Production Worker

I spent the last month of my summer by working at Crops. Crops is a family business situated in the fried food sector.

My Education

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Doctor's Degree, EconomicsGhent University | 2021
Master’s Degree, EconomicsGhent University | 2016
Bachelor of Economics Ghent University | 2015
Economics - SciencesHeilig Hart College Waregem | 2011

About Me

PhD in Economics. Working as Policy Advisor at a University but with a strong interest in data.

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