Hi, I'm Isaak,

I am currently completing my PhD at the University of Amsterdam. I am thinking about the structure of technological transitions and economic development.  In the past, this meant, among other things: Investigating poverty and resilience, how to measure it, and how to identify effective interventions ex ante; Or how different groups will be affected by the energy transition, and discovered reasons to believe in strong non-linear responses of the economy to pricing policy. 

Currently, I focus on governance and economics of AI. How can we anticipate heterogeneous impacts and mitigate the consequences of widespread AI adoption, both within and across countries? How can we make society and economies robust to the inevitable disruptions and crises triggered by rapid deployment?

In my private life, I either curate playlists  or dance (contact) improvisation.

From time to time, I post some of my thoughts on Substack. 🙃