JESSE LASTUNEN
Pardee RAND Graduate School | RAND Corporation
Office m1427p | 1776 Main St., Santa Monica, CA 90401, USA
lastunen@rand.org | +1 310 393 0411 ext. 6227
EDUCATION
2015–
PARDEE RAND GRADUATE SCHOOL
Ph.D. Candidate in Policy Analysis
2014–15
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Doctoral Student, Fulbright Scholar in Public Policy
2013–14
BARCELONA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS
M.Sc. in Specialized Economic Analysis • GPA: ”Excellent”
2012–13
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
M.Phil. in Technology Policy • Graduated with Distinction and top of class
2011–12
MASDAR INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN COLLABORATION WITH MIT
Graduate Student in Engineering Systems and Management • Certificate of Excellence
2009–11
TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY & UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE
B.Sc. (Tech.) in Industrial Engineering and Management • Graduated with Distinction
Undergraduate Student in International Relations • GPA: ”Excellent”
EXPERIENCE
March 2016–
OECD, DIRECTORATE FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION – PARIS, FRANCE
External Consultant • Research on the welfare effects of innovations in the ICT sector
September 2015–
RAND CORPORATION – SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
Assistant Policy Analyst • Policy-oriented research and project work along with doctoral studies
2014–15 (6 months)
TECHNOPOLIS GROUP – TALLINN, ESTONIA
Consultant • Policy evaluation, data collection and analysis
2013 (6 months)
PROJECT POLICY LTD, SMARTGOV.CO – CAMBRIDGE, UNITED KINGDOM
Policy Researcher • Compiling, manipulating and analyzing publicly available socioeconomic data
2012 (9 months)
BGATOR LTD – TAMPERE, FINLAND
Consultant • Ramping up international R&D projects, funding proposals, market research
2011–12 (9 months)
MASDAR INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY – ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Assistant Researcher • “Sociotechnical Sustainable Transitions” group, system dynamics modeling
2011 (3 months)
CERN – GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
Researcher • Technology and market research, industry-science relations, project funding
Short-term
consulting
Czech Republic Technology Agency, evaluation methodology for an R&D funding program (2013)
Microsoft Research Ltd, business implications of changes in European privacy policy (2013)
Abaarso Tech, strategy and operations (2012)
Academic
activities
Conferences, INET Complexity for New Economic Thinking Workshop (Toronto, 2016), Levy Economics
Human Minsky Seminar (NY, 2016), The 32nd Int’l Conference of the System Dynamics Society (Delft, 2014)
Member, Finnish Economics Association, System Dynamics Society & Fulbright Alumni Association (2014–)
Member, Cambridge Union Society & Wilberforce Society • University of Cambridge (2012–13)
President, Masdar Literature Society • Masdar Institute of Science and Technology (2012)
Deputy Member, Equality Commission of the Student Union • Tampere University of Technology (2010–12)
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RESEARCH
Skills/interests
Computing
Modeling and simulation • Statistics • Qualitative research • Science and technology policy
STATA • R • Matlab • Mathematica • MS Excel • ATLAS.ti • Vensim • SWMM • EndNote
2015–16
RAND CORPORATION
Agent-based and DSGE modeling for examining income inequality in the U.S.
Estimating the impact of autonomous vehicles on professional driving jobs
Investigating the implications of commercial drone delivery on accidents and liability
PUBLICATIONS OF THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE, FINLAND
”Towards a future proof system for higher education and research in Finland” •
Collaborative Technopolis Group report with Melin, G. et al.
2013–14
RESEARCH PAPERS IN ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
”Foreign exchange studies and employability” (RCT) • With Baranek, B. & Krotil, K.
”Party discipline in the Czech Republic” (NOMINATE scaling) • With Baranek, B. & Krotil, K.
”An evaluation of the ECB's Outright Monetary Transactions” (Synthetic control method) •
With Castells, M., Georgakopoulos, A., Gimenez Trill, E., & Lymperakis-Pitas, K.
32ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE SYSTEM DYNAMICS SOCIETY
”Macroeconomic dynamics of Greece in the midst of the Eurozone crisis: Application of
system dynamics modeling and insights for policy”
Op-eds
Aamulehti, Finnish newspaper • On economic policy in Finland (February 19, 2015)
Helsingin Sanomat, the largest Nordic subscription newspaper • On policy research (June 25, 2014)
Turun Sanomat, Finnish newspaper • On the euro crisis (August 16, 2013)
HONORS
2014
Scholarships for doctoral studies, Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation & Otto A. Malm Foundation •
For PhD studies at the University of Chicago in 2014–15
Research grant, Emil Aaltonen Foundation • Independent research grant awarded for the summer of 2014
2013
Fulbright Scholarship • For PhD studies at the University of Chicago in 2014–15
Graduated with Distinction • Ranked first in class of 33 students • University of Cambridge
2012
British Council Scholarship • For Master's studies at the University of Cambridge in 2012–13
Grants for graduate studies, Technology Industries of Finland Centennial Foundation Fund,
Walden Foundation & Tampere Foundation for Economic Education • For Master's studies at
the University of Cambridge in 2012–13
Certificate of Excellence for Outstanding Academic Performance • Maintained a perfect 4.0
GPA among 10 out of 150 students • Masdar Institute of Science and Technology
2011
Masdar Graduate Fellowship • Full academic scholarship for Masdar Institute in 2011–12
Award for graduating with Distinction • Completed the 3-year program in less than 2 years as
the only student in the cohort of 50 • Tampere University of Technology
2008
Award for the best overall grades in a class of 100 high school graduates • Award for success
in philosophy • Naantali High School
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