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Piotr Kotlarz

Research Fellow
Postdoctoral Researcher in Data Science, Nuffield College and Health Economics Research Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health

Research interests: Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for financial markets, FX, Generative AI, Experimental Methods and Political Science

Piotr is a post-doctoral researcher in Data Science, working with Professor Ray Duch on the Oxford REAL Demand Center, CANDOUR and Innovations for Poverty Action research projects.

Piotr holds a PhD degree with distinction in Business Economics from the University of Liechtenstein and he received his Master’s degree in Quantitative Finance and Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics and Social Sciences from the Vienna University of Economics and Business. He previously worked at the European Central Bank, Zurich University of Applied Sciences and Vienna University of Economics and Business.

Piotr Kotlarz

Publications

”Financial incentives for COVID-19 vaccines in a rural low-resource setting: a cluster -randomized trial” (2023) with Duch, R., Asiedu, E., Nakamura, R., Rouyard, T., Mayol, A., Barnett, A., Roope, L., Violato, M., Sowah, D. & Clarke, P Nature Medicine -- 29, 3193–3202 -- DOI: 10.1038/s41591-023-02670-4

”Regime-dependent drivers of the EUR/CHF exchange rate.” (2023) with Hanke, M. & Stöckl, S. -- Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics 159, 3. DOI: 10.1186/s41937-023-00107-w

”The applicability of Self-Play algorithms to Trading and Forecasting Financial Markets: A feasibility study” (2021) with Posth, J-A.,  Hadji Misheva, B., Osterrieder, J. & Schwendner, P. -- Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, DOI 4:668465.