Artur Obminski
Scientific Project Officer
European Commission JRC
Swedish Institute for Social Research
Rockwool Foundation Berlin
Welcome
At the European Centre for Algorithmic Transparency (ECAT), part of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission, I contribute to the enforcement of the Digital Services Act through investigations and risk assessments of very large online platforms and very large online search engines. I use data science and my knowledge of algorithmic and AI systems to evaluate the compliance of platforms with DSA requirements for user protection including ad transparency, combating dark patterns, and a special protection of minors.
Before that, I completed a PhD in economics at the Paris School of Economics, specialized in political economy and migration. Using Python, R, Stata, and QGIS, with big data, experiments, and administrative data, I studied international migration, attitudes, educational choices, and health. I was then an Economist at the Institut des Politiques Publiques, where I contributed to a large-scale evaluation of French energy savings certificates, a policy mobilizing 6 to 8 billon EUR per year. I am also affiliated with the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) at Stockholm University, and Rockwool Foundation.
From Whispr Group, I have 11 years of experience analyzing structured and unstructured qualitative and quantitative data to find and deliver insights to executives in a range of sectors. In addition, through my academic and work experience, I have solid theoretical underpinnings in topics such as education, economic development, political economy, and public economics to put them into context.
My most recent awards are:
🏅 Young Economist Best Presentation Award, from the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) and the University of Bologna, sponsored by UniCredit Foundation and Marco Fanno Association, in July 2025
🏅 Best Paper Prize, at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and King’s College London Workshop on the Economics and Politics of Migration, sponsored by Standard Error Editors, in May 2025
- Algorithmic and AI systems
- Political Economy
- Economics of Migration
- Evaluation of Public Policies
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PhD in Economics, 2026
Paris School of Economics & Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
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MRes in Applied Economics with a specialization in Public Policy and Development, 2020
Paris School of Economics & École des hautes études en sciences sociales
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BSc in Business and Economics, 2017
Stockholm School of Economics
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- Applied data scientist analyzing and auditing algorithmic and AI systems, datasets, and risk assessments
- Providing scientific and technical guidance to the regulation of very large online platforms (VLOP) and search engines (VLOSE) based on the Digital Services Act
- Collaborating with legal and policy colleagues in DG CNECT, academic researchers, and civil society
- Responsible for delivering key insights and recommendations to executives at large multinational organizations in preparation for strategic decisions
- My recommendations have helped guide the revamp of the customer loyalty program of a top-50 global retailer, the sustainability program of a top-5 commercial vehicle manufacturer, and provided insights to executives at a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company for over 10 years
- Analyzing media coverage, social media, and customer sentiments, over time and in connection with important events
- Using Microsoft Excel and AI tools to analyze big data
- Drafting reports, producing visualizations, and presenting to clients
- Working both independently and in teams
- Built multi-project administrative data pipelines for internal and external use. Processed and harmonized large administrative datasets, including comprehensive employer-employee linked data, EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) records, and energy consumption data in R with Arrow and DuckDB
- Created a flexible process for simulation of administrative data sources from the French secure CASD platform on any computer. Anonymized to preserve statistical secrecy while ensuring sufficient similarity with raw data for testing and development purposes.
- Part of the first comprehensive evaluation of Energy Savings Certificates (CEE)–a flagship environmental policy of the French government, mobilizing approximately 6 to 8 billion EUR per year
- Political economy and migration, with a focus on migrant integration, consumption, mental health, education, and labor markets
- Project management, research and experimental design, including of novel social media study platform with ~2,000 participants, and survey design
- Quantitative analysis in Python, R, Stata, and QGIS, with large-scale administrative registry data, big data, and experimental methods (randomized controlled trials)
- Web scraping, machine learning, natural language processing, and discrete choice modeling of 7 million online reviews
- Communication to diverse audiences, including in international conferences and seminars, as well as teaching Econometrics and Statistics in English and French
- Independent as well as collaborative and interdisciplinary work, including recruitment and supervision of a programmer and of interns as well as stakeholder outreach
- In charge of tutorials for approximately 120 students of the Statistics and Probability course
- Planning, teaching, grading, and administering, all in the French language
- Citizen Representative in Panel 3 on Climate, Environment, and Health, in the working group on Green Transportation
- Discussions and negotiations with citizens from other European Union member states to find consensus on European policies adapted to diverse European experiences
- Final report with 49 proposals and 326 concrete measures, 95 percent of which were determined by the European Union institutions to be implementable within current treaties
- Research design, randomization, survey design, and piloting
- Quantitative data analysis in Stata and literature research
- Communication and liaison with external partners, including field staff
- Projects on immigrant integration, child literacy, political representation, and COVID-19 in Sweden, India, and Uganda
- Identified, negotiated with, and collaborated with stakeholders including researchers, government officials, NGOs, and farmers involved in the dissemination of biofortified (nutrient enhanced) crops
- Processed and harmonized monitoring and evaluation data
- Facilitated capacity building around record keeping practices for agricultural inputs and output
- Planned, organized, and led stakeholder workshops for about 100 participants in collaboration with the World Bank
- Supervised 7 research assistants in data work and event organization
- Facilitated knowledge building, guiding similar projects in other countries, at an Amsterdam conference
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