Sebastian Krantz

I am a Senior Consultant at CPCS – Advisors to Infrastructure Leaders on the International Analytics Team, and a Geospatial Consultant in the World Bank's Digital Vice Presidency. I completed my PhD in Quantitative Economics at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy end of 2024.

I conduct data-intensive research on Africa's economic transformation focusing on optimal infrastructure investments (spatial allocation problems), regional and global value chains, and macroeconomic stability and resilience.

I am also an active open-source contributor, developing high-performance statistical software libraries for R and Julia.

Lastly, I create open-access databases and web applications providing information on Africa and African economies.