Jacob Schaal

I am an economist researching how AI transforms labour markets and careers. At King’s College London, I study how AI affects junior hiring and job task composition under Dr Bouke Klein Teeselink. As AI Governance Research Manager at Cambridge ERA, I mentor junior researchers working on AI policy. I also co-edit the AI Economics Brief at Windfall Trust, a biweekly policy newsletter reaching 1,200+ subscribers. I hold an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics.

I research whether generative AI constitutes “seniority-biased technological change” — disproportionately automating entry-level positions. This threatens the career ladders that have historically enabled upward mobility. I write about AI's economic impacts and develop policy responses in outlets including the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Handelsblatt, and the AI Policy Bulletin.