Jacob Schaal

Jacob Schaal

AI Governance Researcher · Economist

Background

Originally from rural Bavaria. BSc Economics, LMU Munich; MSc Economics, London School of Economics. Research assistant at LMU (Prof. Klaus Schmidt). AI policy work at Pour Demain in Brussels, contributing to EU AI Act standards and OECD guidelines. Currently Research Manager at Cambridge ERA, Research Assistant at King’s College London (Dr Bouke Klein Teeselink), and Contributing Editor at Windfall Trust’s AI Economics Brief.

Jacob Schaal presenting research
Presenting in Cambridge, 2025

Personal Interests

When I’m not thinking about AI and labour markets, you’ll likely find me training for my next triathlon, running through whichever city I’m currently based in, or back in the Bavarian Alps where I grew up.

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