Aleksandrs Smil­gins

I have a PhD from the University of Copenhagen, with a thesis titled “Allocation Problems and Market Design.” My academic interests include game theory, allocation techniques, market design, performance evaluation, auctions, and energy economics. My research has been published in journals such as the European Journal of Operational Research, Energy, and Insurance: Mathematics and Economics. 

While being an Assistant Professor at CBS (without tenure), I have had the opportunity to be part of several interesting projects where I contributed theoretically, performed empirical analyses (e.g. using data from Statistics Denmark), collaborated with industry (such as analyzing the choice of auction format for the Danish Debt Management Office at the Danish Central Bank, or presenting CBS’ innovation project to manufacturing companies), and participated in software development (such as innovationbenchmark.dk, where I contributed significantly to the backend). Since 2024, I have also been interested in energy-related topics and have ongoing projects with the Copenhagen School of Energy Infrastructure (CSEI) at CBS.

Teaching has always been a very central aspect of my work. As a CBS alumnus myself, I remember how significantly good teaching shaped my own interest in various subjects. I strongly believe that teaching is very important, as it directly affects so many young people. As educators, we have the power to inspire passion or disinterest in a subject, and students will carry this attitude into their careers. As such, from day one as a teacher, my goal has always been to deliver the best teaching I can, given my knowledge, experience, and also my state on that particular day.

• Since 2017, I have been course responsible for the mandatory course “Game Theory” in the HA(Mat.) program at CBS. Currently I am teaching this course.
• I was also course responsible for the elective “Decision Theory: Models and Methods” from 2017 to 2024. When I took over the course in 2017, it was a small elective mainly for HA(Mat.) students, with only 25 participants. Four years later, in 2021, the course reached its limit of 80 students, coming from a wide range of disciplines at CBS. The course is quantitative, and I am pleased that I was able to serve as a gateway for some CBS students to engage with quantitative methods. Currently I am teaching this course.
• Starting in Fall 2025, I am teaching the mandatory course “Operations Research” in the HA(Mat.) program at CBS.
• For three years, I also taught part of the course “Contract, Agency and Game Theory” in the MSc in Advanced Economics and Finance (Cand.Oecon) program at CBS.
• While I was a PhD student at the University of Copenhagen, I taught the Microeconomics course for two consecutive years, covering all lectures, group assignments, and grading.
• I also have experience teaching short 2–3 day programming courses, such as Excel VBA and R. I ran my first Excel VBA course in 2010 as a student assistant at the Danish Central Bank (an internal course for employees).