About

Applied economics graduate with strong quantitative and analytics skills. Experienced in transforming economic and administrative data into indicators and evidence-based insights to support applied economic and policy research at international organizations (United Nations, World Bank) and in the private sector (Nike). Areas of interest include international economics, trade, public finance, procurement, and development. Proficient in Python, R, Stata, SQL, Excel, and Power BI.

Education

IE Business School

Master in Applied Economics (IE-China full-ride scholarship)

Sep, 2025 - Jul, 2026

KU Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)

Master of Science, Statistics and Data Science

Sep, 2021 - Sep, 2024

Northwest Minzu University

Bachelor of Science, Applied Psychology

Sep, 2017 - Jul, 2021

Interests

Hiking
Landscape photography
Red panda conservation

Experiences

Jan, 2026 - Jun, 2026

Research Intern for Capstone Project

World Bank

Madrid, Spain

Applied research with the LAC Procurement Unit (PROLAC) on procurement trends and Chinese firm participation in Latin America; data analysis and visualization of multi-source procurement datasets.

May, 2025 - Sep, 2025

Business Analyst, Insight & Analytics

Nike

Shanghai, China

Supported analytics for major marketing campaigns and produced weekly monitoring reports and actionable insights from e-commerce platforms.

Sep, 2024 - Feb, 2025

Behavioral Data Analytics Intern

United Nations Secretariat

Geneva, Switzerland

Supported the UN HR Analytics team on the UN Compensation Review and Annual Staff Statistics; built ETL pipelines and mobility dashboards across multi-sourced UN datasets.

GitHub

rubingwang/GitHub Profile

My public repositories, code and projects.

See my GitHub profile for repositories and contributions

Selected Honors & Awards

Chinese Government Scholarship (International Organization Talent Reserve Program) — €45K (2025), €15K (2024)
Belgian Erasmus Traineeships Scholarship — €4K (2024)
National Scholarship for Distinguished Undergraduate (Ministry of Education of China)
Distinction Graduate Scholarship (Bachelor's Dean’s List equivalent)

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