Aleksejs Belasovs
Data & AI Scientist
I build data-driven tools and economic models that try to advocate for fairer, more connected and just communities. Based in Edinburgh, working at Lloyds Banking Group.
I build data-driven tools and economic models that try to advocate for fairer, more connected and just communities. Based in Edinburgh, working at Lloyds Banking Group.
Projects
Interactive map of all 350+ Scottish railway stations with real-time departures, arrivals, and full route detail via the National Rail LDBWS APIs. Colour-coded by usage, punctuality, or cancellation rate, with 37 periods of historical trend data.
scottish-railways.comResearch project measuring the employment impact of the Levenmouth Rail Link (reopened June 2024 after a 55-year closure) using Difference-in-Differences econometrics and a Mesa agent-based simulation with 3,700 resident agents. Includes a long-form article and interactive simulation dashboard.
View projectAcademic paper estimating the wage penalty associated with limiting health conditions using 7,372 permanent employees from the UK Labour Force Survey. Applies OLS, Heckman two-step selection correction, and bootstrap inference to show the gap reflects selective hiring rather than pay discrimination.
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