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Nikodem is an Associate Professor at UCL - University College London and the Director of the Bartlett Real Estate Institute, housed within the world's top-ranked faculty of built environment according to QS 2023.
Nikodem previously worked at the London School of Economics after completing his PhD at Cambridge University. He also holds the position of an academic visitor at the Bank of England and serves as a Research Affiliate at the UCL Centre for Finance.
In addition to being published in leading academic outlets, his work has been featured in leading non-academic outlets such as the Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, World Economic Forum - Strategic Intelligence, the Guardian, Bloomberg Businessweek or IPE Magazine.
Dr. Thomas Wiegelmann FRICS has over 25 years of experience in real estate investment and asset management, consultancy, and corporate finance. In 2009, he co-founded BLUE Asset Management, a real estate investment boutique serving the DACH region. Built without external backing, BLUE grew to over €1.2 billion in AuM by 2018, when Schroders Group acquired it to strengthen its private assets capabilities. Thomas served as Managing Director at Schroders until October 2024.
Thomas is an Honorary Professor at University College London, lecturing and publishing on negotiation, investment management, and genAI in real estate. He is an alumnus of Harvard Business School (OPM) and INSEAD (IDP), holds a PhD from Bond University, and is a certified Business Mediator (RICS). He serves on the Harvard Real Estate Alumni Board and advises a global early-stage venture capital firm.
Monika is a Physics Lecturer at University College London, and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy with a passion for teaching practical AI and advancing Machine Learning algorithms. She has been teaching practical AI as well as developing Machine Learning algorithms for research at Imperial College London and UCL since 2020.
Monika's educational background includes completing her MPhil and PhD at the University of Cambridge. She has also taught at institutions such as Imperial College London and City, University of London. Through her diverse teaching experiences, Monika has successfully delivered complex concepts in Data Science, programming, and mathematics to both undergraduate and postgraduate students. Her expertise spans across a wide array of disciplines, encompassing Physics, Astronomy, Aerospace Engineering, as well as Business and Management.
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