Bas Vervaart is enrolled as an MPP student at the Hertie School, where he is focusing on deepening his quantitative skills. He has a comprehensive understanding of statistical and policy analysis and has programming skills in Stata and R. Bas was also the Student Representative for the MPP Class of 2018 and represented his cohort at official meetings at the university. During his studies he worked as a research assistant and teaching assistant (specialising in the foundations of macro- and microeconomics) to different professors. Bas worked in consultancy and diplomacy prior to coming to the Hertie School and so far has lived in four different countries.