business economics researcher

Business economics researchers conduct research on topics regarding economy, organisations, and strategy. They analyse macroeconomic and microeconomic trends and use this information to analyse the positions of industries or specific companies in the economy. They provide advice regarding strategic planning, product feasibility, forecast trends, emerging markets, taxing policies, and consumer trends.

The most in-demand skills for this role include digital data processing, business management principles, mathematical economics, quantitative analysis, international business, economics. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives business economics researcher a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.