I'm Alfred Birkelund — an economics student at the University of Southern Denmark and the builder of Conviction, an investment research platform. I write here about economics, finance, technology, and occasionally philosophy.
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I'm finishing a BSc in Economics at the University of Southern Denmark.
The usual way to read a decision is to follow the money, and most of the time it works. But if AI is a shift on the scale of the industrial revolution — and I think it is — capital will have rivals: security, data, and political ambition.
Alongside my studies I'm building Conviction — an investment research platform that synthesizes insider transactions, institutional filings, and company fundamentals into a proprietary conviction score, so that investors can gain greater insight into company valuation.
The best way to reach me is by email: alfredbirkelund@gmail.com. I reply to most things.