Karim Barigou is an Assistant Professor at ISBA (Institute of Statistics, Biostatistics and Actuarial Science) at UCLouvain, Belgium. His research lies at the intersection of life insurance and quantitative finance, with recent work focusing on mortality modelling under pandemic and climate-related shocks, longevity risk management, pricing and hedging of variable annuities, and the application of statistical learning in life insurance. He holds a PhD from KU Leuven, where he explored the integration of market-consistent and actuarial valuation frameworks for life insurance liabilities.