Elias Koch

Welcome! I’m a Doctoral Candidate at the Research Training Group DYNAMICS, which is jointly organised by the Hertie School and the Humboldt-University Berlin. At the Hertie School, I’m affiliated with the Research Project on “Election Forecasts for the German Federal Election 2025” as a Research Associate.

My research focusses on party behaviour and parliamentary politics in established democracies, engaging with work on public opinion. In my dissertation project, which is supervised by Prof. Dr. Simon Munzert and Prof. Dr. Heike Klüver, I study the behavioural and attitudinal consequences of election polls among political elites, voters, and the media. Methodologically, I specialise in econometric and experimental approaches within the social sciences, as well as in techniques for quantitative text analysis.

Before starting my PhD, I obtained a BA and MA in Social Science from Humboldt-University Berlin and visited King’s College London for studies abroad.

On this website, you can learn more about my research and download my CV. If you think we might have similar interests or if you want to have a chat over a coffee, feel free to reach out!