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Research Assistant
RWI Essen.

Inter­ests.

Climate change & environmental econ
Development & spatial econ
Energy & commodities
Foreign affairs & diplomacy
Geopolitics
International econ
Macroeconometrics & ML/AI
Macrofinance
Monetary econ
Prosocial behavior
Risks & conflicts
UN, NATO, EU, CHL, USA, DEU, & NRW

About me.

Education & Professional experience

Education

Professional experience

present
2022present
Dortmund, DEU
TU Dortmund University
Master of Science, Economic Sciences
  • Main focus: Development Econ & Applied Macro
Essen, DEU
2021present
Research Assistant & Intern, Prosocial Behavior
RWI—Leibniz Institute for Economic Research
Research Assistant & Intern, Prosocial Behavior
  • Skills: environment · resources
Dortmund, DEU
2014present
Founder & Proprietor
Benjamin Koch Web Design
Founder & Proprietor
Dortmund, DEU
2022present
Master of Science, Economic Sciences
TU Dortmund University
Master of Science, Economic Sciences
  • Main focus: Development Econ & Applied Macro
Essen, DEU
2021present
Research Assistant & Intern, Prosocial Behavior
RWI—Leibniz Institute for Economic Research
Research Assistant & Intern, Prosocial Behavior
  • Skills: environment · resources
Dortmund, DEU
2014present
Founder & Proprietor
Benjamin Koch Web Design
Founder & Proprietor
2022
Santiago de CHL
2022
Intern, German Embassy in Chile
German Federal Foreign Office
Intern, German Embassy in Chile
  • Skills: politics · economics · military affairs
Santiago de CHL
2022
Intern, German Embassy in Chile
German Federal Foreign Office
Intern, German Embassy in Chile
  • Skills: politics · economics · military affairs
2021
20172021
Münster, DEU
University of Münster (WWU)
Bachelor of Science, Economics
  • Bachelor's thesis: "Deviations from covered interest rate parity: Empirical findings after the global financial crisis"
Dortmund & Düsseldorf, DEU
20202021
Working Student & Intern, Transfer Pricing
KPMG Germany
Working Student & Intern, Transfer Pricing
  • Skills: compliance · risk analysis · economic data analysis
Dortmund & Düsseldorf, DEU
20202021
Working Student & Intern, Transfer Pricing
KPMG Germany
Working Student & Intern, Transfer Pricing
  • Skills: compliance · risk analysis · economic data analysis
Münster, DEU
20172021
Bachelor of Science, Economics
University of Münster (WWU)
Bachelor of Science, Economics
  • Bachelor's thesis: "Deviations from covered interest rate parity: Empirical findings after the global financial crisis"
2019
2019
Santiago de CHL
Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
Exchange semester, Ingeniería Comercial
Santiago de CHL
2019
Exchange semester, Ingeniería Comercial
Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
Exchange semester, Ingeniería Comercial
2018
San Antonio, Texas, USA
2018
Intern, Legal & Cultural Services
Bernard J. Buecker, Honorary Consul of Germany and Attorney
Intern, Legal & Cultural Services
  • Skills: legal research · cultural diplomacy
San Antonio, Texas, USA
2018
Intern, Legal & Cultural Services
Bernard J. Buecker, Honorary Consul of Germany and Attorney
Intern, Legal & Cultural Services
  • Skills: legal research · cultural diplomacy
2013
20122013
USA
Academic exchange year in the USA
USA
20122013
Academic exchange year in the USA

Skills

Languages

German (native)
English (C1)
Spanish (DELE C1)
Latin (Latinum Certificate)

IT

Web design (PHP, HTML, CSS, JS)
MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Data analysis (R, Stata, MATLAB/Dynare, Alteryx, SQL, Power BI)

Civic involvement

present
2023
UNICEF Dortmund Student Group
Volunteer
present
2010
Brambauer Lutheran Church
IT, volunteer
2017
Model United Nations (MUIMUN)
Participant
2015
Lebenshilfe Dortmund
Summer camp volunteer for persons with disabilities

Activities

  • Guitar
  • Lacrossse
  • Soccer
  • Traveling

In public.

Publications

Entries in reference works

  • Andor, M. A., Koch, B. Y., & Matejko, L. (2023). Energy conservation. In B. M. Haddad & B. D. Solomon (Eds.), Dictionary of ecological economics: Terms for the new millennium (p. 185). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788974912.E.92
  • Andor, M. A., Koch, B. Y., & Matejko, L. (2023). Natural disaster. In B. M. Haddad & B. D. Solomon (Eds.), Dictionary of ecological economics: Terms for the new millennium (p. 367). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781788974912.N.9

Reports and gray literature

Presentations

2023
Writing in economics; Perceptions of energy transitions and policies
Workshop “Prosocial Behavior”, RWI Essen
2021
Chile: A changing country
Lecture series of the Expert Committee on European Affairs, Federal Association of German Economists (bdvb)
2018
Productivity
Working Group “Technology, productivity, and resource efficiency—empirical approaches”—Summer Academy Olang (ITA), German Academic Scholarship Foundation (SDV)

Hon­ors.

2022
German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
Internship scholarship
2020
2016
German Academic Scholarship Foundation (SDV)
Study scholarship
2019
Federal Association of German Economists (bdvb)
Aktivit fellowship

Member­ships.

Federal Association of German Economists
Member, Expert Committee on European Affairs & Bochum Student Group
German Atlantic Association
(German branch of the Atlantic Treaty Association)
Member, Dortmund Regional Group
United Nations Association of Germany
Member, NRW State Group
Alumni of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation
Member, Ruhr Region/Düsseldorf Regional Group
Social Democratic Party of Germany
Member, Dortmund-East Local Association
Last updated: March 2023
Date created: June 2019