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Decoding Conflict
One Coefficient at a Time

Benjamin Y. Koch

Doctoral Researcher
Ruhr University Bochum
Ruhr Graduate School in Economics

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Marginal Incentives

Interests

Research Interests


Analyzing the geo-economic impact of Russia's Wagner Group on sub-Saharan Africa using panel and remote-sensing data

			library(benjaminko.ch)
			
			my_research <- data %>%
			  filter(region == "global south") %>%
			  decode(conflict)
			
			publish(my_research)

Development

  1. Humanitarian economics
  2. Conflicts & risks
  3. Foreign affairs, diplomacy, & geopolitics
  4. UN, OSCE, NATO, & EU
  5. SSA, LAC, CHL, USA, DEU, NRW, & the Ruhrgebiet
The Production Function F(H,L)

About

Benjamin Y. Koch portrait picture

Experience

2024–Present

RUB

Bochum, DEU
Research Associate

Graduate Assistant
Ruhr University Bochum
Faculty of Management and Economics
Chair of International Economics
(Prof. Dr. Matthias Busse)
wiwi.rub.de

Research focus: Humanitarian Economics

Education

2024–Present

Economic Science

Bochum, DEU
Ruhr University Bochum
Faculty of Management and Economics
Doctor of Economic Science (Dr. rer. oec.)
wiwi.rub.de

Dissertation topic: Conflicts in the Global South
Dissertation advisor: Prof. Dr. Matthias Busse

Development

Club Goods and Good Clubs

Memberships

DGVN
Deutsche Gesellschaft für die Vereinten Nationen
(United Nations Association of Germany)
dgvn.de
Regression to the Mean(ingful)

Research

Publications

Manuscripts in Preparation

Article in preparation. Andor, M. A., Hoenow, N. C., & Koch, B. Y. European citizens’ perceptions of the energy transition and policies: Evidence based on a large-scale survey from 2021. Manuscript in preparation.

Entries in Reference Works

Dictionary of ecological economics, 2023. 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
Dictionary of ecological economics, 2023. 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

NEWCOMERS Deliverable 6.3, 2022. Andor, M. A., Blasch, J., Cordes, O., Hoenow, N. C., Karki, K., Koch, B. Y., Micke, K., Niehues, D., & Tomberg, L. (2022). Report on cross-country citizen survey (Deliverable 6.3, Version 2.0). The NEWCOMERS consortium.

Teaching

Ruhr University Bochum

Case Studies in International Economics. Teaching Fellow, undergraduate seminar. Summer 2025.
Foundations of International Trade. Teaching Fellow, undergraduate lecture. Winter 2025/2026.
Foundations of Macroeconomics. Head Teaching Fellow, undergraduate lecture. Summer 2026.
Scientific Methods. Instructor, undergraduate course. Winter 2024/2025.
Supervision of bachelor's theses. Since Winter 2024/2025.
Returns to Effort

Honors

2024
TU Dortmund University
Department of Business and Economics
TMC Best Master's Thesis Award 2024 (€1,000)
2022
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
(German Academic Exchange Service)
Internship scholarship
2019
Bundesverband Deutscher Volks- und Betriebswirte
(Federal Association of German Economists)
Aktivit fellowship
2016
Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
(German Academic Scholarship Foundation)
Study scholarship