Jannis Kachel
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Jannis Kachel M. A.

Research Associate

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Jannis Kachel works as a research associate in the working area “Comparative Politics and European Integration”. Since September 2021, he is involved in the inter- and transdisciplinary project “Participatory Energy Transition: Enhancing the societal dimension of the energy transition by innovative digital tools”, funded by the BMWi.

Research interests

  • Climate and energy policy
  • Political parties and party systems
  • EU institutions
  • Development assistance
  • Quantitative methods
since 09/2021 Research associate in the project “Participatory Energy Transition: Enhancing the societal dimension of the energy transition by innovative digital tools” within the working area of “Comparative Politics and European Integration” at TU Darmstadt
10/2020 – 09/2021
Intern and then project assistant in the Biosecurity Team of the Deutschen Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
09/2020 – 09/2021
Research assistant in the working area „Comparative Politics and German Government“ of TU Darmstadt.
04/2019 – 09/2020
Research assistant at the Mannheim Centre of European Social Research (MZES)
08/2018 – 07/2020
M.A. Political Science & M.Sc. Politics and Policy Analysis
Double degree program at the University of Mannheim and Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi.
Thesis: „Bureaucratic Control and Gridlock in the EU”
11/2017 – 08/2019
Research assistant at the Chair of European Politics at the University of Mannheim
02/2017 – 07/2017
Semester abroad at the National Chengchi University in Taipei, Taiwan
09/2015 – 05/2018
B.A. Political Science at the University of Mannheim
Thesis: „The impact of Chinese aid on social protection in Africa”
09/2014 – 09/2018 B.A. Culture and Business: Philosophy at the University of Mannheim
Thesis: „The legitimacy of political representation“