Christian König

Dr. Christian König is a Research Associate at the Department of Education and Labor Market of the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB). His research focuses on socio-spatial inequality, environmental inequality, housing segregation, health disparities, and urban mobility systems. He successfully defended his dissertation '(Un)healthy Places: Causes, Patterns, and Consequences of Environmental Inequality in Urban Germany' with summa cum laude in July 2024.

• Education: Master of Science in Economics (University of Konstanz, 2019), Bachelor of Arts in Political Science (major) and Economics (minor) (Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen, 2016)

His scholarly work examines how environmental burdens like pollution disproportionately affect lower-income populations and marginalized communities across Germany's urban landscapes. He has contributed to understanding the intersection of health outcomes and social inequality through mixed-methods research and comprehensive survey analyses.

Key publications include:

• 2024: Fine-grained analysis of neighborhood environmental quality disparities
• 2023: Environmental inequality's health impacts across life stages
• 2022: Multi-domain analysis of disability participation
• 2021: Environmental justice and mental health during pandemics
• 2020: Social inequality patterns in pandemic vulnerability

Dr. König's research program demonstrates consistent focus on environmental justice and health equity through quantitative analysis and policy-oriented insights.