Sascha Göbel

Sascha Göbel is a Researcher at the Hertie School's Data Science Lab. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Konstanz and previously served as a postdoctoral researcher at Goethe University Frankfurt. His work bridges digital technologies and political processes, focusing on computational methods to analyze political behavior, public opinion, and legislative dynamics. He co-developed the Comparative Legislators Database (CLD), a widely used resource for political data, and has published on topics such as social identification via conjoint experiments, citizen responses to international conflicts, and the interplay between voting and social media participation.

Research Interests:

• Application of data-intensive computational approaches in political science
• Digital governance and information technologies in politics
• Social identity measurement using innovative experimental designs
• Legislative behavior analysis through integrated datasets

Recent Work Trends: Recent publications explore urban/rural consciousness divides, Ukraine crisis public opinion dynamics, and methodological advancements in measuring multidimensional social identities. His work often combines experimental methods with large-scale computational analysis.

Labs & Teams: Core contributor to the Hertie School Data Science Lab and co-developer of the Comparative Legislators Database (CLD), collaborating with institutions like Goethe University and Mannheim University.