David Schmuck

David Schmuck is a research associate and doctoral student at the Chair of Empirical Political Science, Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg. His work focuses on coalition governance, legislative behavior, and political representation, particularly of ethnic minorities. He contributes to the project "The Politics of Departmental Design" and teaches courses on political careers.

• Education: M.A. (2018) and B.A. (2015) in Political Science from University of Bamberg

His research examines control mechanisms in coalition governments, legislative turnover patterns, and immigrant inclusion in European democracies. Recent work in Governance analyzes cross-party ministerial coordination in legislative drafting.

Active in parliamentary studies, he presented at ECPR conferences on topics like leisure/dissent shirking in candidate selection and legislative office exit risks.