Susanna Wirthgen
PhD Candidate
at the Research Training Group DYNAMICS
Email: susanna.wirthgen@hu-berlin.de
Office: Luisenstraße 56, Room 417
Profile
Susanna Wirthgen joined the Research Training Group “The Dynamics of Demography, Democratic Processes and Public Policy” (DYNAMICS), jointly organized by the Hertie School and the Department of Social Sciences at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, as a PhD candidate in September 2025.
She holds a B.Sc. in Politics and Economics and an M.Sc. in Economic Policy and Quantitative Methods (EPQM) from the University of Potsdam and spent a semester abroad at the University of Birmingham. She has worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Empirical Economics and as a teaching assistant at multiple chairs of the University of Potsdam.
Her research interests include advanced quantitative methods and causal inference techniques in the field of political behavior research.