David Straub

John-F.-Kennedy-Institut für Nordamerikastudien
Abteilung Soziologie
Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in
Sprechstunde
Office hours upon request (via email)
Professional and Academic Experience
Since 2025 Research Assistant/Lecturer, John F. Kennedy Institute, Free University of Berlin.
2023-2024 Freelance Journalist, BurdaForward Group GmbH
2022 Research Intern, Hanns Seidel Foundation Korea
Education
2025 - 2029 Doctoral research project on Firm risk and Uncertainty, Insurance, Alternative Assurance
Mechanisms.
2024 – 2025 M.Sc. International Political Economy, London School of Economics and Political Science
2020 – 2024 B.Sc. Politics and Economics, University of Potsdam
2021 – 2022 Seoul National University Visiting Student
Teaching:
SoSe 2026
Anrechnung von Studienleistungen
Research Interests:
- International Political Economy and Comparative Political Economy, more specifically: International Trade and Investment, Risk and Uncertainty,
- Firms and Multinational Corporations
- Political Economy of Climate Change
- Financial Systems and Insurance