Gössmann, Christoph

Education

Ph.D. Candidate in Data Science and Economics (ETH Zurich)
Master in Biomedical Engineering, Medical Physics (ETH Zurich)
Bachelor in Physics (Humboldt University Berlin)

Contact

Christoph Gössmann

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ETH Zurich
Professorship of Law, Economics and Data Science
IFW E 46
Haldeneggsteig 4
8092 Zurich
Switzerland

Biography

Christoph Goessmann is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Law, Economics, and Data Science Group and an Associate Researcher at the ETH AI Center. He holds an M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering (Medical Physics) from ETH Zurich, received legal training from Duke University's School of Law, and obtained a B.Sc. in Physics from Humboldt University of Berlin.

Previously, Christoph worked on data innovation in the Office of the United Nations Secretary-General and on the World Bank's Data and Evidence for Justice Reform (DE JURE) project. He is also the founder of ETH Zurich's SDG Monitor (https://sdg-monitor.ethz.ch).

Research Overview

Christoph Goessmann is performing empirical research on legal and political institutions using tools from data science, machine learning, and economics. He is particularly interested in promoting evidence-based policymaking and bridging the gap between research and practice.

Selected Works

Pulse of Progress: The State of Global SDG Data in 2023 (with Priscilla Idele, Kersten Jauer, Martin Loinig, Claire Melamed & Tomas Zak), United Nations, 2023
external page Cable News and COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake (with Matteo Pinna & Léo Picard), Scientific Reports 12, 16804 (2022).
Measuring Gender and Religious Bias in the Indian Judiciary (with Elliott Ash, Sam Asher, Aditi Bhowmick, Daniel L. Chen, Tanaya Devi, Paul Novosa & Bilal Siddiqi), Center for Law & Economics Working Paper Series 03/2021, January 2021.