| Name | Dr. Benjamin Schlegel |
| Birthday | February, 2nd 1989 |
| Address (Home) | Ifangstr. 76 CH-8153 Rümlang Tel. +41 (0)43 539 25 89 |
| Address (business) | Affolternstr. 56 CH-8050 Zürich Tel. +41 (0)44 634 62 08 |
| Birthplace | St. Gallen (CH) |
| Job | Postdoc political sience |
| Curriculum vitae | CV |
About me
The possibility to change something has always driven me. After a year at the ETH, I was so interested in politics, that I decided to move to the University of Zurich and study political science in the main subject. I specialize in Swiss politics and political data journalism. Since 2022 I am a postdoctorand at the chair of methods. I wrote my PhD on strategic voting.
I was interested in computers and technology early on. Already with 15 I programmed my first website and since then I have been constantly learning. Through the secondary studies in business informatics I was able to learn additional techniques and improve my programming style. During the speculialization in the master in data journalism, I learned the JavaScript library D3, to create more complex interactive graphics.
Big data is the future – the statistics program R helps to deal with data of any size. The application helps to calculate models, graphics, create and clean data, and a lot more. During my study in political science we learned it and with my computer science knowledge I am even able to programm new packages which makes analysing for me and many other people easier.