Sourav Das
About
I am in the final stages of completing my Ph.D., with an anticipated completion date of June 2025. I am currently visiting Harvard University as a visiting Ph.D. Student (September - November 2024). I will also be a job market candidate from June 2025. Explore my detailed resume-
Research Associate
- Public Economics Unit
- Faculty of Economics & Management
- Nora-Platiel-Str. 4
- D-34109 Kassel
- University of Kassel, Germany
- Tel: +49 561 804-3034
- Email: s.das@uni-kassel.de
- Faculty Website: https://www.uni-kassel.de/fb07/en/ivwl/public-economics/team
Short Resume
Education
Visiting Ph.D. Scholar
September 2024 - November 2024
Harvard University, Boston, USA
Ph.D. researcher
April 2022 - Present
University of Kassel, Germany
M.S. in Economic Behaviour & Governance
April 2019 - December 2021
University of Kassel, Germany
B.Sc. in Agricultural Economics
January 2014 - June 2018
Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh
Other Training
MAGKS courses for Ph.D. students:
- Spatial Econometrics
- Applied econometric analysis of stated choice data
- Behavioral Economics
- Python Programming and Machine Learning for Economic Research
- Text as Data in Economics
Employment
Research Associate
April 2022 - Present
University of Kassel, Germany
Lecturer
August 2022 - Present
Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Program Manager
Master’s in Economic Behaviour & Governance
April 2023 - September 2023
University of Kassel, Germany
Research Assistant
September 2021 - February 2022
German Institute of Development and Sustainability (IDOS), Bonn, Germany
Research Visits
University of Barcelona, Spain
September 2022
Topic - New challenges in the delivery of local public services. Pressures from aging and climate change
Poznan University of Economics and Business, Poland
February 2023
Topic - Social media and its role in local government: A Polish-German comparison
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
September 2023
2nd Workshop on Field Experiments in Economics and Business
Keynote Speakers
- Susan Dynarski (Harvard)
- Frank Schillbach (MIT)
Invited Talk
University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany
January 2024
Title - Political Budget Cycles and Alignment in Federal Systems: The Case of India
Conference Presentation
European Public Choice Society, Hannover, Germany.
March 2023
Title - Does inter-municipal cooperation reduce the intensity of tax competition? Evidence on inter-local industrial parks in Germany
Silvaplana Political Economy, Pontresina, Switzerland
July 2023
Title - Effect of institutional change on opportunistic behavior of incumbent parties: evidence from India
RGS Doctoral Conference, Essen, Germany.
February 2024
Title- Political Budget Cycles and Alignment in Federal Systems: The Case of India
Other Activities
Associate
August 2023 - Present
Centre for Development Economics and Sustainability, Monash University, Australia.
Software Skills
Research
- All
- Work in Progress
- Papers Published/Under Review
- Other Unpublished Work
- “Analyzing behavioral patterns in an online peer-to-peer mental health support platform” with John Naslund (from Harvard Medical School).
- “Political propaganda cycle” with Konstantinos Theocharopoulos, Patrick Hufschmidt, Hamidur Rahman.
- “Cumulative effect of IMC on local policy choices - evidence from four German states” with Ivo Bischoff (working on data).
- “Does inter-municipal cooperation reduce the intensity of tax competition? Evidence on inter-local industrial parks in Germany” with Ivo Bischoff, Reinhold Kosfeld (R & R, European Journal of Political Economy).
- “Institutional change and politically motivated discretionary transfers: Evidence from India” (under review, Economics & Politics).
- “Political budget cycle within federal system: A new theoretical model and empirical evidence from India” with Konstantinos Theocharopoulos, Patrick Hufschmidt (R & R, European Journal of Political Economy).
Teaching
- Public Economics (lecture + tutorial), Winter 2022/23, Winter 2023/24, Winter 2024/25 (at University of Kassel, Germany)
- Behavioral Economics Meets Public Sector, Winter 2023/24, Winter 2024/25 (at University of Kassel, Germany)
- Contemporary Issues in Public Economics, Summer 2025 (at University of Kassel, Germany)
- Introduction to Economics & Research (lecture+tutorial), Winter 2022/23, Summer 2023, Winter 2023/24, Summer 2024 (at Fulda University of Applied Sciences, Germany)
Research Interests
These are the areas of research I am interested in
Contact
Address
Nora-Platiel-Str. 4 D-34109 Kassel, Germany
Call Me
+49 561 804-3034
Email Me
s.das@uni-kassel.de