John James Collins neuer wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter

John ‘Jack’ Collins is a PhD student in sociology at the Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences and an academic staff member at the MZES since September 2022 (Research Dept. A, Dr. Christoph Kern, PD Dr. Tobias Gummer, Dr. Bernd Weiß).

He holds a bachelor’s degree of sociology with honours from the Australian National University. Jack has a master’s degree in data science from James Cook University. His master’s project was regarding predictive modelling for student attrition from sub-tertiary courses in Australia. During his master’s studies, he also assisted in research projects regarding social attitudes and voting behaviour in Australia. Before starting his PhD, Jack was a senior IT consultant specialising in data engineering, analytics, and software development. Jack is interested in applying data science and IT to sociological research, particularly with regard to machine learning, analytics, and web applications.