Jan Zilinsky
Postdoctoral Research Fellow And Lecturer at Technical University of Munich
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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Top SchoolJan Zilinsky is a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at TUM who designs large-scale, multi-country surveys and experiments to study how digital technologies shape political behavior, misinformation, and perceptions of online risk. With 11 years of research experience spanning NYU, MIT, Harvard, and policy institutes, his work on AI governance, platform regulation, and inequality has informed debates in academia and press outlets like The Economist and The Atlantic and been cited in 1000+ peer-reviewed papers. He teaches and built multiple popular Master’s courses in Technology and Politics, supervises theses and internships, and partners with think tanks to translate research into policy-relevant insights. Beyond surveys, he audits political outputs of leading large language models, blending experimental rigor with hands-on evaluation of AI systems.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Political Science and Government, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Political Science and Government at New York UniversityUWC Atlantic CollegeMaster of Business Administration (MBA), Economics, Master of Business Administration (MBA), Economics at The University of Chicago Booth School of BusinessBachelor of Arts (BA), Economics, Bachelor of Arts (BA), Economics at Harvard CollegeBehavioral Finance Summer School, Behavioral Finance Summer School at Yale UniversitySummer course, Summer course at London School of Economics and Political Science
Github Skills (19)
r-package8
r6
rmarkdown5
knitr5
senate5
twitter4
open-data4
literate-programming4
open-government3
llm2
transfer-learning2
language-model1
smooth-scrolling1
hugo1
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Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
zilinskyjan/DataViz
Apr 2023 - Jan 2026
Contributions:45 pushes, 4 branches in 2 years 9 months
zilinskyjan/archive
Sep 2017 - Aug 2023
Contributions:68 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years
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