Martin Elff
Professor at Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen
Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Top SchoolMartin Elff is a Professor of Political Sociology at Zeppelin University with over 15 years of experience studying political behavior, methodology, and comparative politics. As speaker of both the Department of Political and Social Sciences and the Research Cluster on Computational Social Science, he blends disciplinary scholarship with computational methods to tackle complex societal questions. Trained at University of Mannheim and University of Konstanz, he combines deep theoretical grounding with rigorous empirical and methodological work. Based in Mannheim, Germany, he is an occasional R user who brings reproducible data practices into political science research. His career reflects a rare mix of academic leadership, interdisciplinary collaboration, and hands-on quantitative expertise.
15 years of coding experience
Venia Legendi, Political Science and Government, Venia Legendi, Political Science and Government at University of KonstanzMagister Artium, Political Science, History, Philosophy, Magister Artium, Political Science, History, Philosophy at Uni HamburgDoctor rer. soc., Political Science and Government, Doctor rer. soc., Political Science and Government at University of Mannheim
Github Skills (22)
logit10
random-effects10
r-package10
summaries10
r10
jupyter-kernels10
survey10
cran10
jupyter9
conda9
jupyter-notebook9
kernel8
conda-forge8
reproducible-research7
literate-programming6
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
melff/memisc
Apr 2011 - Jan 2023
Tools for Managing Survey Data, Creating Tables of Estimates and Data Summaries
Contributions:113 releases, 734 commits, 5 PRs in 11 years 10 months
survey-datasurveysummariesestimatesr
melff/mpred
Nov 2019 - Jun 2025
Contributions:2 releases, 20 pushes, 3 branches in 5 years 8 months
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