Luise Koch
PhD Candidate & Intensive Track Participant, Technical University of Munich
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Career-MeetUpEN
10/10/2025 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM
MeetUp P.01 Table 1 | Halle / hall 3
Young Female Research Careers & Gender-Based Violence: Insights and Inspiration
Luise will share her personal career journey as a young female researcher in DE, including her motivation to pursue a research career, key milestones, challenges & support systems, like Female Science Talents. The second part of the session centres on her work, where she provides a deep dive into her study on technology-facilitated gender-based violence, discussing its impact on politically active women and how interdisciplinary research can inform policy and drive societal change. This part will be based on the following questions: What is technology-facilitated gender-based violence? How research can inform policy & societal change.
Presented by: Falling Walls Foundation gGmbH
Thread / thematic series: Mentoring & Networking, Science, Engineering, Digitalization & Technology
Topic areas: Gender Equality, Fighting racism, xenophobia, homophobia, sexism and other forms of intolerance
Joblevel/Target group: Career entry, Professional, Lateral entry
Details about the speaker: Luise Koch
Vita: Luise Koch is a PhD Candidate at the Technical University of Munich. Her interdisciplinary dissertation explores how technology-facilitated gender-based violence affects the political engagement and psychological well-being of politically active women, combining computational methods and fieldwork. Furthermore, she serves as a consultant in the Gender Norms project of the World Bank which investigates how entertainment media shapes gender norms in India, Kenya, and Nigeria. With a background in Development Economics, her research interests lie at the intersection of global health, behavioural economics, and gender studies.
“I aim to bridge research and policy to develop evidence-based solutions against digital gender-based violence and enhance women’s participation in societal discourse.”
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