How can Germany achieve a sustainable and socially just energy transition? This question is at the core of Mats Yamakoshi’s work at the IÖW. As a student assistant, he supports analyses of community-based energy production in the InnoEGE project. Also, he conducts research on the role of sustainable energy technologies in heating networks in the Warm-Up project. 

A key question for him is how to draw correct conclusions from large datasets and where the limits of quantitative methods lie. He seeks answers to this both in his work at the IÖW and in his studies of Social Data Science. 

Main focus

• Energy transition
• Data management and analysis 

Experience

• Since 09/2025: Student assistant at the IÖW
• 05/2025 – 07/2025: Internship at the IÖW
• 02/2023 – 09/2025: Research Assistant for the Mass Mobilization in Autocracies Database 
   

Education

• Since 09/2025: M. A. Social Data Science, University of Mannheim
• 2020 – 2024: B. A. Politics and Public Administration, University of Konstanz