Tobias Rüttenauer
Assistant Professor of Quantitiative Social Science
I am a Lecturer / Assistant Professor of Quantitative Social Science at University College London, Social Research Institute. Before joining UCL, I worked as Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow in Sociology at Nuffield College, Oxford. I received an M.A. in Sociology from the LMU Munich and a Dr. phil in Sociology from the University of Kaiserslautern.
My main research interests include environmental sociology, spatial demography and quantitative methods. In my previous work, I have analysed the spatial distribution of air pollution, the disproportionate exposure of ethnic minorities, and selective migration patterns. More broadly, I am interested in how environmental conditions and space influence peoples behaviour. One of my current projects investigates the effect of experiencing extreme weather events on environmental attitudes and behaviour. In another project, I am using machine learning methods to analyse internal migration trajectories and neighbourhood attainment of immigrant minorities in England. Methodologically, I am mainly interested in quantitative methods for spatial and longitudinal data as well as in computational methods - especially in the field of causal inference.
Education
Postdoc (University of Oxford)
Dr. phil in Sociology (TU Kaiserslautern)
BA + MA in Sociology & Statistics (LMU Munich)
Research Interests
Environmental Sociology
Spatial Demography
Causal Inference
Computational Methods
Spatial Econometrics / GIS
Programming in R
News
Join the GESIS workshop 2025 on Geodata and Spatial Regression Analysis
09.07 - 11.07.2025 in Mannheim
Research on environmental inequality published in Social Forces. Ethnic minority immigrants consistently exposed to higher levels of air pollution - the immigrant disadvantage in England is three times higher than in Germany. Read the UCL press release.
Research on extreme weather events featured in The Economist, Der Standard, Wiener Zeitung, and Understanding Society.
