Pia Schoch is a researcher in the project Q2D2 (Quality Assuring Institutions and Quality Developments in Dissertations in Economics and Social Sciences in Germany) of INCHER.  She has completed her Master's degree in Economic Behavior and Governance at the University of Kassel and holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics (Political Economy) from the University of Heidelberg. During her studies she worked as a student assistant at INCHER and at the SFB 884 "Political Economy of Reforms" at the University of Mannheim in the subproject German Internet Panel and completed an internship at ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.