Kinshuk Taneja is a doctoral candidate at the RWI – Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and at the University of Duisburg-Essen, and a member of the HEPARD doctoral network (EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action). His research focuses on applied econometrics, family economics, health economics, demography, and political economy. 

Kinshuk holds a BSc in Economics and an MSc in International Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam. His thesis on contraceptive responses to the Dobbs ruling was nominated for the Erasmus Diversity Thesis Award and the Dutch Court of Auditors Prize. During his studies, he worked as a student assistant for Prof. Sacha Kapoor (BRHC). He served on the Executive Board (2023) and subsequently on the Supervisory Board (2024, 2025) of the EFR, Europe's largest student association, during its 60th, 61st, and 62nd terms, respectively. From 2024 to 2025, he also chaired the RVA IT (IT Advisory Board).