Timm Betz is Professor of Comparative Politics and International Political Economy at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, where he holds the Chair of Comparative Politics. He is the Principal Investigator of the PINPOINT ERC Starting Grant project.

His research examines the political economy of trade, investment, and international institutions, with a particular focus on how firm-level economic relationships shape political behaviour, coalition formation, and government policy. A central concern of his work is how the structure of domestic production networks — the web of buyer–supplier relationships between firms — mediates the political consequences of economic globalisation.

Before joining LMU Munich, he held positions at Texas A&M University and completed his PhD at the University of Rochester. His work has appeared in journals including the American Journal of Political Science, International Organization, the Journal of Politics, and the Annual Review of Political Science.

As Principal Investigator, Timm Betz leads all aspects of the PINPOINT project — from theoretical development and empirical design to team coordination and dissemination. He is responsible for the overall intellectual direction of the project and its engagement with the wider scholarly community.