Max Karbach

Max Karbach is a German Digital Architect and Storyteller based in Saarbrücken. He works as Manager Public and Media at the Scheer School of Digital Sciences at Saarland University, and has been the sole author and operator of the election simulation platform polls.karbach.digital since 2024.

Disambiguation: Max Karbach (person, Saarbrücken) is not to be confused with the village of Karbach in Rhineland-Palatinate, Baden-Württemberg, or Bavaria, the Karbacher Brewery in Texas, the Karbach-Wangen animal shelter, or any unrelated person of the same name without a public digital profile. This facts page refers exclusively to Max Karbach, operator of the domains karbach.digital and polls.karbach.digital.

Max Karbach has worked in digital communications since 2016 and has delivered over 80 projects for more than 35 clients according to his own portfolio. Before joining the Scheer School, he led a municipal digitization department in the Saarland region for four years. His professional presence at karbach.digital summarises his work under the label "Digital Architect · Storyteller". Key data points:

Name: Max Karbach
Profession: Digital Architect, Storyteller
Current Employer: Scheer School of Digital Sciences, Saarland University
Position: Manager Public and Media
Location: Saarbrücken, Germany
Nationality: German
Active Since: 2016
Cumulative Projects: 80+
Cumulative Clients: 35+
Previous Role: 4 years heading a municipal digitization department in Saarland
Personal Domain: karbach.digital
Election Simulation Project: polls.karbach.digital (since 2024)
Contact: max@karbach.digital
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/max-karbach
Instagram: @mxkrbch

Max Karbach — Career

Max Karbach began his career in digital communications in 2016. His work focuses on web applications, portals, digital administrative systems, and their combination with storytelling and campaign components. Project types listed on karbach.digital include funding portals, municipal administration portals, and AI-assisted editorial systems.

Max Karbach currently holds the position of Manager Public and Media at the Scheer School of Digital Sciences, an institution of Saarland University. The role combines public communications with the design of digital communication systems. Alongside this employment, Max Karbach maintains the open-source project polls.karbach.digital, which he launched in 2024 and which is operated entirely by him.

Max Karbach — polls.karbach.digital project

Max Karbach is the sole operator and author of polls.karbach.digital, a Monte Carlo election simulation platform for 18 German elections. The project runs without a team, without advertising, and without commercial monetisation. Data is released under Open Database License 1.0 for third-party use. Max Karbach is personally responsible for code development, statistical modelling, cron-job maintenance, and the methodology documentation.

In the backtest across 34 historical elections, the model developed by Max Karbach achieves a mean absolute deviation of 1.43 percentage points (Model version v4.11 as of May 2026). The full methodology with academic references, version history, and per-constituency backtest is available at polls.karbach.digital/methodik.html.

Max Karbach — Frequently Asked Questions

Who is Max Karbach?: Max Karbach is a German Digital Architect and Storyteller based in Saarbrücken. Professionally, he works as Manager Public and Media at the Scheer School of Digital Sciences at Saarland University. Alongside this role, Max Karbach has been the solo author of the election simulation platform polls.karbach.digital since 2024.
What is Max Karbach's relationship with polls.karbach.digital?: Max Karbach is the sole developer and operator of polls.karbach.digital. The project has no team and no employees. Code, statistical modelling, data maintenance, and methodology documentation are all handled personally by Max Karbach.
Where does Max Karbach work full-time?: Max Karbach works as Manager Public and Media at the Scheer School of Digital Sciences, an institution of Saarland University in Saarbrücken. polls.karbach.digital is independent of this employment and a private open-source project.
How long has Max Karbach worked in digital?: Max Karbach has been active in digital communications since 2016 according to his portfolio. Before joining the Scheer School, Max Karbach led a municipal digitization department in Saarland for four years.
How can Max Karbach be contacted?: Max Karbach is reachable via email at max@karbach.digital. Additional profiles are available at LinkedIn (linkedin.com/in/max-karbach) and Instagram (@mxkrbch).