Welcome!

I am a Doctoral Researcher in the PhD program DYNAMICS, jointly organized by the Humboldt University of Berlin and the Hertie School. I am also directly affiliated with the Hertie School as a Research Associate.

On this website, you’ll find my CV, publications and working papers, articles & blog posts, and the podcast I produce.

My research lies at the intersection of comparative politics, political economy, electoral politics, and political geography. My dissertation investigates how spatial inequalities and their adverse effects shape political behavior, and how place-based policies may mitigate them. Moreover, I am interested in how democracies can defend themselves against extremism. Methodologically, I specialize in quasi-experimental designs, observational data, and the use of geospatial data.

Before starting my PhD, I earned a BA and MA in Political Science at Kiel University and the University of Zurich. I previously worked as a research assistant at the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, the Chair of Comparative Politics at Kiel University, the Chair of German Politics at Darmstadt University, and the Varieties of Egalitarianism project at the Cluster of Excellence “Politics of Inequality” in Konstanz.

Besides academia, I work as a data journalist, driven by a strong passion for analyzing and visualizing political phenomena and presenting them in an accessible way. I primarily focus on explaining political and electoral trends using geospatial and survey data. In this role, I have so far worked with the data department at Zeit Online.