CV
Current Academic Position:
Apr. 2023 on: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Transformations of Democracy Unit, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Germany
Sep. 2022 on: Research Associate, Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Steering Committee Member:
Since 2021: Network of European Peace Scientists
2021 - 2022: Varieties of Democracy Project
Former Academic Positions:
Oct. 2022 - Mar. 2023: Assistant Professor, Geschwister-Scholl-Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
2021 - 2023 Visiting Researcher, "Transformations of Democracy" unit, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Germany
2021 - 2022 Assistant Professor, V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
2019 - 2021 Post-doctoral Research Fellow, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
2012 - 2019 PhD Student at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Thesis: "Why Democracy Matters: An Economic Perspective"
Thesis advisor: Jochen Kluve (HU Berlin & RWI Essen) & Scott Gates (UiO & Peace Research Institute Oslo)
2017 Visiting Doctoral Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Oslo, (UiO)
2015 - 2019 Visiting Researcher, Berlin Office, RWI Essen
Education:
2012 Master of Science in Economics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
2009 Bachelor of Science in Economics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Apr. 2023 on: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Transformations of Democracy Unit, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Germany
Sep. 2022 on: Research Associate, Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) Institute, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Steering Committee Member:
Since 2021: Network of European Peace Scientists
2021 - 2022: Varieties of Democracy Project
Former Academic Positions:
Oct. 2022 - Mar. 2023: Assistant Professor, Geschwister-Scholl-Institut, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
2021 - 2023 Visiting Researcher, "Transformations of Democracy" unit, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Germany
2021 - 2022 Assistant Professor, V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
2019 - 2021 Post-doctoral Research Fellow, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
2012 - 2019 PhD Student at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Thesis: "Why Democracy Matters: An Economic Perspective"
Thesis advisor: Jochen Kluve (HU Berlin & RWI Essen) & Scott Gates (UiO & Peace Research Institute Oslo)
2017 Visiting Doctoral Fellow, Department of Economics, University of Oslo, (UiO)
2015 - 2019 Visiting Researcher, Berlin Office, RWI Essen
Education:
2012 Master of Science in Economics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
2009 Bachelor of Science in Economics, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Teaching:
WS 2022/23 Politische Institutionen in Deutschland: die Demokratie und ihre aktuellen Herausforderungen, (undergraduate level) LMU Munich
WS 2018/19 Entscheidungen des Haushalts (household decision making), (undergraduate level) HU Berlin
2006 - 2011 Mathematics (undergraduate level), School of Business and Economics, HU Berlin
2010 - 2011 The United Nations: Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century? (undergraduate level), School of Business and Economics, HU Berlin
2009 Game Theory (undergraduate level), International Summer School of Economics & Management, Universidad de la Habana, Cuba, & HU Berlin
Awards:
Awards for best teaching at the School of Business & Economics, HU Berlin:
Mathematics tutorial of SS 2009
Mathematics tutorial of WS 2008/09
Mathematics tutorial of WS 2007/08
Scholarships:
2013 - 2018 Doctoral Scholarship, Cusanuswerk
2008 Erasmus Scholarship, Universita degli Studi di Siena, Italy
Languages:
German (native), English (fluent), Spanish (excellent command), Italian (good command), Swedish (beginner), Norwegian (beginner)
WS 2022/23 Politische Institutionen in Deutschland: die Demokratie und ihre aktuellen Herausforderungen, (undergraduate level) LMU Munich
WS 2018/19 Entscheidungen des Haushalts (household decision making), (undergraduate level) HU Berlin
2006 - 2011 Mathematics (undergraduate level), School of Business and Economics, HU Berlin
2010 - 2011 The United Nations: Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century? (undergraduate level), School of Business and Economics, HU Berlin
2009 Game Theory (undergraduate level), International Summer School of Economics & Management, Universidad de la Habana, Cuba, & HU Berlin
Awards:
Awards for best teaching at the School of Business & Economics, HU Berlin:
Mathematics tutorial of SS 2009
Mathematics tutorial of WS 2008/09
Mathematics tutorial of WS 2007/08
Scholarships:
2013 - 2018 Doctoral Scholarship, Cusanuswerk
2008 Erasmus Scholarship, Universita degli Studi di Siena, Italy
Languages:
German (native), English (fluent), Spanish (excellent command), Italian (good command), Swedish (beginner), Norwegian (beginner)
