About Me

I am an assistant and doctoral student at the University of Geneva’s Department of Political Science and International Relations. In my PhD, I am trying to understand how states think about sovereign debt. My thesis is situated at the intersection of political economy and economic sociology, but I am also working on other research topics (see publications and projects below).

I hold a BA and an MA in Social Sciences from Humboldt University of Berlin and have visited the University of Zurich and Sciences Po Paris during my studies. Under Miscellaneous, you can find a collection of PhD advice and cheat sheets for working with Stata to visualize data.

Publications in English

1. Unexpected and Small Hikes in Voting Costs Depress Turnout: Evidence from the 2021 Berlin Election (with Jonas Fischer). Forthcoming. Journal of Politics.

Publications in German

1. Wozu Austerität? Antworten aus dem 20. Jahrhundert. Merkur 79 (917, Oct. 2025), pp. 57-70.
2. „Erbe des Kulturkampfs“ oder „Folge programmatischer Verschiebung“? Die katholischen Wähler und die AfD – eine Replikationsstudie. (with Philip Manow). 2023. Politische Vierteljahresschrift 64, pp. 585–601.
3. Thor von Waldstein: Metapolitik. Theorie – Lage – Aktion. 2022. In: Schlüsseltexte der ‚Neuen Rechten‘ edited by David Meiering.

Work In Progress

1. The persistent effect of the German Anti-Socialist laws (1878-1890). (with Lukas Haffert and Anton Könneke).
2. Nuclear power phase-out, the Eurozone crisis, and the democratic archive. (with Andreas Schäfer).