Before joining Goettingen University I completed my dissertation "Essays in Political Economy - Historical Natural Experiments and Economic Development" at Heidelberg University in October 2022.

My research interests lie in political economy, development economics, and economic history. I study these issues with natural experiments using spatial data and spatial estimation techniques.

Last visiting research stays: 

University of California San Diego, the USA  2019-2022 

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel 2018/2019

Recently featured:

• Our Indian Development Finance Dataset is finally out and available here and here.  Joint work with Andreas Fuchs, Vera Z. Eichenauer, and Bradley C. Parks.
    
• Read our column The economic impact of the Russian state in the Southern Urals, from the 18th century to the present on VoxEU.org. Joint work with Raphaël Franck.