I am an Assistant Professor (Akademische Rätin) at the University of Hohenheim. I am also a senior researcher at the economics department of Goettingen University for the project Economic and Ideological Causes of Political Radicalization and Violence. I completed my dissertation "Essays in Political Economy - Historical Natural Experiments and Economic Development" at Heidelberg University (October 2022).

My research is at the intersection of political economy, economic history, and development economics. Within these broad fields, I study critical junctures such as democratization, the consolidation of imperial power, or the end of colonialism. In particular, I focus on the response of the state or people to successful and unsuccessful revolts. I often approach these topics by employing natural (historical) experiments using state-of-the-art methods.

Upcoming research stays:

Monash University Melbourne, SoDa Labs, and the University of Sidney, Australia, February/March 2026

National University of Singapore, Singapore, March 2026

Past visiting research stays: 

University of California San Diego, USA, 2019-2022 

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, 2018/2019

AidData, USA, January/February 2026