Curriculum Vitae
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Experience

Doctoral Researcher

University of Cologne, Department of Political Science

EU Horizon Project “OPTED”, work package 3

ERC Project “MINORITYRULE”

Teaching: BA- & MA-level seminars, BA thesis supervision

Visiting Scholar

Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Geschwister Scholl Institute

Hosted by the Chair of Political Systems and European Integration (Prof. Goetz)

Specialist for Data Management and Analysis

GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Mannheim

VW Foundation Project “DemThreat”

German Longitudinal Election Study

Student Research Assistant

Ghent University, University of Amsterdam, Humboldt University Berlin

Education

PhD Political Science

University of Cologne

Thesis title: Politics under Pressure: Crisis Governance, Communication, and Public Responses

M.Sc. Social Sciences Research

University of Amsterdam

GPA: 8.61 (with distinction)

Thesis title: Regional Inequality and European Fiscal Solidarity in Times of Crisis: How Regional Wealth and Covid-19 Impact Shape Public Support for EU Risk Sharing

B.Sc. Social Sciences

Humboldt-University Berlin

GPA: 1.4

Thesis title: Position Taking in EU Parliament Speeches after the 2004 Enlargement: Adaptive Behavior of Newcomers measured through Legislative Speech

Awards & Grants
Junior Teaching Award
Faculty of Management, Economics, and Social Sciences, University of Cologne ∙ January 2026
Awarded by the Faculty Board based on outstanding student evaluations for the course European Politics in Times of Crisis (2500€)
Selten Grant
Reinhard Selten Institute, Universities of Bonn and Cologne ∙ October 2024
Project: Emergency Rhetoric in the European Union (2000€)
Skills
Programming Languages
R
Python
Java
html
Languages
English
German
Dutch
Italian