a postdoctoral researcher at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) at the chair of Migration and Integration at the University of Mannheim and part of the DeZIM-research community. 

I have a Ph.D. (Dr. rer. soc) from the University of Konstanz where I was part of the Graduate School of Decision Sciences and the Comparative Politics Research Group, and hold BA and MA degrees from Pompeu Fabra Barcelona and the University of Mannheim. Previously, I was i.a. visiting researcher at IPL Zurich, COMPAS Oxford, and UCLA.

My research lies at the intersection of Interantioanl Politics and Comparative Politics. I am interested in informal institutions, criminalized migration (human trafficking, smuggling), climate change vulnerability, gender inequality, and democratic / autocratic values. Methodologically, I am committed to causal inference research using different experimental designs and advanced statistical modelling, combining it with in-depth fieldwork in the Global South (e.g. Nigeria, Tanzania) for innovative mixed methods designs.

For my teaching I have created a series of short videos on advanced academic practices (here) funded by the foundation for innovative teaching, and I have received the students 2023 Teaching Award. 

I am comitted to open science and a proud member of the Ethics Committee (IRB). 

NEWS: 

• January 2026: PRIO Oslo \w Jorgen Carling 
• March 2026: lectured 8-12yo at the Children University Mannheim about migration
• April 2026: Visitig scholar at Yale  (<- let’s meet)