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 an visiting researcher at the German Center for Migration and Integration research (DeZIM), COMPAS Oxford, University of California LA (UCLA), and the University of Bergen (UiB).

My research is situated within the disciplines of Sociology and Political Science and focuses on two key issues relating to the governance of contemporary Europe and the European Union: international migration and diversity polarization/integration.

I am interested in migration and diversity policies, migration decision-making, the role of gender and gender inequalities in migration, the exploitation of (labour) migration intentions (keywords: smuggling and human trafficking), discrimination, and the multifaceted nature of diversity in societies. Methodologically, I am committed to causal inference research using experimental designs and advanced statistical modelling, and aim to combine in-depth fieldwork (Nigeria, Tanzania, online) with large-N quantitative research.

I have created a series of short videos on advanced academic practices (here) in a teaching project funded by the foundation for innovative teaching, free to use for other teachers or students. I am very grateful to have received the 2023 Sociology and Political Science Students‘ Teaching Award and the universities Open Science Grant for role model projects. 

NEWS: 

• January 2025: On-site at ETH Zürich  (<- let’s meet)
• January 2025: My paper on the role of sender credibility in information campaigns was accepted
• February/March 2025: Field Work in Tanzania