Welcome! I am the Peter Mair Assistant Professor in Comparative Politics at the
European University Institute (EUI). I study political behavior in industrialized democracies, focusing on immigration, xenophobia, and political violence.
Methodologically, I specialize in causal inference and quasi-experimental research designs.
Before joining the EUI, I was a
Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow at
Nuffield College
(University of Oxford), where I remain an associate member. I graduated with a Ph.D. in Government from Harvard University in 2022.
Publications
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Freedom of Movement Restrictions Inhibit the Psychological Integration of Refugees (with Hanno Hilbig). Journal of Politics, 84(4): 2288-2293.
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Local News Monopolies Increase Misperceptions about Immigration (with Hanno Hilbig). Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 49(17): 4536-4558.
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War and Nationalism: How WW1 battle deaths fueled civilians' support for the Nazi Party (with Felix Haass, Alexander De Juan, Carlo Koos, and Thomas Tichelbaecker). American Political Science Review, 118(1): 144-162.
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Natural Disasters and Green Party Support (with Hanno Hilbig). Journal of Politics, 86(1): 241-256.
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Refugee Labor Market Access Increases Support for Immigration (with Anselm Hager and Hanno Hilbig). Comparative Political Studies, 57(5): 749-777.
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Does Inequality Foster Xenophobia? Evidence from the German Refugee Crisis. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 50(2): 359-378.
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Out-group Threat and Xenophobic Hate Crimes (with Daniel Bischof and Markus Wagner). Journal of Politics, 86(4): 1147-1161.
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Local Newspaper Decline and Political Polarization - Evidence from a Multi-Party Setting (with Fabio Ellger, Hanno Hilbig, and Philipp Tillmann). British Journal of Political Science, 54(4):1256-1275.
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After the Genocide: Proximity to Victims and Support for Punishing Ingroup Crimes (with Volha Charnysh). Forthcoming, Comparative Political Studies.
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Do Autocrats Respond to Citizen Demands? Petitions and Housing Construction in the GDR (with Hans Lueders and Hanno Hilbig). Accepted, Comparative Political Studies.
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Racial Threat in Public Social Spaces (with Tobias Roemer). Forthcoming, Journal of Politics.