I am a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Political Science at University College London, an external lecturer at the University of Zurich, and a faculty affiliate of the Immigration Policy Lab’s Zurich branch. Previously, I was a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute and a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Zurich, where I also obtained my PhD in 2018.

In my research, I seek to find answers to fundamental questions about the determinants and consequences of exclusionary attitudes (in particular immigration attitudes) and judicial behaviour by leveraging in-depth case knowledge and quasi-experimental research designs. To do so, I collect novel data, employ both qualitative and state-of-the-art quantitative methods and increasingly draw on historical records.

During my PhD, I was a visiting research student at the London School of Economics’ Government Department and Stanford University’s Department of Political Science and the Immigration Policy Lab’s Stanford branch. I have an MSc in International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies from the London School of Economics and BAs in Philosophy and English, as well as (Philosophy and) Business and Economics from the University of Basel. My dissertation research has been supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation with a Doc.CH grant.

I am also one of the founders of the PONYclub, an informal network of women in political science.