Main Focus

  • Political economy of finance
  • Political economy of central banking

Curriculum Vitae

since August 2016
Senior Researcher, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne

2019–2020
Member of the School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University

2016–2017
John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellow, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

2014–2016
Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne

2014
PhD, Political Science, University of Warwick, and Université Libre de Bruxelles (thesis "Central Bank Agency and Monetary Governability in the Euro Area: Governing through Money, Trust, and Expectations")

2010–2014
Doctoral researcher, University of Warwick, and Université Libre de Bruxelles (Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorate)

2005–2009

BA and MA (Diplom), Economics, LMU Munich

2004–2009
BA and MA (Magister), Political Science, LMU Munich


Awards and honors (selected)

2019-2020
Fellowship, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University

2016-2017
JFK Memorial Fellowship, Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University

2016
Sir Walter Bagehot Prize for Best Dissertation in Government and Public Administration 2015, awarded by the Political Studies Association

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