Collegio Carlo Alberto
University of Mannheim
I am researching changes in societal and individual attitudes and norms. I analyze how attitudes, local norms, and policies affect inequality between social groups. I also study how inequality, conflict, and individual preferences affect migration. My most recent research investigates how attitudes change in response to threats, and how these responses challenge liberal norms. I mainly conduct large-scale field- and online-experiments and representative surveys in Europe and West-Africa, or apply administrative population data.
I am Assistant Professor at the Collegio Carlo Alberto in Torino and fellow at the University of Mannheim’s Center for European Social Research (MZES).
Prior to joining CCA and MZES, I studied in Vienna, Urbana-Champaign, and Zurich before I received my Ph.D. from the University of Lausanne and the Swiss National Science Foundation. I have also been postdoctoral researcher at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center and the University of Bern, and visiting researcher in Malmoe and Oxford.
Recently published
- Mass Emigration and the Erosion of Liberal Democracy. International Studies Quarterly
- Electoral Discrimination, Party Rationale, and the Underrepresentation of Immigrant-Origin Politicians. American Journal of Political Science
- Refugee migration, labor demand, and local employment. Socio-Economic Review
Recent media coverage
- SRF 10vor10 – Höhe der Sozialhilfe korreliert mit Kleinkriminalität
- SRF News – Höhe der Sozialhilfe beeinflusst Kriminalität
- SRF Arena – Neue Wege in der Asylpolitik?
- Flüchtlingshilfe – Höhere Sozialhilfe führt zu mehr Sicherheit
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