CV

Academic Positions

  • Since Nov. 2021: Associate Professor, Department of Politics and Society, Aalborg University
  • 2019–2021: Senior Researcher, Center for International and Comparative Studies, ETH Zurich
  • 2016–2019: Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for International and Comparative Studies, ETH Zurich
  • 2012–2016: Graduate Assistant, Chair for Comparative Political Economy and Public Policy, University of St. Gallen
  • 2009–2011: Student Assistant, Chair for Political Science and International Comparative Social Research, University of Mannheim

Education

  • 2013–2017: University of St. Gallen, Doctorate in International Affairs and Political Economy
  • 2011–2012: University College London, MSc European Public Policy
  • 2008–2011: University of Mannheim, B.A. Political Science, Minor: Public Law

Services to the Profession

  • Member of the editorial board at the Journal of European Public Policy
  • Section chair “Political Behavior and Communication”, Danish Political Science Association
  • Reviewer for many academic journals, see my Web of Science Profile (only more recent activities recorded)

Grants

  • 2022: DPS Seed Grant, Aalborg University, 150,000 DKK (with Camilla Bjarnøe)
  • 2021: CIS Junior Scholar Research Grant & IPZ Inequality Grant, 15,000 CHF (with Lukas Haffert & Tabea Palmtag)
  • 2019: SNSF Ambizione Grant, 860,000 CHF

Awards

  • 2023: Award for best paper in 2022, Journal of European Public Policy
  • 2021: Best paper award, Arbeitskreis Europäische Integration e.V. (with Jana Lipps)
  • 2020: Fritz Thyssen Prize for best paper in the social sciences
  • 2018: ECSA Suisse best paper award
  • 2017: Rudolf Mäder Prize for best dissertation in political science and law, University of St. Gallen
  • 2015: Best Paper Award of the Council for European Studies Political Economy and Welfare Network (with Patrick Emmenegger and Paul Marx)
  • 2013: Dirk Berg-Schlosser Award for best poster presented at ECPR Summer School of Methods and Techniques, Ljubljana, 2nd prize (with Andre Walter)