About me

​I am a lecturer at the Chair of German Politics at the Freie Universität Berlin and the co-PI of the BUA project Social Cohesion in Times of Crisis: Anti-Asian Racism and the Covid-19 Pandemic

In my work, I investigate how experiences of insecurity and disadvantage shape political attitudes and behaviors such as political efficacy, trust, and responsibility attributions.  More fundamentally, I am interested in the role that emotions, such as anger and anxiety, play in translating general grievances into specific political attitudes. In this, my work seeks to explore prejudice and the rise of populism, as well as the the construction of new political identities.  

I am also interested in research methods and research design. In my work I use experimental methods, large-N observational data, but also mixed-method and qualitative research designs.  

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