Current positions / affiliations
07/2020 - : Professor (W3), Ruhr-University Bochum
10/2019 - : Research fellow, IZA Bonn
09/2019 - : Affiliate member, CESifo Munich
Previous positions
2020: Stand-in Professor (W2), Ruhr-University Bochum
2019-20: Stand-in Professor (W3), University of Mannheim
2012-19: Junior Professor (W1), University of Konstanz
2011/12: Postdoc, Universities of Konstanz/Mannheim
2011: Trainee, ECB, DG Econ, Fiscal Policies Division
2007-08: Predoc, Dept. of Econ, University of Heidelberg
2006: Investment banking intern, JPMorgan, London
2005: Research intern, ZEW Mannheim
Research visits
03/-04/2023: Harvard University
08/2019: ifo Institute, Munich
03/-04/2014: Universitat Pompeu Fabra
05/-07/2013: University of Cambridge
Education
01/2011: Dr. rer. pol. (summa cum laude), U of Konstanz,
Doctoral Program "Quantitative Econ & Finance"
07/2006: Diploma (Drs.) in Economics, Maastricht University
Fall 2005: Exchange semester, Université de Montréal
08/2002: Pre-diploma in Economics, Maastricht University
06/2001: Abitur, Gutenberg-Gymnasium Bergheim, Germany
Professional activities / memberships
2020 - : Standing Field Committee on Public Finance
(Fiwi-Ausschuss), Verein für Socialpolitik, Member
2018 - : European Journal of Political Economy, Editorial Board
2022-24: European Public Choice Society, President
2018-22: European Public Choice Society, Executive Board
2019: European Economic Association, Panelist "How to Provide and Receive Quality Feedback in Academia", 34th EEA Congress
2014-15: International Institute of Public Finance, Member of Scientific Committee, 71st IIPF Congress
Grants / scholarships / awards
2022-25: DFG project (€182.938): “Elections and Public Policy in Times of Crisis”
2018-24: DFG project (€643.682): “Political Selection in Germany” (with T. Baskaran, U Siegen)
2020-21: DFG workshop (€16.800): "Elections, Institutional Reforms, and Public Policy"
11/2020: Ranked among Top 40 under 40 researchers in Germany by the magazine "Capital"
2011-17: Various Young Scholar Fund projects (€21.360)
2015: GSDS workshop (€5.000): "Political Economy: Theory Meets Empirics" (with M.T. Schneider, U Bath & S. Fehrler, U Konstanz)
2011: Zukunftskolleg Postdoc Research Fellowship
2008-11: Ministry of Culture & Education Baden-Württemberg PhD scholarship
Workshop organization
09/2021: "Elections, Institutional Reforms, and Public Policy",
with M. Lopes da Fonseca (U St. Gallen)
04/2018: "Regional Economics and Local Political Economy",
with T. Baskaran (U Siegen)
09/2015: "Political Economy: Theory Meets Empirics",
with M. Schneider (U Bath), S. Fehrler (U Konstanz)
Refereeing
Peer-reviewed journals
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Political Science Review, Economic Journal, European Economic Review, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Economic Growth, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Economic Policy, Journal of Politics, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Journal of Population Economics, World Development, Economics of Education Review, Education Economics, European Journal of Political Economy, Labour Economics, Public Choice, International Tax and Public Finance, Economics and Politics, Kyklos, Economics of Governance, Electoral Studies, Southern Economic Journal, CESifo Economic Studies, Journal of Common Market Studies, China Economic Review, Mathematical Social Sciences, European Journal of Law and Economics, Review of International Organizations, Regional Studies, Applied Economics, B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, Bulletin of Economic Research, Manchester School, Contemporary Economic Policy, Games, Comparative Political Studies, International Studies Quarterly, International Journal of Wellbeing, International Interactions, and many more
Conferences
Verein für Socialpolitik 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024
RGS Doctoral Conference 2024
European Public Choice Society (EPCS) 2019-24
ZEW Public Finance Conference 2020
International Institute of Public Finance (IIPF) 2015
Spring Meeting of Young Economists (SMYE) 2013-15
Research councils
Israel Science Foundation (ISF)
Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
Czech Science Foundation (GACR)