Updated: 23 May 2026

Curriculum Vitae

My research: My research examines how social hierarchy and institutional quality shape behaviour. I study how inequality as social ranking and institutional dysfunction, especially corruption, affect trust, cooperation, beliefs, norms, and support for public policy. 

NEWS:
- 21.05.2026: Seminar talk, Department of Microeconomics and Public Economics, University of Maastricht
- 11-22.05.2026: Research visit: Maastricht University, Department of Microeconomics and Public Economics
- 07.05.2026: Member of the IRB of the department of economics at Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas
- RECRUITMENT: The project BREAKING recruited Erica Ordali (in Paris 2 Assas) and Mattia Adamo (at the ISC Jean Leonnorod) as postdoctoral researchers
- 16.04.2026: Conference on "Institutional Challenges and Policy Responses", Utrecht (NL)
- 10.02.2026: I joined the Department of Political Science (Center for Research on Extremism: the Extreme Right, Hate Crime and Political Violence) at the Univerisity of Oslo.
- 27-30.01.2025: Workshop on "Police communication, trust, and public engagement: research meets practice", Newcastle u. Tyne (UK)
- 12.2025: Working paper out - Breaking Negative Narratives: Long-Term Social Progress and Trust in Institutions
- 21.11.2025: Guest lecture, MSc in Economics and Psychology, Université Paris 1 Sorbonne - Inequality as a Social Ranking
- 09-10.10.2025: Workshop on Psychological and Economic Perspectives on Inequality, Amsterdam (NL)
- 30.09-01.10.2025: CREST-CERESSEC Experimental Economics Workshop, Paris (FR)