External Research Positions - Funded Research Programs 

1.  The Origins of Institutional Resilience to Climate Change: Evidence from the Bronze Age Mesopotamia, with Carmine Guerriero, Alberto Bisin, David Stasavage, and Francesco Parisi. 

2.  Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies (IOS) Regensburg Visiting Fellowship. 

3. The Socio-Economic Implications of Geopolitical Crises on European Union Cohesion,  advisor: Klaus Desmet. 

4.  Macroeconomic Shocks and Inclusive Societies, with Anastasia Litina. 

5.  Ageing and its Cultural Implications, with Andreas Irmen, David Bloom, and Anastasia Litina. 

6.  The Cultural Determinants of the Spread of COVID-19, with Anastasia Litina, Skerdilajda Zanaj, and Konstantinos Papastathis. 

Awards

Wiley 2025 Top-Cited Article Award for the paper “Split Personalities? Behavioral Effects of Temperature on Financial Decision-Making," which is among the top 10 most-cited papers published by the Kyklos journal in 2024, highlighting the visibility and impact of our research.