I am an applied economist with research and teaching interests mainly in political economics and public economics.   Employing formal theoretical modeling and data-driven empirical investigation, my work has appeared in leading academic journals across the quantitative social sciences. 

I teach courses in economics for public policy, public sector economics, and cultural economics at the Central European University in Vienna, Austria.  I offer courses at the undergraduate, masters, and doctoral levels at CEU.  I have served as the head of the Department of Public Policy and been an elected senior faculty representative on the CEU Senate.  

I am happy to provide letters of recommendation for students who have taken at least one of my elective courses or who I've advised in research.  Please note that I will only provide letters confidentially and require two weeks' advance notice.  

NEWS:

• I've been appointed Pro-Rector for Teaching and Learning at CEU, from January 2027

• My article on demographic change and democratization (with R. Chaba, V. Hiller, and P. Maarek) has been accepted for publication at the Journal of Development Economics.

• My article on social movements and modern slavery (with G. Cepaluni and J. Civitarese) has been accepted for publication at European Journal of Political Economy.

• My article on the politics of large-scale battery technology diffusion (with S. Bettin) has been accepted for publication at Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions.

• I'm developing a new undergraduate class on the Economics of Art and Culture.  View the draft syllabus!

• I'm featured in the New York Times coverage of why CEU's story is relevant for higher education in the United States.

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