I am a PhD fellow at the Department of Economics at Copenhagen Business School. My research lies within quantitative spatial economics and asks how space across neighborhoods, cities, nations, and beyond shapes economic outcomes. 

My interest in these questions comes from experience. Growing up in Denmark, I saw how European integration worked to connect places in search of shared prosperity. As a teenager and young adult, I also spent time in Hong Kong and Beijing during China’s rise, watching millions move in search of better lives. The contrast between Hong Kong’s institutions and those on the mainland left a deep impression, showing me that economic and political systems matter. Later, marrying an American brought me into close contact with yet another model, where prosperity is vast but uneven, and where segregation of people, industries, and regions makes space itself a fault line of opportunity.

These experiences continue to shape my research, where I aim to bring quantitative rigor to questions at the intersection of space, the economy, and human welfare. My current work explores topics such as political representation, urban gentrification, and economic development, testing how sorting, migration, and spatial structure drive outcomes. I have a varied educational background, with degrees in physics, business studies, area studies, economics, and finance, as well as training in philosophy and theology. 

I am passionate about economics not only as a science, but also for its concern with the big questions of society — questions that touch deeply on individual lives.