Research

Religious Fragmentation, External Threats and Welfare State Development: The Case of British Public Education 1850–1930.

The Liberal Paradox: External Threats, State Capacity, and the Rise and Fall of Leading Economies (under review).

Yes, MinisterGPT? Citizen Attitudes Towards AI Implementation in Government (with Michele Fenzl and Toon Van Overbeke) (under review).

Does Imperialism Hinder or Promote Democratization?

Of Guns and Markets: The British Navy and Economic Expansion in the Eighteenth Century.

The French Threat and the Dilemma of Federalism in the Dutch States General.

Introducing a New Comparative Dataset on Effective Tax Rates on Capital and Labour in Europe (with Toon Van Overbeke).