I used to split my time between the Human Rights Nudge project at the University of Copenhagen, where I developed agent-based models of compliance with human rights judgements, and the Institute of Law and Economics at the University of Hamburg, where I completed my PhD in political science in 2024. My current research broadly asks under which conditions people support and adhere to specific laws and policies, and how institutional design features contribute to these conditions. I am further interested in applying experimental and computational methods to legal research.
Beyond research, I want to tell stories that excite people and organizations; stories that change people’s perception of the world and their actions. To that end, the right word makes all the difference and a good story can make the world turn on its heel.
I have studied in Utrecht, Boston, Riga and Witten, collecting undergraduate degrees in physics and philosophy, and a master’s degree in philosophy, politics and economics. During my undergraduate studies, while I was supposed to be modelling snow densification processes in Greenland, I stumbled into a literature class and caught the bug. This broad academic background, combined with side gigs in literature and creative writing turned into a knack for science communication and storytelling. Subsequently, I have honed my skills as a copy writer for AdsVentures Internet Media, in my position as communications expert for the Collaborating Centre on Sustainable Consumption and Production, as well as an editor for Welt der Physik.