Since 12/2024
Researcher – CSB, University of Antwerp (Belgium)
Micro-HDI project: practical implementation of a micro-founded and preference-based human development index (in cooperation with the UNDP). Principal investigator: Prof. Koen Decancq.
Including a research stay at the UNDP in New York in July 2025.
09/2018 to 02/2026
PhD in Socio-Economic Studies – University of Antwerp (Belgium)
Title: "Eliciting Preferences for Well-Being Measurement:
Methodological and Behavioural Challenges",
defended on 12 February 2026 under the supervision of Prof. Koen Decancq, PhD.
09/2017 to 08/2018
MSc in Economics (cum laude) – KU Leuven (Belgium)
With a focus on welfare economics and behavioural economics.
08/2012 to 04/2017
BSc in Economics – University of Mannheim (Germany)
Including an exchange semester at Universidad Icesi (Cali, Colombia).
Refereeing for the Journal of Happiness Studies.
Presentation at Pint of Science Festival in Antwerp, May 2024.
Organisation of the CSB Lunch Seminar Series at the University of Antwerp (2019-2024).
Languages:
German (native)
English (fluent)
Spanish (intermediate)
Dutch (intermediate)
Statistical Software:
R (advanced)
Stata (intermediate)
MatLab (basic)