Career
I am a senior researcher in political economy at ETH Zurich. I am a co-lead of the SNF project "Drivers, Impacts and Interrelationships of Cantonal Policies and Firm Behaviour During the Pandemic Years in Switzerland".
I defended my doctoral thesis in economics on "The Political Economy of Foreign Aid: Allocation, Timing, and Effectiveness" in November 2016 at Heidelberg University. My thesis was supervised by Prof. Dr. Axel Dreher, Prof. Dr. Christian Conrad and Prof. Dr. Jale Tosun and awarded the Young Researcher Prize for academically excellent and practice-relevant development research by the Verein für Socialpolitik and the KfW Development Bank.
During my doctoral studies, I visited the World Bank Development Research Group for a research stay. I also took several courses at the Centre for Doctoral Studies in Economics at the University of Mannheim. I worked as a consultant for the World Bank, the French Agency for Development Cooperation and the German GIZ.
I hold a a Master's degree in International Economic Policy from Sciences Po Paris and a Bachelor's degree in Sociology from the University of Fribourg in Switzerland. During my masters, I studied at Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University in Washington D.C. My professional experience includes working at a microfinance investment fund and at the OECD.
Research Interests
China's official activities abroad
Swiss political economy
International Political Economy (with a focus on international organizations)
Development Economics (with a focus on multilateral development banks and development finance)
Board and committee memberships
President of the European Association of Young Economists, 2017 - 2019
Member of the Board of the Academia Engelberg Foundation, 2016 - 2019
Member of the Board of the European Association of Young Economists, 2016 - 2024
Conference and workshop organizations
Jointly with Mark Schelker and Jan-Egbert Sturm, we launched the Swiss Network on Public Economics.
4th workshop on 17 March 2023 (Program)
3rd workshop on 18 March 2023 (Program)
2nd workshop on 4 June 2021 (Program)
1st workshop took place on 13 December 2019 (Program)
The European Unemployment Problem: Past Trajectory, Present Dilemmas and Future Policies. Zurich, 5-6 June 2023 at KOF Swiss Economic Institute (ETH Zurich)
Interdisciplinary Workshop, Unlimited Migration?, Autumn Academy of the Engelberg Dialogues (October 2018)
Workshop, Tracking International Aid and Investment from Developing and Emerging Economies, sponsored by AidData (September 2017)
Workshop Geospatial Analysis of Disasters: Measuring Welfare Impacts of Emergency Relief, sponsored by AidData (July 2016)
Workshop The Proliferation of Multilateral Funds, sponsored by the Swiss Network for International Studies (October 2014)
Chair of the Program Committee of the Spring Meeting of Young Economists 2016 in Lisbon organized by the European Association of Young Economists
Refereeing