Research Associate
University of Hamburg
PostDoc at chair for political science
Profile
Curriculum Vitae
Political science researcher focused on public opinion, affective polarization, and elite communication.
Experience
Oct. 2026 - Mar. 2027
Apr. 2026 - Sep. 2026
Research Associate
University of Hamburg
Doctoral candidate in research project PolRef
Apr. 2025 - Jun. 2025
Visiting Ph.D.
Nuffield College, Oxford University
Oct. 2022 - Mar. 2026
Research Associate
Chemnitz University of Technology
Doctoral candidate in research project PolRef
May 2021 - Aug. 2022
Research Intern
ASCoR, University of Amsterdam
Research project on German election campaign
May 2019 - Aug. 2020
Student Employee
Department of Social Sciences, HU Berlin
Research project COALITIONPOLICY
Feb. 2019 - Aug. 2020
Student Assistant
Social Democratic Party of Germany
Department of Direct Communication
Sep. 2015 - Sep. 2016
Volunteer
Abalimi Bezekhaya, Cape Town
Voluntary Service Year
Education
Oct. 2022 - Jan. 2027 (expected defence)
Ph.D. Candidate
University of Hamburg
Supervisor: Arndt Leininger Thesis: "All the Same? Three articles on the role, mechanism and origins of differentiation in political perceptions", submitted October 2026
2020 - 2022
M.Sc. (Research) in Communication Science
University of Amsterdam
Thesis: "Looking Past Laziness?: The Effect of Negative Deservingness Cues on Welfare Support Across Different Levels of Issue Salience" (UvA library)
2018 - 2019
Erasmus Semester
Uppsala Universitet
2016 - 2020
B.A. in Social Sciences
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Thesis: "Political Stage and Public Opinion: Analysis of an Online Experiment on the Influence of Elite Positioning on Opinion Formation"