Welcome to my website! I am a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Political Science at University College London, an associated researcher at University of Zurich, and a faculty affiliate of the Immigration Policy Lab’s Zurich branch.

In my research, I am interested in questions related to exclusionary attitudes and behaviour. What shapes support for gender equality, anti-Semitic, and anti-immigration policies? How does media content shape immigration referendum votes? Which extra-legal factors influence asylum appeal decisions? In an article published in the American Journal of Political Science, I show that asylum appeals are less likely to be granted in times of higher asylum salience in Switzerland. In other articles I explore (the lack of) ramifications of the political takeover of a regional newspaper, review some of the literature on immigration, immigration salience and political behaviour and reflect on the lessons we can learn from the 2015 refugee protection crisis in Europe. In a new ESRC-funded project, I study the politics of collective memory.

At UCL, I am teaching UG modules on Globalisation and Populism and on Quantitative Data Analysis. At UZH, I am teaching the MACIS Master Thesis Colloquium. In the past, I have also taught a course on Forced Migration and Its (Political) Consequences.