Welcome

I am a full professor for international relations and political economy at the Department of Political Science (IPZ) and co-director of the UZH Center for Crisis Competence at the University of Zurich. I studied public policy and economics in Konstanz, Montréal, and Barcelona and graduated from ETH Zurich in 2007 with a PhD in Political Science and a dissertation on the political economy of currency crises in 2007. In 2008-09 I held a Fritz-Thyssen-Fellowship at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University and then joined the department of political science at the University of Heidelberg as Junior Professor for International and Comparative Political Economy. I have been working at the University of Zurich's department for political science (IPZ) since 2013.

My research examines distributional conflicts, political preferences and policymaking related to globalization, European integration, financial crises, and international cooperation. Current projects examine the backlash against globalization, perceptions of the Global South, and the politics of international non-cooperation.  

My work has been published by outlets such as American Journal of Political Science, Annual Review of Political Science, Cambridge University Press, Comparative Political Studies, European Union Politics, International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, and Oxford University Press.

More about me:

• My Lehrstuhl (Chair) website at IPZ at the University of Zurich, with more information about my team.
• Website of my ERC Project "The Mass Politics of Disintegration - DISINTEGRATION"

Last update: 20 September 2025