Growing up in Switzerland, I had the privilege of being in a direct democratic environment with a chance to vote constantly on economic and political questions. My interest in how these collective decisions are made and what economic and social impact they have, drove me to do a PhD in political economy. Of course, I am conducting my research in the most suitable environment for this - in Switzerland at the Chair of Fiscal and Economic Policy at the University of Fribourg. My research focuses on public choice, political representation, and incentives and constraints shaping individual and thus social choice.

Currently, I am undertaking a research stay at the ARC Training Centre for Behavioural Insights for Technology Adoption (BITA) at the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia, funded by a Doc.Mobility fellowship. 

I am also a researcher at the Institute for Swiss Economic Policy (IWP) in Lucerne, Switzerland. There I contribute to the online platform Parlameter, which provides  accessible  insights into Swiss politics for the public and thus makes it more transparent.