My research sits at the intersection of political science, public administration, and cognitive psychology. I study how informational cues and administrative rules shape street-level bureaucrats' decisions (such as granting assistance or referring clients to labor market programs) and can contribute to inequality in public service delivery. I also identify and evaluate ways to promote fairer decision-making in public administration. My work has appeared in journals including Comparative Political Studies and Policy Studies Journal.

Since April 2025, I have been a postdoctoral researcher in the ERC-funded project "DEMOLAW" at Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen, exploring how democratic legislation is designed and maintained. I hold a PhD in Politics and Public Administration from the University of Konstanz (dissertation on discrimination in German welfare offices).

Methodologically, I combine survey experiments, text-as-data, and qualitative approaches to study bureaucratic discretion; from how media narratives affect officials' decisions to how legal vagueness is experienced and written into policy.

My research follows three interconnected strands: two examine sources of administrative inequality, and the third examines interventions to promote fairer decision-making:

News

• 2027  Co-organizing an open panel with Steffen Eckhard at the DVPW Congress in Leipzig: "Policy Implementation in Uncertain Times: How Street-Level Bureaucrats Navigate Growing Complexity"

• 2026  New article in Policy Studies Journal: "Regional News, Regional Bias? Evidence from Media Discourses and Welfare Decisions in Germany"

• 2026  Visiting Scholar at the Department of Social Policy and Intervention, University of Oxford

• 2025  New articles in Comparative Political Studies and Policy Sciences

On the following pages, you can find out more about my recent publications, my current research, conferences, and my CV.