Welcome!

I am a sociologist with a strong focus on political sociology, currently a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Mannheim and a member of the Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences (GESS). My research sits at the intersection of political behavior, extremism, and social psychology, with a particular emphasis on how extremist and radical attitudes are formed, expressed, and measured. I am especially interested in the often-overlooked role of social desirability and measurement bias in research on political and religious extremism, and in how attitudes relate to real-world behaviors such as extremist violence.

My doctoral project, supervised by Prof. Marc Helbling at the Chair of Migration and Integration, examines extremist and radical attitudes across different social contexts, combining survey methods, experiments, and advanced quantitative analyses. Alongside my Ph.D., I work as academic staff at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) in a DFG-funded project on explicit and implicit extremist attitudes. My work has been presented at international conferences, including the European Political Science Association and the Rebecca B. Morton Experimental Political Science Conference at NYU.

I hold both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Sociology from the University of Mannheim, graduating with distinction. My academic trajectory has been supported by several competitive scholarships and awards, including the GESS Young Scholar Award and funding for open science and European teaching initiatives. Beyond academia, international study and research experiences in Israel, Argentina, and the United States have shaped my comparative perspective.

Through my research, I aim to contribute empirically grounded insights to debates on radicalization, democratic resilience, and the societal conditions under which extremism emerges—and how it can be better understood.