I am a Research Fellow at the Migration Policy Centre (MPC) of the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence. There, I contribute to the MPC's Global Mobilities Project, where we curate global databases that track all types of human mobility. I am affiliated with the ERC-funded MIGMOBS project. I am also a GLO affiliate.
My research interests lie in the intersections of migration, mobility, and inequality, featuring aspects of policy-making, culture, and identity. I conduct theory-based, empirical research using econometric methods. Recently, I have focused on global trends of migration and mobility flows, employing gravity models of migration and human mobility.
Previously, I was a Lecturer at the Department of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance of the University of Groningen (NL). I hold a PhD degree in Economics from the University of Groningen as well as MA and BA degrees in Philosophy and Economics from the University of Bayreuth (DE).
