I am a Research Fellow at the Migration Policy Centre (MPC) of the European University Institute (EUI) in Florence.

At EUI, I contribute to the Global Mobilities Project and the MIGMOBS ERC AdG project, where we curate and analyze global databases tracking all forms of human mobility. I am a GLO affiliate.

My research focuses on the economics of global migration and mobility, with direct links to economic development, globalization, trade, inequality, and policy. I conduct theory-based empirical research using structural and quasi-experimental methods. Currently, I focus on global trends in migration and mobility, employing gravity models of migration and human mobility.

I hold a PhD in Economics from the University of Groningen, where I also served as a Lecturer in the Department of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance. I obtained my MA and BA degrees in Philosophy and Economics from the University of Bayreuth (DE).

See my CV here.