Welcome!
I am a Ph.D. Candidate at the Department of Political Science at Aarhus University, Denmark. Currently, I am visiting The Charles and Louise Travers Department of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley.
My research lies at the crossroads of political psychology and communication, with a focus on the role of accurate understanding and empathy in political interactions.
I am fascinated by the prevalence of misunderstandings and misperceptions among political opponents. What keeps people from accurately understanding their adversaries? How can we promote more accurate understanding? Does this reduce hostility? And when does understanding become a source of dilemma and potentially even counterproductive in democratic societies? To investigate this, I mostly employ survey experiments. However, I am enthusiastic about finding ways to investigate these research queries in real-world settings.
Interests
- Political Psychology
- Political Behavior
- Political Communication
- Empathy
- Intergroup Relations
- Social Media Behavior
- Causal Inference
- Experimental Methods
Education
- MSc Political Science
Aarhus University, Denmark - BA Political Science, Minor in Psychology
University of Mannheim, Germany