I have worked as a policy analyst and/or researcher for nearly ten years in various roles and hold a Master of Public Policy (MPP) from the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin. My policy/research background includes experience in government, academia, think tanks and private consulting. For a full list of my previous positions and duties, see my LinkedIn profile.
My main fields of policy expertise are at the intersection of political science and economics, with a strong (although not exclusive) focus on the European context. Some of my focus areas include:
- European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)
- European integration and enlargement
- European (economic) sovereignty and foreign policy
- Economic, fiscal and financial regulation policy
I also have a strong interest in post-Communist/transition economies, democratisation and good governance in Central and Eastern Europe, as well as economic insecurity, labour market policies and youth policy around the world.
Other policy areas in which I have past experience include: industrial policy; competition policy; trade policy; consumer policy; international security cooperation; international law; treaty negotiation; and indigenous self-government.
(Selected) Policy Publications
European Economic and Monetary Union
- [Economic Sovereignty; Industrial Policy; Competition Policy] The Economics of European Sovereignty: What role for EU competition policy in industrial policy? Prepared for the German Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt), published at the Jacques Delors Centre, 2019.
- [Economic Sovereignty; Euro] Economic sovereignty and the international role of the euro: Roadblocks and challenges. Prepared for the German Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt), published at the Jacques Delors Centre, 2019.
- [Economic Governance; Fiscal Policy; Political Economy] A European Safe Asset? Perceptions from France and Germany. Policy paper published at the Jacques Delors Centre, 2018.
European Integration and EU Policy (Other)
- [European Integration; Europe in the World] Lord Dahrendorf’s Challenges to Europe, with Mark Hallerberg, chapter in Ralf Dahrendorf and the European Union 2030: Looking Back, Looking Forward, 2020.
- [Youth Policy; Economic Insecurity] Economic Uncertainties and Attitudes Toward the EU: The Limits of Youth Optimism. Policy paper published at the Polis 180 Thinktank für Außen- und Europapolitik.
Consulting Projects for the European Commission
- [DG TRADE: Trade Policy] Ex-post evaluation of the implementation of the Free Trade Agreement between the EU and its Member States and the Republic of Korea, co-written with Frank Alleweldt and Senda Kara et al at Civic Consulting, 2018.
- [DG JUST: Consumer Policy] Fitness Check of EU Consumer and Marketing Law, co-written with Frank Alleweldt and Senda Kara et al at Civic Consulting, 2017.
- [DG JUST: Consumer Policy] Study on Measuring Consumer Detriment in the European Union, co-written with Frank Alleweldt and Senda Kara et al at Civic Consulting, 2017.
Academic Publications
- [Public Health; Cost-Benefit Analysis] Economic evaluation of whole genome sequencing for pathogen identification and surveillance – results of case studies in Europe and the Americas 2016 to 2019, with Frank Alleweldt and Senda Kara et al, in Eurosurveillance 26(9):1900606, 2021.
- [Chinese Politics; Youth Policy; Economic Insecurity] Diaosi: China’s “Loser” Phenomenon, in On Politics 7(1), 2014.