I am a doctoral researcher in the Chair of Comparative Politics since February 2026. I am interested in political development from a historical perspective and the political dynamics of regime change. In my dissertation project, I explore pathways of institutionalization in autocracies and how exit options and the escalation of commitment drive elite loyalty in dictatorships. Empirically, I focus on Central and Eastern European cases, in particular the Second Polish Republic (1918-1939). I rely heavily on archival materials, administrative records, and primary-source evidence of elite behavior during autocratization. I am also interested in the emergence of party systems after regime change, which I have explored in CEE in my master's project. My work sits at the intersection of political development, democratization scholarship, and historical political economy.

Formerly, I was a research assistant at the University of Konstanz in the project “Nationalism and democratic backsliding” with Prof. Christina Zuber. I completed my M.Sc. in Social and Economic Data Science at the University of Konstanz in 2025 and my B.A. in Political Science at Yale University in 2023.