My background is in economics and economic geography with the primary
research interests in the fields of political economy, institutional
economics and the economics of social capital and culture. My ongoing
research projects are interdisciplinary and involve collaboration with
economists and political scientists alike. I was a visiting fellow at
ifo Institute, WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Ghent University, Bank of Finland
Institute for Emerging Economies (BOFIT) among others. I have published
in European Economic Review, American Political Science Review, Nature Medicine, Journal of Politics, European Journal of
Political Economy, Journal of Comparative Economics and
Post-Soviet-Affairs.