Research

I hold a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in Economics from Kiel University and am currently pursuing a PhD in Development Studies at the University of Lisbon. My background includes extensive training in quantitative methods, which I deepened during my stays at the Universities of Glasgow and Nottingham.

To enhance my skills in mixed methods and gain a holistic understanding of development, I started my PhD at the Lisbon School of Economics and Management. I am now in my second year, working on my first paper, which I plan to publish soon.

My research focuses on the interactions between environmental shocks, institutions and development trajectories of different countries. I draw on various approaches from the new institutional economics school of thought and engage with both theories of collective choice and evolutionary theories of institutional change. I therefore deal with a wide range of topics such as the “path-dependent” process of change based on a country's history, the bargaining power of actors, different types of rules and their interconnection, the role of the legislative or decentralized choice processes where new rules emerge by chance.

In my research, I will use both quantitative and qualitative research techniques and also collect new primary data.

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