I am a Postdoctoral Researcher in Political Science (Political Behavior and Institutions) at Aarhus University.
My research agenda examines how market inequalities shape democratic governance in advanced democracies. I study how citizens respond to economic risks, such as rising housing costs and energy burdens, and how these experiences influence their political preferences and behavior. I also investigate the institutional factors that drive policy choices at the local level, particularly in areas where market pressures intersect with the provision of public goods, such as housing and homelessness. Across my projects, I aim to understand how unequal exposure to market risks translates into political inequalities and constrains the capacity of democratic institutions to respond.
My work has been published in Perspectives on Politics and the Urban Affairs Review. In my work, I use a range of research designs and data sources, including causal inference approaches, mixed methods, surveys, and administrative data.
On this website, you can find more information about my research, and a list of my publications. You can find a copy of my CV here. You can also visit my Google Scholar profile or follow me on Bluesky.
Research
Working Papers— Please email me for a copy.
Energy Burden and SWD in Germany (with J. Sophia Wang). Under review.
The Political Calculus of Land Use Reform. Under review.
Market Risk and the Politics of Democratic Accountability in Germany.
Book Project
Crisis by Design: How the U.S. Built a System That Can’t Solve Homelessness.
Published Work:
Journal Articles
Reassessing the Impact of Local Control: When Smaller Local Governments Permit More Housing. Perspectives on Politics (2025). DOI: 10.1017/S1537592725000799. (with Martin Vinæs Larsen)
A Tale of Two Crises: Urban Homelessness Policy during Covid-19. Urban Affairs Review (2024). DOI: 10.1177/10780874241279762.
Housing the People: U.S. Housing Policy and the Democratic Ideal. In "The United States – A Liberal Democracy and its Anachronisms." Zeitschrift für Politik (2023). DOI: 10.5771/9783748941422.
Book Chapters
Sozialpolitik. In "Handbuch Politik USA, 3rd Edition." Springer, 2023. (with Christian Lammert)
Unequal Streets: Homelessness, Public Space, and Exclusion in the American City. In "Participation in American Culture and Society." Winter Verlag, 2024.