Research Interest

My research assesses contemporary challenges to established democracies, with a particular focus on the role of polarization, the erosion of democratic norms, and politicians’ behavior. I have investigated these issues using a mixed-methods approach, combining computational text analysis, experimental and comparative survey designs, and qualitative focus group interviews. Before joining the Digital Democracy & Participation Research Group, I was a postdoctoral researcher collaborating on the DEMNORM research project at Aarhus University, Denmark, and completed my PhD at the European University Institute in Italy.

Projects

SOSEC

CV

Post-Doctoral Researcher - Department of Political Science (BSS)

Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

DEMNORM Project

PI: Prof. Daniel Bischof

Sept. 2022-

Aug. 2025

PhD Researcher – Department of Political and Social Sciences (SPS)

European University Institute, Florence, Italy

PhD Thesis: “Party Polarization and Citizens’ Electoral (de)Mobilization in European Multiparty Systems:

The Role of Fear and Indifference as Political Reactions”

Supervisors: Prof. Ellen Immergut (EUI) and Prof. Virginie Van Ingelgom (UCLouvain)

Sept. 2018-

Feb. 2023

Trainee in the President’s Office

Mar.- Jun. 2017

European Economic and Social Committee

President: Georgios Dassis

Research Assistant QUALIDEM (ERC Starting Grant)

Feb.-Jul.2018

Université Catholique de Louvain

PI: Virginie Van Ingelgom.

Fellowships & Awards

Visiting Researcher

Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain

Hosted by Prof. Enrique Hernandez

Oct. 2023 -

Nov. 2023

Visiting PhD Researcher

Social Science Center (WZB), Berlin, Germany

Hosted by Prof. Swen Hutter & Prof. Edgar Grande

Oct. 2021 -Feb.2022

Visiting PhD Researcher

Aarhus University, Denmark

Hosted by Prof. Christoffer Green-Pedersen and Prof. Rune Slothuus

Jan. 2021 -

June 2021

DPSA (2024) DJØF award for the best paper by junior scholars.

Paper: “Blinded by Out-Group Hatred. Why Do Radical Right Party Entry Reduce its Voters’ Satisfaction with Democracy?” (with Álvaro Canalejo Molero)

Prize: 5000 DKK (≈ 670 €)

APSA (2022) Wilson Award for the Best Paper on French Politics.

Paper: “Blinded by Out-Group Hatred. Why Do Radical Right Party Entry Reduce Its Voters’ Satisfaction with Democracy?” (with Álvaro Canalejo Molero)