I am an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in political theory at the Department of Political Science of the University of Copenhagen.
My current research focuses on the potential of (innovative and traditional) political institutions (broadly understood) to translate democratic principles into practice. I have been particularly interested in the democratic credentials of democratic systems including popular vote processes (initiatives and referendums); my publications on the topic can be found here . A book on this topic, Government with the People , is currently in the making. A new research puzzle focuses on the question of citizens’ a
Between July 2021 and August 2022, I was a 2-year independent postdoctoral research fellow at the Cluster of Excellence “ The Politics of Inequality ” and at the Zukunftskolleg of the University of Konstanz. Before that, I was a postdoctoral and doctoral researcher at the Chair of political philosophy of the University of Zurich, where I completed my PhD in December 2019. I also held the doctoral fellowship of the Zentrum für Demokratie Aarau between 2014 and 2018. Before that, I received my BA and MA in po