I currently work as a research associate in the Institute for Political Science at  Leuphana University of Lüneburg. 

My research examines the factors that affect individuals' support for policies with a focus on spending, taxation, and redistribution.

One line of my work centers on education, analyzing how material interests, economic factors, and perceptions of social mobility influence attitudes towards public investment. Much of this work examines how these factors play out in different local and sub-national socioeconomic contexts. 

Another relates to taxation and social welfare policies, examining the role of (mis)perceptions, information, and policy framing in shaping support for measures such as inheritance and estate taxation, pension reform, and omnibus redistributive policy, like the Farm Bill.

A theme underlying much of my work explores how geographical cleavages, such as the urban-rural divide, shape trends in political preferences and support for investment in public goods.

Using survey methods (descriptive and experimental) and secondary data sources, my research broadly investigates both the structural and perceptual elements that shape public opinion on social and economic policy.