About Me

I am a PhD candidate in Economics at Ruhr University Bochum, supervised by Thomas K. Bauer and Arnaud Chevalier. I submitted my dissertation in July 2026 and expect to defend it in October 2026. From October 2023 to September 2026, I worked as a doctoral researcher at the Chair of Empirical Economics, supported by the DFG Research Training Group 2484, “Regional Disparities and Economic Policy”.

My research interests lie in applied microeconomics, particularly labour and family economics, migration, housing, and regional and urban economics. My dissertation studies migration and housing markets in relation to divorce, fertility and leaving the parental home.

Academic background

I hold a B.Sc. in Mathematics from Middle East Technical University and an M.Sc. in Behavioral and Applied Economics from the University of Trento, where I received a merit scholarship. During my master’s studies, I spent an exchange year studying Public Economics at Freie Universität Berlin.

In summer 2022, I undertook an Erasmus+ research internship at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, hosted by Susann Fiedler. I designed and implemented an oTree bargaining experiment on overconfidence, prosociality and motivated beliefs, which formed the basis of my master’s thesis.

Research and teaching experience

My doctoral work combines original historical data construction with longitudinal household analysis. I have experience digitising regional statistical publications, harmonising geographical boundaries, linking household and housing-market data, and working with restricted-access geocoded survey data. I use Stata, R and Python for data preparation and empirical analysis.

In winter semester 2025/26, I designed and taught Introductory Migration Economics, an English-language undergraduate seminar at Ruhr University Bochum, developing its syllabus and lecture materials.

I am on the 2026–27 economics job market, seeking postdoctoral and research economist positions in Germany.

You can find more information on my research, CV, teaching, and contact page.