I am an Assistant Professor in comparative politics at the Geschwister-Scholl-Institut für Politikwissenschaft (GSI) at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. I earned a Ph.D. in political science from Central European University’s Doctoral School of Political Science, Public Policy and International Relations in 2023.
I study political violence and far-right socio-politics, as well as collaborating with colleagues on an array of topics within the area of comparative politics. My research applies a diverse array of methodological techniques, especially qualitative methods such as qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) and case study designs. I am a member of the Radicalisation Awareness Network Policy Support (RAN PS), the European Research Community on Radicalisation (ERCOR) Researchers’ Directory.
I teach courses that deal with applied research, including Far-Right Socio-politics, Political Violence, and Social Movements. I also teach graduate-level methodological courses, such as Comparative Political Research and Case-based Methods for Social Science.
Demobilising the Far Right
(Cambridge University Press, 2026)
scheduled publication in September 2026
Social movement research has grown rapidly in recent decades. Yet the greatest share of research is tilted towards mobilisation and the tumult of movement activism. Less attention is paid to the downward slope of activity, to demobilisation. This book presents a comparative study of large far-right demonstration campaigns in Austria, England, and Germany over the last three decades (1990-2020). Demonstrations are a central tactic of many movements, particularly the far right. Studying the campaigns built around them not only helps to understand demobilisation, but also offers insights into a persistent threat to democratic societies. Using qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) to analyse dozens of cases, the book reveals diverse patterns of factors that cause far-right campaigns to demobilise and, going further, uses process-tracing techniques to identify mechanisms underlying these patterns. The book thereby deals with an urgent phenomenon, far-right activism, and contributes to an underdeveloped area of social movement theory.
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