Academic positions
- 2024–Senior Research and Teaching AssociateDepartment of Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich
- 2023–2024Research and Teaching AssociateDepartment of Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich
- 2026Visiting Researcher (CSS@LMU Fellowship)Department of Media and Communication, LMU Munich
- 2023–Course InstructorFH Graubünden & University of Fribourg (IDCMI)
- 2019–2023PhD CandidateDepartment of Political Science / Hot Politics Lab, University of Amsterdam
- 2020–2021Visiting ResearcherComputational Communication Lab, University of Vienna
Education
- 2024PhD in Political ScienceUniversity of Amsterdam“Blueprints and fingerprints: Politicians' use of emotional appeals in European democracies.” Supervisors: Gijs Schumacher, Mariken van der Velden, Bert N. Bakker
- 2015MA in European Union and Russian StudiesUniversity of Tartu
- 2013BA in International Development StudiesUniversity of Vienna
Grants
- 2026IKMZ Community Grant (PI)Does Training Fix Bias? Student Coder Bias, Training Interventions, and LLM Validation
- 2026GRC Short Grant (co-applicant)Perception of Politics during the Soccer World Cup in the US and Canada
- 2025Swiss Federal Office of Communications, BAKOM (PI)Visual Tradcultures on TikTok
- 2024IKMZ Community Grant (co-applicant)Mental Well-being in Academia
Awards
- 2024, 2026ICA Best Paper AwardPolitical Communication
- 2021ICA Best Paper AwardComputational Communication Science
- 2019ECPR Travel Grant
Invited talks
- 2026Political social media influencers in the 2024 US and 2025 German electionsLMU Munich
- 2026Using self-refinement to increase the accuracy of LLMsLMU Munich
- 2024The political role of social media influencersSuisse Digital, Bern
- 2024Parliamentary debates as networks of politicians and rhetoric stylesDuitsland Instituut, Amsterdam
- 2024Political social media influencers as political engagers?Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
- 2021Three gaps in computational text analysis methodsText as Data Research Group; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Service
- 2025–2026Member, appointment committeeIKMZ, University of Zurich
- ongoingSpecial issue editor, “From Memes to Movements”Frontiers in Computer Science / Communication / Political Science / Sociology
- 2023Co-organizer, ICA HackathonToronto
- 2020–2023Co-organizer, Hot Politics Lab Speaker SeriesUniversity of Amsterdam
- ReviewerPolitical Analysis, Communication Methods and Measures, Computational Communication Research, The International Journal of Press/Politics, Political Psychology, Research and Politics, Party Politics, Scientific Reports, and others
Media
- 2023–Expert commentary on digital political communication and political influencersSRF, Watson, Blick, 20 Minuten