Bio

I’m a political economist working on the politics of social policy. I am particularly interested in the dynamics behind health inequalities and their repercussions. I am currently a Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute.

I received my PhD from Central European University in September 2019. My dissertation looked at how clientelism and partisanship influenced access to healthcare in 17 Eastern and Southern E.U. member states.

Interests

  • Political Economy
  • Health Policy and Inequalities
  • Data Analysis and Visualization
  • Causal Inference in Social Sciences
  • Populism & Clientelism

Education

  • PhD in Political Economy, 2019

    Central European University

  • MA in Political Science, 2014

    Central European University

  • BA in Political Science, 2012

    University of Bucharest

Research

 
 
 
 
 

Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow

European University Institute

Sep 2020 – Aug 2022 Florence
Mentor: Ellen M. Immergut
 
 
 
 
 

International Research Fellow

Caucasus Research Resource Center

Jan 2020 – Mar 2020 Tbilisi
Survey Research

Teaching

 
 
 
 
 

Visiting Professor

Ilia State University

Oct 2019 – Aug 2020 Tbilisi

Courses

  • Research Design
  • Global Political Economy
  • Public Policy and Party Politics
  • 21st Century Challenges in Global Politics
 
 
 
 
 

Instructor for Summer/Virtual Schools

European Consortium for Political Research

Aug 2019 – Aug 2020 Budapest

Courses

  • Introduction to R
  • Applied Regression Analysis
 
 
 
 
 

Teaching Assistant

Central European University

Jan 2015 – Dec 2017 Budapest
Teaching assistant for several courses in Statistics and Political Economy.

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