A core part of my research focuses on the areas of comparative politics and public opinion. The main themes of my work investigate the drivers of political participation, focusing on political behavior and attitudes, electoral administration and party competition. My PhD dissertation exemplifies these themes, exploring how political motivations shape participation, from voting to candidacy.

An additional strand of my research focuses on quantitative research methods, including causal inference techniques and computational approaches. Here, I use survey experiments, regression discontinuity designs and Large Language Models to explore how individuals express their preferences, attitudes and identities in open-ended survey responses.

Working Papers

• “Why do people run for office? Political motivations of first-time candidates” – with Carolina Plescia (draft available upon request, selected presentations: APSA).
• “Election integrity, electoral participation and the meanings of voting” – with Anna Lia Brunetti (draft available upon request, selected presentations: Electoral Integrity Project Conference, MPSA, WAPOR).
• “Decoding the Vote: Mapping key theories and debates in the study of voting behavior” – with Jennifer Oser, Carolina Plescia and Aya Shoshan (to be presented at MPSA 2025)
• “Beyond Borders: Advancing Data Harmonization by Addressing Cross-Cultural Challenges in Global Survey Research.” – with Carolina Plescia and Markus Wagner.
• “Globalization, meanings of voting and turnout: experimental evidence from the US” – with Cal Le Gall, Ming M. Boyer, and Carolina Plescia (pre-registration available here https://osf.io/shrpt).