Welcome!

I am a quantitative researcher working on inequality, poverty, and social policy. My research themes include inequality of educational and labour market opportunities, monetary and multidimensional poverty, and social policy effects on life course transitions. The geographic focus of my research is on Europe and Africa.

Since August 2023, I am Junior Professor of Sociology of the Welfare State at the University of Mannheim. I carry out research and teach seminars in Bachelor and Master programmes on social stratification, life-course sociology, social and labour market inequalities, and contemporary welfare state change and challenges.

Between 2020 and 2023, I was a post-doctoral Research Fellow at the European University Institute (EUI), working in the project WellSIRe (Wellbeing Returns on Social Investment Recalibration). Within this research project, I studied the potential of social investment policies to smoothen life-course transitions and reduce poverty and social inequalities in Europe.

Before joining the academia, I worked as a researcher and policy analyst at the UNICEF Office of Research (2011-2014) and at the Economic Policy Research Institute (2015-2016) where I carried out research on the measurement and analysis of child poverty and social policy. My work involved leading regional and national workshops on poverty measurement for UNICEF regional and country offices and local partners.

In addition to academic research, I write opinion articles to the media, and engage in research and training with governmental institutions and international organizations, among other activities. You can find my full CV below.