Welcome!

Thank you for your visit! I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Chair of Empirical Political Research in the Department of Political Science at Goethe University Frankfurt and the Institute for Empirical-Analytical Research (InFER). With an interdisciplinary approach drawing on political science, migration studies, and social psychology, I study comparative political behavior in majority–minority contexts in the West, focusing on how political actors and political violence shape intergroup attitudes.

My research seeks to understand the mechanisms that improve intergroup relations, particularly through social identity. Rather than viewing identity only as a sense of belonging, I examine how individuals define and make meaning of their identity, and how these processes are influenced by political actors (e.g., governments, religious/political elites) and political developments.

My work examines how government policies, elites, education, and different types of political violence shape identity, intergroup relations, and political participation in Western democracies, with a particular focus on Muslim immigrants in Europe. To do so, I combine large-scale surveys with experimental and quasi-experimental designs. My research has been published in the Journal of Politics, Comparative Political Studies, and Political Psychology.

A list of my publications, working papers, and current projects is available under Research and Publications section.

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