About me

Hello! I am a senior researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies. I completed my PhD at the DYNAMICS graduate school, a PhD program jointly run by Humboldt University Berlin and the Hertie School. Prior to my PhD, I worked in consulting and for the EU institutions. I obtained an MPhil in European Politics from the University of Oxford and a BA from King’s College London.

My interests lie in the political economy of European democracies, which I examine from a comparative perspective. In my work, I study how political parties interact with trade unions and labour market institutions to shape policy outcomes, particularly in the areas of wage formation and inflation. I am also interested in European economic governance, with a specific focus in understanding how the EU’s economic policies and preferences affect member states’ national labour markets.

Methodologically, I specialize in text-as-data methods and in leveraging natural language processing techniques to answer questions in comparative political economy. I have also taken an interest in time series and panel data analysis.

My research has been published in academic journals including European Union Politics, the Journal of European Social Policy and the European Journal of Industrial Relations.

Amongst other things, on this website you can find my publications, my CV and my teaching experience. Feel free to reach out at cj@mpifg.de if you are interested to connect, talk about projects and common interests!