ABOUT
I am professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam where I am a member of the research group Political Economy and Transnational Governance. At the University of Amsterdam, I am co-director of the Amsterdam Center for Conflict Studies (with Erella Grassiani).
My work is interested in the relationship between democracy, conflict, and violence. I aim to understand the processes contributing to the persistence of violence in spite of - or perhaps because of - the adoption of democratic processes. From 2020-2025, I am principal investigator of the project Elections, Violence, and Parties funded by the European Research Council. My research has previously been funded by the Dutch Science Foundation (NWO), the European Commission's Marie Curie Actions, and the U.S. Department of Defense Minerva Research Initiative. Please find my full CV here. |