Welcome! I am a PostDoc at the Immigration Policy Lab, at ETH Zurich.

My research focuses on current challenges of democratic societies in Western Europe and in the US. I study the demand and supply of populism, electoral responses to immigration and emotions in politics. I am particuarly interested in understanding how globalization affects voters’ preferences and how political elites act strategically to contend with potential disruptions.

A general trait of my research is the attempt to substantiate well identified claims of causality, and to formulate theory to make sense of the data. I am interested in quantitative methods, and in particular in causal inference in the context of observational research, with both traditional and new sources of data. I am particularly intrigued by the potential of computational social science in opening new ways to understand political research.

I received my PhD in Public Policy and Administration at Bocconi University. During my PhD, I visited NYU and Harvard University. This was only possible thanks to generous funding by Bocconi University, Fondazione Invernizzi, Fondazione Banca del Monte di Lombardia and Ermenegildo Zegna Founder’s Scholarship. I also attended the 2019 EITM Summer Institute and the 2018 Oxford Spring School in Advanced Research Methods.