Talks

2024

  • 25 Mar 2024, “International Redistribution and Natural Disasters”, Centre for Research on Social Dynamics and Public Policy, Bocconi University, Milan (invited talk)
  • 29 Feb 2024, “International Redistribution and Natural Disasters”, Political Economy Lunch, Hertie School, Berlin (invited talk)

2023

  • 14 Dec 2023, “Explaining the Redistribution Gap: Inequality, Tax Policy Design, and Ideology”, Political Science Speaker Series, University of Stuttgart (invited talk)
  • 7 Sep 2023, “International Redistribution and Natural Disasters”, International Relations Speaker Series, Harvard University (invited talk)
  • 22-24 Jun 2023, EPSA Annual Conference, Glasgow, “International Redistribution and Natural Disasters” and “Explaining the Redistribution Gap: Tax Reforms, Redistribution, and Ideology” (paper presenter)
  • 4 May 2023, “Explaining the Redistribution Gap: Inequality, Tax Policy Design, and Ideology”, Department of Economics Speaker Series, University of Freiburg
  • 16 March 2023, “Representation, Public Policy, and Experiments”, Representation, Political Beliefs, and Behavior Workshop, University of Basel
  • 8 Feb 2023, “Explaining the Redistribution Gap: Inequality, Tax Policy Design, and Ideology”, Representation and Behavior Workshop, University of Cologne (invited talk)

2022

  • 21 Dec 2022, “Improving Public Support for Climate Action Through Multilateralism”, The Politics of Climate Change Workshop, University of Munich (invited talk)
  • 22 Sep 2022, “Explaining the Redistribution Gap: Inequality, Tax Policy Design, and Ideology”, Cologne Political Science Workshop, University of Cologne (invited talk)
  • 7 Jul 2022, “Democracy, Resilience, and Long-Term Policy Challenges”, Annual Summer Conference on Economy and Society, Max Plank Institute (invited talk)
  • 13 May 2022, “Can Policy Responses to Pandemics Reduce Mass Fear?”, Political Economy Workshop, University of Cologne (invited talk)
  • 9 May 2022, “Improving Public Support for Climate Action Through Multilateralism”, Interdisciplinary Forum on Peace and Sustainability, University of Cologne (invited talk)
  • 28 Apr 2022, “Improving Public Support for Climate Action Through Multilateralism”, “The Politics of Solidarities” Workshop, University of Duisburg-Essen (invited talk)
  • 3 Mar 2022, Comparative Politics Seminar, Vanderbilt University, “Improving Public Support for Climate Action Through Multilateralism” (invited talk)

2021

  • 6 Dec 2021, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, “Improving Public Support for Climate Action Through Multilateralism” (invited talk)
  • 10 Nov 2021, Quantitative Political Economy Seminar, King’s College London, “Improving Public Support for Climate Action Through Multilateralism” (invited talk)
  • 28 Sep 2021, Global Research in International Political Economy Seminar, “Improving Public Support for Climate Action Through Multilateralism” (invited talk)

2020

  • 11 Dec 2020, Research Cluster ECONTribute, University of Cologne, “Reciprocity, Multilateralism, and Support for Costly Climate Action” (invited talk)
  • 27 Feb 2020, Department of Political Science, Columbia University, Departmental Speaker Series, “Why Austerity? The Mass Politics of a Contested Policy” (invited talk)
  • 24 Jan 2020, Department of Socio-Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business, “What Determines Climate Policy Preferences If Reducing Greenhouse-Gas Emissions Is a Global Public Good?” (invited talk)

2019

  • 10 Oct 2019, Department of Economics, University of Lucerne “Inequality and Redistribution Behavior” (invited talk)
  • 20-22 Jun 2019, EPSA Annual Conference, Belfast: “Measuring Time Preferences in Large Surveys” and “The Mass Politics of Austerity” (paper presenter, chair, discussant)
  • 12 Jun 2019, University of Salzburg: “Inequality and Redistribution Behavior” (invited talk)
  • 20 May 2019, Political Science Speaker Series, University of Stuttgart: “Inequality and Redistribution Behavior” (invited talk)
  • 10 May 2019, Electoral Behavior Conference, German Political Science Association, MZES, Mannheim: “Dynamic Climate Cooperation, Time Preferences, and Redistribution” (invited talk)

2018

  • 7 Dec 2018, CSDC Speaker Series, Montreal: “Inequality and Redistribution Behavior” (invited talk)
  • 8 Nov 2018, Leitner Program in International & Comparative Political Economy, Yale University: “Inequality and Redistribution Behavior” (invited talk)
  • 9 Feb 2018, Annual NYU CESS Experimental Political Science Conference, NYU, New York: “Inequality and Redistribution Behavior in a Give-or-Take Game” (paper presenter)

2017

  • 31 Aug 2017, Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, San Francisco: “Distributive Politics, Fairness, and the Allocation of Disaster Relief” (paper presenter, panel chair)

2016

  • 1 Dec 2016, International Political Economy Speaker Series, MIT, Boston: “Interests, Norms, and Support for the Provision of Global Public Goods: The Case of Climate Cooperation” (invited talk)
  • 12 Nov 2016, IPES Annual Conference, Duke University and University of Chapel Hill, Durham: “Inequality Aversion and Support for Climate Cooperation” (paper presenter)
  • 14 Oct 2016, Environmental Studies Breakfast, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis: “Interests, Norms, and Support for Global Climate Cooperation” (invited talk)
  • 12 Nov 2016, IPES Annual Conference, Duke University and University of Chapel Hill, Durham: “Inequality Aversion and Support for Climate Cooperation” (paper presenter)
  • 1 Jun 2016, University of Zurich Law School, “Policy Design, Fairness, and Global Public Goods: The Case of Climate Cooperation” (invited talk)
  • 12 Apr 2016, World Trade Institute, Berne: “Interests, Norms, and Mass Support for International Climate Policy” (invited talk)
  • 21-22 Jan 2016, Annual Meeting of the Swiss Political Science Association, University of Basel: “The Ideological Basis of the Grexit Debate” and “Postal Voting, Turnout, and Electoral Choice in Direct Legislation” (paper presenter)

2015

  • 30 Nov 2015, Department of Political Science, University of Stuttgart: “The Ideological Basis of the Grexit Debate” (invited talk)
  • 13-14 Nov 2015, IPES Annual Conference, Stanford University: “The Ideological Basis of the Grexit Debate” (paper presenter)
  • 8 Oct 2015, SNIS Funding Workshop, Geneva: “Intertemporal Fairness in Global Climate Cooperation” and “Directing and (Successfully) Completing a SNIS-funded Project” (invited talk)
  • 26 Jun 2015, EPSA Annual Conference, Vienna: “Norms, Interests, and Support for Global Climate Cooperation” and “Who Wants Greece to Leave? Mass Support for the Grexit in Europe” (paper presenter)
  • 3-4 Jun 2015, Political Choice and Behavior Working Group, Annual Meeting, University of Stuttgart: “Public Goods, Reciprocity, and the Causal Effect of Expected Cooperation in Representative Samples” (paper presenter)
  • 18 Jun 2015, Workshop “Political Economy of Reforms”, University of Mannheim: “Norms, Interests, and Support for Global Climate Cooperation”
  • 8 Apr 2015, Department of Political Science, University of Cologne: “Norms, Interests, and Support for Global Climate Cooperation” (invited talk)
  • 18 Feb 2015, Department of Political Science, Washington University in St. Louis: “Exploring the Multidimensionality of Preferences for International Redistribution: The Case of the Eurozone Bailouts” (invited talk)
  • 2 Feb 2015, Department of Political Science, University of Lucerne: “Wer unterstützt globale Klimakooperation? Eine experimentelle Untersuchung zur Bedeutung von Normen und Interessen” (invited talk)

2014

  • International Political Economy Society, Georgetown University (paper presenter)
  • School of International Relations and Pacific Studies, University of California San Diego (invited talk)
  • Dynamics of Collective Decisionmaking Working Group, HWK Delmenhorst (invited talk)
  • Department of Economics, University of St.Gallen (invited talk)
  • The Political Economy of the Euro Crisis Workshop, University of Zurich (invited talk)

2013

  • Comparative Politics Workshop, Stanford University (invited talk)
  • International Political Economy Society Conference, Claremont Graduate School (paper presenter)
  • Workshop “The Dynamics of Collective Decisionmaking”, organized by Susumu Shikano, University of Konstanz (invited talk)
  • Workshop “The Politics of Sovereign Debt”, organized by Iain McMenamin, Michael Breen, and Juan Munoz Portillo, Dublin City University (invited talk)
  • Colloquium Politicum, University of Freiburg i. Br. (invited talk)
  • Political Economy Workshop, London School of Economics and Political Science (invited talk)
  • Political Science Workshop, University of Oxford – Nuffield College (invited talk)
  • Swiss Political Science Association, Annual Meeting, Zurich (invited discussant)

2012

  • Department of Political Science, University of Konstanz (guest lecture)
  • International Political Economy Society Conference, University of Virginia (paper presenter)
  • Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego (invited talk)
  • Comparative Politics and International Relations Workshops, University of California, Los Angeles (invited talk)
  • Political Economy Section, DVPW, Annual Meeting, University of Tübingen (paper presenter, discussant, panel chair)
  • Research Seminar, Higher School of Economics, Moscow (invited talk)
  • Study Group “Dynamics of Collective Decisionmaking”, HWK Delmenhorst (invited talk)
  • Department of Economics, University of St.Gallen (invited talk)

2011

  • Swiss Political Science Association, Annual Meeting, Lucerne (workshop organizer, paper presenter)
  • Political Economy Research Seminar, University of Essex (invited talk)
  • Political Economy Section, DVPW, Annual Meeting, University of Bamberg (paper presenter, discussant)
  • EPSA Annual Conference, Dublin (paper presenter)
  • Economics and Institutional Change Research Seminar, IMT – Institute For Advanced Studies Lucca (invited talk)
  • Conference on International Environmental Policymaking and Agreements, organized by Giovanni Maggi, Helen Milner, Kenneth F. Scheve, and Bard Harstad, Yale University
  • Swiss Political Science Association, Annual Meeting, Basel (workshop organizer, paper presenter)

2010

  • Political Economy Workshop, New York University
  • International Political Economy Society Conference, Harvard University (paper presenter)
  • Department Colloquium, EBS University, Wiesbaden (invited talk)
  • Political Economy Section, DVPW, Annual Meeting, ETH Zurich (local organizer, panel chair, paper presenter)
  • Rational Choice Section, DVPW, Annual Meeting, Mannheim (paper presenter)
  • Research Seminar Speaker Series, IBEI – Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals (invited talk)
  • Political Economy Workshop, University of Lucerne (invited talk)

2009

  • Swiss Political Science Association, Annual Meeting, Geneva (paper presenter)
  • IR Workshop, Department of Political Science, Yale University (invited talk)
  • Political Economy Breakfast, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (invited talk)
  • International Political Economy Society Conference, Texas A&M University (paper presenter)
  • 2 Nov 2009, Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (invited talk)
  • CIS Colloqium, ETH Zurich and University of Zurich
  • Political Economy Section, German Political Science Association, Kiel (paper presenter)
  • ECPR General Conference, Potsdam (paper presenter and panel chair)
  • Rational Choice Section, German Political Science Association, Berne (paper presenter)
  • Electoral Behavior Section, German Political Science Association, Frankfurt (paper presenter)

2006-2008

  • 2nd Conference on the Political Economy of International Organizations, Geneva (paper presenter and discussant), 2009
  • Working Group “Development and Environment”, Swiss Political Science Association, ETH Zurich and University of Zurich (paper presenter), 2008
  • Natural and Social Science Interface, ETH Zurich (paper presenter), 2008
  • “Experimental Political Science” Workshop, Hanse Wissenschaftskolleg, Delmenhorst (discussant), 2008
  • “Political Institutions in the European Union: Theoretical and Empirical Innovations in Current Research” Workshop, Konstanz (paper presenter and discussant), 2008
  • Political Economy Section, German Political Science Association, Kassel (paper presenter)
  • Verein für Socialpolitik, Annual Meeting, Munich (paper presenter), 2007
  • ECPR General Conference, Pisa (paper presenter and panel chair), 2007
  • “Political Events, Financial Markets, and Trade” Workshop, Konstanz (paper presenter), 2007
  • ECPR Graduate Conference, Essex (paper presenter and panel chair), 2006
  • Political Methodology Section, German Political Science Association, Hamburg (paper presenter), 2006
  • “Rational Choice and the Study of Politics” Workshop, Grenoble (paper presenter), 2006

Talks

  • • 18 Mar 2024, Centre for Research on Social Dynamics and Public Policy, Bocconi University, Milan
  • • 14 Mar 2024, Climate Politics Workshop, Bocconi University, Milan
  • • 29 Feb 2024, Political Economy Lunch, Hertie School, Berlin
  • • 14 Dec 2023, Political Science Speaker Series, University of Stuttgart
  • • 7 Sep 2023, International Relations Speaker Series, Harvard University
  • • 22-24 Jun 2023, EPSA Annual Conference, Glasgow

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Institute for Political Science and European Affairs
Cologne Center for Comparative Politics
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