Bio

I use large language models (LLMs) to address questions in political science. I am an incoming post-doc at the Center for Social Studies, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) in Budapest. Before this, I held post-doctoral positions at the Democracy Institute’s Global Forum on Democracy and Development (Colombo Hub) and at the Institute for Advanced Study, Central European University.

I earned my PhD in Political Science from the European University Institute. I have designed and taught courses on LLM applications and regime change at Bard College/OSUN, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, TU Darmstadt, the European University at Saint Petersburg, and the University of Colombo.

My current research (now available on ArXiv) develops a novel measure of affective elite polarization. I use LLMs to measure how legislators express and out-group dislike, interpreting the context and explaining the cues behind each judgment. Covering two decades of European parliamentary speeches, the project will produce an open EU-wide—and eventually global—dataset, together with an interactive visualization portal.

My dissertation traced the conditions under which authoritarian regimes negotiate successful pacted exits, showing that outcomes depend on the organizational capacity of the opposition during talks.

In my free time, I enjoy alpinism, climbing, kayaking, and ski alpinism.