Political theorist and democratization scholar
I am a political theorist and democratization scholar(Dr. phil., Humboldt-Universität Berlin) based at the University of Münster. My research focuses on ideas, practices and institutions that societies employ to organize their common affairs. I study these subjects across countries, centuries and regimes.
Past projects have focused on the development of the concept of the democratic state, constitution-making practices, and the role of constitutional courts. In ongoing research projects I work on the authoritarian populist mimicry of democratic practices, problems and practices of economic democracy, and decision-making practices of citizens‘ assemblies.
Since 2024, I have gained experience in participant observation and have studied lottery-based democratic forums (e.g., citizens assemblies) organized by the European Commission, the state parliament of the German state Nordrhine Westphalia, German municiplaities, and German NGOs working with democratic innovations.
My research has been published among others in Contemporary Political Theory, Philosophy and Social Criticism, History of European Ideas, The European Legacy, Cambridge University Press.
Since August 2023, I serve as one of the editors for the Journal of Political Sociology.