ABOUT ME in brief.

Welcome to my personal website, where you can find information about my research interests, work, and publications.

My research focuses on the interaction between policymakers and organized interests.

Its central aim is to improve government policy making through evidence-based recommendations in the areas of governance, transparency, and accountability. 

Some Recent Publications

Business Lobbying in the
​European Union

In this monograph with David Coen and Matia Vannoni we provide an in-depth and multi-angle analysis of business-government relations in the EU over the last 30 years.

Following the Money:
​Exploring Business Financial Contributions to the European Union's Political Parties​

Do business groups donate to the European Union's (EU) political parties?  This is the first piece to explore the direction of business donations to the EU's political parties. 

Between cheap talk and epistocracy: The logic of interest group access in the European Parliament's committee hearings

In this article with David Coen, we offer an innovative and nuanced conceptual model framing interest group mobilization in the European Parliament's committee hearings.