Short CV
- Since 2024: PhD candidate in the Research Training Group ‘Gewohnter Wandel’ (Habitual Change) and Research assistant at the Institute for Human Geography at Goethe Universität Frankfurt
- 2022–2024: Project assistant at the Association Gemeinwohlorientierte Stadtentwicklung with a focus on cooperation between civil society, politics and administration
- 2021–2023: Research assistant at Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, in the research project ‘Class formation and re-urbanization through real estate development at an Eastern periphery of global capitalism’
- 2020, 2021: Scholarship holder and intern at the German Bundestag as part of the International Parliamentary Scholarship
- 2017–2019: Master of Arts in Advanced Sociological Research. Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania (Thesis: Culture-led development or class-driven gentrification in Cluj)
- 2014–2017: Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca, Romania (Thesis: Restructuring of the Flacăra and Napochim factories. A playground for real estate investments)
Research focus
- Socio-ecological transformation of housing
- Housing crisis and civil society proposals for solutions
- Unequal urban development and urban planning processes
Recent projects
The socio-ecological transformation of housing. The role of ownership structure in shaping energy-efficient renovations in the rental housing sector. (since 2024)
In my dissertation project, I am researching the extent to which the ownership structure of housing companies – cooperative, municipal or private – influences the implementation of energy-efficient renovations and the treatment of tenants.