Welcome to my website! I am an Associate Professor of Economics at Barnard College in New York City. I previously held Assistant and Associate Professor positions at Pomona College in Southern California. I received an MA in Philosophy & Economics from the University of Bayreuth and a PhD in Economics from the University of Freiburg.
My research lies at the intersection of behavioral economics, philosophy of economics, and history of economic thought. Although I work on a wide range of topics, most connect to the question of how situational framing and social environments shape decision-making processes and what constitutes individual agency when preferences and beliefs are context-dependent and change over time.
I employ a combination of methods (experimental, mathematical, philosophical, and historical-contextual) in my work. This follows Elinor Ostrom’s maxim, which states that the use of multiple research methods is often the most powerful way to study complex social phenomena.
