I'm a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Political Science Department of the University of Amsterdam (UvA). I am working on the RegulAite project, financed through a Dutch Research Council Vici grant and led by Professor Daniel Mügge. RegulAite studies how the EU can navigate the global AI landscape such that its rules are effective and aligned with public objectives.

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My research focuses on the actors and institutions that shape the EU's digital policies, and the internal and external factors that lead to changes in these policies. In particular, my work addresses the following questions: 1.) How has the EU as a whole responded to the challenges of governing digital technologies? 2.) How has the EU sought to preserve its "strategic autonomy" and "digital and technological sovereignty?" 3.) How has the EU attempted to claw back decision-making power from private actors and from other powers such as the US and China? 

 

I use data analysis, document analysis, and expert interviews to investigate these questions in contexts such as the EU's AI policies, digital platform governance, and technical standard-setting efforts. 

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Before joining academia, I held co-founder / executive roles in three VC-funded tech startups in Asia and conducted political advocacy for several of the world's largest tech firms in Europe and North America. I received my PhD (with Distinction) jointly from the School of Social Sciences and Technology and the School of Management at the Technical University of Munich in January 2025. I also hold an MBA from INSEAD, an MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics (LSE) and a First Class BA in Politics & Philosophy from the University of York.​

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