About me
I am an assistant professor in the Department of Political Economy at King's College London, where I coordinate the Political Economy of Peace and Conflict research group. I am also a faculty affiliate in the Identity and Conflict Lab at Yale University and a non-resident scholar at the Collegio Carlo Alberto. I received my PhD in 2018 from the European University Institute. My research focuses on conflict and cooperation. Please find my CV here.
Research (by topic)
Book project
(The book investigates a core dilemma of regime transitions: whether to purge or retain elites from the old order.)
- "Inherited Authority: Elite Survival and Political Stability After Regime Change.” Under contract with Cambridge University Press (with M. Schaub) Working paper
After conflict and violence
(How political violence, repression, and civil conflict shape civic behavior, trust, and social cohesion.)
- “Does State Repression Spark Protest? Evidence from Secret Police Surveillance in Communist Poland.” American Political Science Review, 2022 (with A. Hager) Article
- “Violence Against Politicians and Public Opinion: Evidence from Poland.” Comparative Political Studies, 2022 (with J. Morales, D. Sandu) Article
- “Adjustments to Gang Exposure in Early Adolescence.” Journal of Peace Research, 2022 Article
- “Pulled Together or Torn Asunder? Community Cohesion After Symmetric and Asymmetric Civil War.” Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2020 Article
- “Ethnic Riots and Prosocial Behavior: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan.” American Political Science Review, 2019 (with A. Hager, M. Schaub) Article
- "Does Political Violence Backfire in Mature Democracies? Evidence from the Capitol Insurrection in the U.S." Journal of Peace Research, 2025 (with J. Morales) Article
- "Does Crime Breed Authoritarianism? Crime Exposure, Democratic Decoupling, and Political Attitudes in Brazil." Journal of Peace Research, 2025 (with J. Masullo, D. Morisi) Article
- "Surviving Peace: What Kills Ex-Combatants after Armed Conflict?" (with E. Nussio) Working paper
- "Careers in the Crossfire: The Effects of Internal Defections on Secret Police Officers’ Networks." (with H. Thomson)
- "Do Population Transfers Weaken Partisan Uprisings? Postwar Poland's Operation Vistula" (with A. Hager)
Identity and discrimination
(How identity, discrimination, and group boundaries affect intergroup relations and attitudes in diverse societies.)
- "Correcting Misperceptions about Ethno-Racial Discrimination." American Journal of Political Science, 2024 (with M. Schaeffer, A. Olsen) Article
- "Good Citizenship and Native-Immigrant Conflict: Experimental Evidence from Europe." Comparative Political Studies, 2024 (with E. Kyrkopoulou, L. Reinhardt, N. Sambanis) Article
- "Ethnoreligious Diversity and State-Making: Evidence from Pakistan." European Sociological Review, 2025 (with H. Khan et al.) Article
- "When Politics Enters the Waiting Room: Far-Right Electoral Victories Exacerbate Discrimination in Access to Healthcare.” Cond. accept., American Political Science Review (with M. Schaeffer et al.)
- "The Clock on Compassion: How Settlement Misperceptions Shape Support for Refugee Policy” (with M. Giani, S. Târlea) Working paper
- "Mating Market Shock and Gendered Support for Ukrainian Refugees in Poland.” (with N. Sambanis) Working paper
- "Which Threats Mobilize? Evidence from Six Large-Scale Experiments with Party Supporters." (with C. Ciobanu, D. Sandu)
Institutions and governance
(How people interact with formal and informal institutions, with a focus on cooperation and conflict.)
- "Equal in Private, Unequal in Public? Coeducation and Sexism in the Soviet Union.” Forthcoming, Journal of Politics (with M. Giani) Article
- "Does School Debating Reduce Vulnerability to Misinformation? A Field Experiment in Poland." Journal of Politics, 2025 (with B. Clemm, D. Morisi) Article
- "Compliance and Accountability-Seeking: Field Experiment in Argentina." Journal of Development Economics, 2025 (with L. Ronconi) Article
- "Why Do People Use Informal Justice? Experimental Evidence from Kosovo." Journal of Experimental Political Science, 2024 (with S. Kursani) Article
- "Trust Intermediary in a Cryptomarket for Illegal Drugs." European Sociological Review, 2024 (with F. Andrei, D. Barrera, E. Sulis) Article
- "United on Divisive Waters: Decentralization of Irrigation and Conflict in India.” R&R (with K. Mazur) Working paper
- "Settlement Structure and Social Cohesion.” (with A. Hager) Working paper
- "From Nobleman to Businessman: The Enduring Legacy of Poland’s Szlachta." (with P. Charasz)
