I am a historian of modern Europe and the global economy. My research explores how austerity, debt, and structural adjustment have shaped connections between Europe and the Global South since the 1970s.

I have been a Lecturer at the University of Amsterdam’s Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies and hold a Ph.D. in Modern European History from New York University.

My current book project, A World Disciplined: Austerity, Europe, and the Global South since the 1970s, follows the circulation of ideas and practices of austerity between Brussels, Paris, Washington, and African and Latin American capitals. Alongside the book, I have co-authored The Paris Club Dataset (1956–2026), an open record of sovereign debt restructuring agreements deposited on the Harvard Dataverse.

Teaching is an important part of my academic life, and I have previously taught on the state, food and the city, and the cultural and intellectual history of utopias and dystopias. Whenever possible, I bring archival material, policy documents, and popular culture into my classroom to connect big structural questions to everyday life.

Across my academic work, I aim to make visible the often-hidden infrastructures behind budget cuts and development, and to show how decisions made in finance ministries and international organizations impact everyday life in Europe and the Global South.