Welcome! I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of International Economics, Government & Business at Copenhagen Business School. I am also a senior fellow at Wharton's Impact, Value, and Sustainable Business Initiative. 

My research explores how multinational corporations shape, and are shaped by, the socio-political systems in which they operate. I study the consequences of foreign investment for peace, inequality, and sustainable development, with a focus on when firm strategies align with societal needs versus exacerbate conflict or exclusion. 

A core contribution of my work is the Business & Conflict Barometer, a data science platform I co-developed to help scholars, policymakers, and companies assess the local impacts of private capital. The platform supports research and decision-making on how business activity intersects with grievances, governance, and the Sustainable Development Goals.

I contribute to large, multi-year projects supported by over $5 million in competitive external funding, including awards from the Norwegian Research Council and the Carlsberg Foundation. Additional research support and partnerships include the Bay and Paul Foundations, the Christensen Foundation, BlackRock, Brown Advisory, Interpeace, and EY. You can read about my current projects on the research page.

I coordinate two courses for Copenhagen Business School's International Business and Politics degree: Political Economy of Development (BSc.) and Political Science (BSc.).

I was previously a postdoctoral fellow at Princeton University and the University of Stellenbosch Business School. I earned a joint PhD in risk management and political science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.