I am a PostDoc in migration and integration research at the BiB in Germany. I am also an associate researcher of the Swiss National Center for Competence in Research (NCCR) for Mobility and Migration Studies at the University of Neuchâtel.

My research focuses on international migration and its consequences for individuals. I am particularly interested in the adjustment and the perceived integration of internationally mobile individuals, immigrants and their descendants. My goal is to better understand the processes and mechanisms that facilitate adjustment, contribute to mismatches between individual perceptions and social reality, and that influence migration decisions & behaviour.

Some current work of mine deals with the relationship between cultural distance and immigrant adjustment, and with the consequences of disappointed migration expectations for immigrants’ emotional disengagement with the destination society. Sporadically, I also devote time to other interesting topics such as migration and change in personal culture and data visualisation.