PhD PhD Candidate, Institute of Political Science, Leiden University
CandMy research interests are in the areas of international political economy and development economics, particularly during periods of economic crisis across the Global South. I study financial statecraft in emerging markets to reveal how low-income governments use strategic tools like deception to gain advantages in financial interactions with powerful institutions or states. My work investigates how transparency, corruption, and domestic and international political constraints shape government decisions to borrow, and how these decisions affect social and political outcomes for vulnerable citizens. My work has been published in the Review of International Organizations, the Review of International Political Economy, New Political Economy, European Journal of Political Research, and Population and Development Review. Prior to my PhD I studied at the University of Antwerp and Northeastern University.