Current Research

Articles in progress:

• Policy-specific human rights shaming: Evidence from the Other Letters of the UN Special Procedures
• How user language affects conflict fatality estimates in ChatGPT (with Daniel Kazenwadel)
• The Belt and Road Initiative and voting patterns in the UN General Assembly (with David Weyrauch)
• The rise of China and voting behavior in the UN Human Rights Council (with Valentin Lang and David Weyrauch)
• Autocratic investments and perceptions on human rights in Europe (with Sabine Carey)
• Human rights complaints and the repression of civil society organizations (with Hannah Smidt)
• Attitudes towards arms exports among politicians and citizens in European democracies (with Tobias Risse)
• ESG regulations, firm performance, and sustainability commitments: Evidence from the French supply chain law (with Bernhard Reinsberg)
• Providing effective remedy? Independent accountability mechanisms in German development cooperation (with Angela Heucher, Tobias Polak, and Martin Bruder)

Book project:

Topic: Patterns of Selective Representation in International Human Rights Bodies (more to come…)