Current Research

Articles in progress:

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)
Selective spotlights: Shaming targets in the UN Special Procedures
The Belt and Road Initiative and perceptions on human rights in Europe (with Sabine Carey)
Deals between belligerents: Explaining prisoner exchanges during wars
Human rights complaints and the repression of civil society organizations (with Hannah Smidt)
The economic impact of the German Supply Chain Act: Evidence from a regression discontinuity design (with Bernhard Reinsberg)

Dataset on membership in the Belt and Road Intiative (BRI):

For our research project on the impact of membership in the BRI on voting behavior in the UN General Assembly, we collected novel global data on BRI membership for all states in the international system.