After growing up near Freiburg, Germany, I studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at the Queen's College, University of Oxford. I completed an MPhil in Modern Middle Eastern Studies at St. Antony's College, University of Oxford, and a PhD at the Department of International Development at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). During my time at LSE I was also a Scholar in Residence at the Hilary Clinton Centre for Women's Empowerment at Al-Akhawayn University and at the German Institute for International and Securtiy Affairs (SWP). I have taught on International Development in the International Political Economy at LSE, and on The Political Economy of the Middle East at King's College. 

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Since February 2020 I am a Research Fellow at the Institute for Development Studies at the University of Sussex, and am a Research Lead at the International Centre for Tax and Development, where I co-lead our research program on informality and taxation as well as our teaching and learning program. I am also a Senior Fellow at the Global Initiative against Transnational Organised Crime (GITOC) and an individual member of Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO).

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Alongside my research, I have published analyses in a variety of journalistic outlets and advised government departments and embassies in the UK and North Africa.

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For interest in collaboration, consultancy, or my CV, please contact me directly.