Welcome! I am a Ph.D. candidate in political science at Stanford University. My research examines how ideas, knowledge, and institutions emerge, evolve, and spread across historical and contemporary contexts. Methodologically, my work emphasizes the use of previously unexplored data sources, such as archival collections and texts.
I am on the 2025-2026 academic job market with a strong preference for positions in Europe. You can find my CV here.
In the 2025-2026 academic year, I am a Graduate Fellow at the King Center on Global Development, a Dixon and Carol Doll Graduate Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, and a Dissertation Fellow at the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences.
I am a co-founder of the Stanford Historical Social Science Workshop, which aims to foster dialogue among students from political science, economics, and history. The workshop schedule is available on our website.
Before starting my doctoral studies, I earned a B.A. with honours in Political Science and an M.A. in Sociology from the Higher School of Economics in Moscow, Russia. In 2024, I also received an M.A. in Economics at Stanford University.
A native of Kaliningrad, Russia (formerly Königsberg in Preußen), I am passionate about architectural preservation and urban history. Growing up among German ruins interspersed with Soviet blocs made me reflect on how nations' traumatic pasts shape political identities in the present.
Whenever I travel to a new place, I go for a run, take a walking architecture tour, and visit local used books and yarn stores there.