"Government measures have a crucial influence on how we can solve today's challenges, such as climate change or inequality. I therefore find Public Economics fascinating, as it analyses how policy instruments should be optimally designed."

"I am interested in how market failures can happen and how the state should react to them. This question is forward-looking in order to approach problems such as climate change or the monopolisation of digital companies."

"I am particularly interested in empirical economic research. Economic theory shows us what to look for, what kind of results to expect, and helps with the interpretation. It's empirics that we use to verify our economic models. Or as statistician George Box would say: Essentially all models are wrong, but some are useful.“