🌱 Welcome!

I am a Research Fellow in Economics at Queen’s University Belfast. Previously, I was a Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer in Economic, Social and Demographic History at Radboud University, and Junior Data Engineer and Doctoral Researcher at the International Institute of Social History.

My research examines the causes and consequences of social inequalities in the past and present, particularly in relation to work, education, and health. My PhD thesis analysed the social mobility and integration of Jews in Amsterdam between 1850 and 1940, with special attention to the economic niche of the diamond industry. In ongoing work, I study gender gaps and social inequalities in cause-specific adult mortality, focusing on infectious disease mortality in nineteenth-century Amsterdam. My current research examines the impact of indoor and outdoor air pollution on health on the island of Ireland as part of the PEACE-Air project.

I serve as Chair of the Association for Young Historical Demographers, a volunteer organisation that organises events and disseminates information to early-career researchers in historical demography and related fields. Sign up for our newsletter here! In addition, I am associated with the Queen’s University Centre for Economic History, the International Institute of Social History, and the Radboud Group for Historical Demography and Family History.

📰 News

• March 2026: I started a position as Research Fellow at Queen’s University Belfast
• February 2026: I started a research stay at Queen’s University Belfast (with funding from GREATLEAP)
• October 2025: My article on the Jewish Name Index was published online in Historical Methods
• September 2025: I defended my PhD thesis 🎉
• September 2025: I presented at the ESHD conference and organised a flash and Meet the Editors session with the AYHD
• August 2025: My article (together with Sanne Muurling) was published in Historical Life Course Studies
• August 2025: I started a position as Lecturer at Radboud University