Main Research Fields and Interests:

- entrepreneurial ecosystems
- regional innovation systems
- start-ups
- firm location choices
- creative class
- quality of life

Regional focus: Europe, specifically Germany

Education:

(09/2021 - ongoing) Ph.D. candidate in Economic Geography on “the location choices of high-tech startups in Germany” (collaboration project between the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR) and the University of Cologne)

(09/2019 – 08/2021) M.Sc. Research Master in Urban and Economic Geography (Utrecht University)

(09/2015 – 08/2019) B.Sc. Human Geography and Urban and Regional Planning (University of Amsterdam)

(09/2018 – 01/2019) Minor in Cities, Migration and Socio-Spatial Inequality (Delft University of Technology)

(09/2017 – 01/2018) National Minor in Geo-Information Sciences (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)