Building AI tools that help democracy scale — so citizens can understand, engage, and deliberate together.

About

I'm a PhD candidate at the DDIS group at the University of Zurich, working on artificial intelligence and its impact on democracy.

My research applies computational methods to societal problems. Sometimes to understand what's driving them, sometimes to build tools that help address them. I come from a background spanning Linguistics (BA) and Artificial Intelligence (BSc, MSc), which led me to the interdisciplinary Digital Deliberative Democracy (D3) project, where I collaborate directly with PoliSci and Law fellows.

Right now, I'm building AI tools to help citizens participate in digital democracy. This means making complex legal texts more accessible for a larger population, facilitating online deliberation without drowning out minority voices, and finding ways to automatically keep those discussions productive at scale.

Beyond my research, I try to be engaged in the university as well, as the PhD representative of the IFI department and as a member of the assembly of the OEC faculty. I was furthermore part of the DSI PhD Excellence programme, allowing me to meet the incredibly smart and talented people of my cohort.

Outside of work, I love to run next to the Limmat, swim in a Badi, hang with my two cats. During my small breaks I like to do my daily puzzles, during bigger breaks I try to read a book or get lost in my music. Always down for a new game!