While my research interests have always centered on European Union (EU) politics, I am trained in policy studies and political science more generally. My teaching experience includes both undergraduate and graduate courses in different international environments – at the Central European University, Bard College Berlin, the Hertie School, and Leiden University. So far, I have designed and delivered mandatory and elective courses on a wide range of topics, e.g. EU integration and decision-making, introductions to policy analysis and comparative politics, policy evaluation, public sector ethics, or participatory approaches to governance. Pedagogically, I subscribe to principles of experiential and inquiry-based learning, facilitated through interactive lectures and small-group seminar discussions.
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Teaching Qualifications
2023: University Teaching Qualification for Dutch academia (Basis Kwalificatie Onderwijs, BKO). Courses completed at Leiden University:
- Supervising thesis students (Fall 2021)
-Testing and assessment (Fall 2022)
- Exemptions for 3 courses granted based on previous certificate
- Complete portfolio accepted in January 2023.
- Supervising thesis students (Fall 2021)
-Testing and assessment (Fall 2022)
- Exemptions for 3 courses granted based on previous certificate
- Complete portfolio accepted in January 2023.
2016: Pedagogical Certificate – Center for Teaching and Learning Program for Excellence in Teaching in Higher Education for Doctoral Students, Central European University, https://ctl.ceu.edu/ctl-certificate. Courses taken:
- Foundations in Teaching in Higher Education: Scholarship, Reflection and Innovation (Fall 2013)
-Teaching Strategies for Critical Thinking and Writing (Winter 2014)
- Inquiry-Based Teaching and Learning Strategies (Winter 2015)
- Starting your Teaching Portfolio (Spring 2016)
- Foundations in Teaching in Higher Education: Scholarship, Reflection and Innovation (Fall 2013)
-Teaching Strategies for Critical Thinking and Writing (Winter 2014)
- Inquiry-Based Teaching and Learning Strategies (Winter 2015)
- Starting your Teaching Portfolio (Spring 2016)
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Taught courses:
Since 2021: (Senior) Assistant Professor, Institute of Political Science, Leiden University:
- The European Union in Crisis: Challenges, Compromises, Results (Bachelor project seminar, Blocks III & IV);
- Politics of the European Union (BA core lecture, Block IV);
- Policy Evaluation in National and International Contexts (MA core seminar, Block III);
- Parties, Parliaments, and Democracy: Challenges of the 21st Century (MA thesis supervision, Blocks III & IV 2022).
2018-2020: Lecturer, Hertie School, Berlin, teaching for the Master of Public Policy/Master of International Affairs:
- Democratic Innovations and Participatory Governance (elective, Spring & Fall Terms 2019);
- Public Sector Ethics (elective, Fall Term 2018).
2016-2017: Course Instructor, Bard College Berlin, teaching for the BA program in Economics, Politics, and Social Thought:
- Systems of Power: Foundations of Comparative Politics (mandatory course, Fall & Spring Terms);
- Participation, Deliberation, and Democracy: Policy Analysis and Engagement (mandatory course, Fall Term);
- Crisis Governance in the European Union (elective, Spring Term).
2013-2016: Teaching Assistant, Central European University, Budapest, teaching for the MA programs:
- Public Management (mandatory course, Winter 2016)
- Jean Monnet Module in European Integration (elective course, Winter 2015)
- Ethics and Public Policy (mandatory course, Fall 2013)
2013: Course Instructor, Central European University, Budapest
- Introduction to Public Policy (BA course, elective for the Roma Access Program).
