I am an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at Umeå University and a 2024-25 Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University. I am also affiliated with University of Washington and University of California Berkeley. In 2026, I will be joining the Department of Sociology at the University of Southern California (USC).

Previously, I have been a Fulbright Scholar (Stockholm University, Sweden) as well as a visiting scholar at the Center for Right-Wing Studies (CRWS) at the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues (ISSI) at UC Berkeley and at the Research Institute at the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity (RICSRE) at Stanford University. I earned a Ph.D. and M.A. in sociology from the University of Washington as well as a B.A. in psychology and M.A. in sociology from Stanford University.

I am a comparative political sociologist with specializations in international migration, (neo-)nationalism, and the welfare state. I study attitudes and values, social policy preferences, voting behavior, and political parties across different demographic, political, economic, and institutional contexts. Much of my theoretical and empirical work focuses on attitudes towards immigration as well as ethnic/racial diversity and the social, political, and economic consequences of those views. I am also concerned with the experiences of immigrants and the functioning of democracy.

My research relies mostly on quantitative methods, especially multilevel and repeated measurement models. I have extensive experience with survey design and administration, including panel data sets, as well as building unique contextual-level data sets from a variety of publicly available sources. I also have a deep appreciation for comparative historical methods and use its analytical tools for the selection of country and regional cases. Whenever possible, I pursue research that involves the analysis of longitudinal data because I am interested in how (i.e., if, when, and why) individuals, groups, and institutions change. As a comparativist, I pursue both case studies as well as cross-national and cross-regional research.

With my scholarship, I contribute to a variety of theoretical and empirical literatures in sociology, political science, and psychology: anti-immigrant sentiment, racial and ethnic prejudice, and stigma; diversity, tolerance, and inclusion; national identity, nationalism and radical right politics; social policy preferences, welfare chauvinism, and support for the welfare state.

My work has appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as European Sociological Review, European Political Science, International Migration Review, International Journal of Comparative Sociology, JAMA, Nations and Nationalism, and PNAS — and my co-edited and co-authored book, Migration Stigma, was recently published by MIT Press. My research has been discussed in The New York Times and Pacific Standard as well as cited in other media outlets such as Forbes, Business Insider, and The Conversation.