I am an Associate Professor at the Unit for Economic History at the University of Gothenburg.

Prior to this appointment, I served as an LSE Fellow at the London School of Economics (LSE) and as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Gothenburg.

I holds a PhD from the University of Gothenburg for her work on social stratification in nineteenth century West Africa.

My research interests lie at the intersection of Economic History and Development Economics. She studies how inequality emerges, persists, and changes over time, with a particular focus on how institutions such as slavery, colonialism, and discriminatory social structures continue to shape opportunities and living conditions in the Global South today.

My work also examines the effects of trade policy at different societal levels and explores the mechanisms that reproduce unequal access to resources, power, and socio economic mobility across generations. More broadly, I am interested in understanding how marginalized groups can break persistent patterns of exclusion and gain access to positions of influence, and how institutional change can foster more inclusive societies.

My research relies on a multidisciplinary, quantitative approach applied to archival sources. My work spans Sub Saharan Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America, and South-East and South Asia.

My output has been published, amongst others, in Explorations in Economic History, The Economic History Review, European Review of Economic History, Cliometrica, Social Science History, and History of the Family.

I welcome enquiries concerning collaborations and supervision.