Outreach
My research aims to inform policymakers and make a broader impact.
Several news outlets have covered some of my papers, and some governing bodies have used my research to inspire policy. Moreover, I engage in various dissemination activities to bring research closer to non-expert audiences. Below you can find a selected list of such activities:
Media coverage
Gender information and perceived quality: An experiment with professional soccer performance
News: Time Magazin, The Economist, Klein Report, The Athletic, Le Temps, De Volkskrant, El Pais
Radio and TV: CBC (Canada)
How to reduce discrimination? Evidence from a field experiment in amateur soccer
News: El Confidencial
Research blogs: LSE European Politics and Policy, Nada es Gratis, Holbein's Social Science Roundup
News: Swiss Info, Bluewin
Research blogs: Scientific American, Social Science Space
Mapping discrimination in Europe through a field experiment in amateur sport
News: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, ORF Austria, Der Spiegel, Europa Press, Katapult
Research blogs: Behavioural and Social Sciences Nature Portfolio, LSE Researching Sociology, ZME Science
Further coverage: La Vanguardia (efficiency), Eurosport (economic impact of events), Sportico (women's sports)
Use-inspired outcomes
Mapping discrimination in Europe through a field experiment in amateur sport
Austrian Parliament. Motion for resolution. Parliament members used the results from this research to debate ethnic discrimination and inspire policy
Research grants
Forschungskredit. Field experiments on ethnic discrimination and low-cost interventions in sports
Financed by UZH Postdoc Grants, No. FK-22-024 (2022)
Spark project. Detecting social integration through sports clubs participation
Financed by Swiss National Science Foundation. Supervision: Prof. Dr. Helmut Dietl. No. CRSK-1-190264 (2020)
Podcast host
The (weekly) Sports Piece. I run a research podcast with two colleagues. We discuss scientific articles using sports data. We also invite authors to provide their insights into the topics. You can listen to this podcast on platforms such as Spotify, Apple Podcast, and Google Podcast