Welcome!
I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST), Toulouse School of Economics (TSE). In September 2024, I completed my PhD in Political Science as part of DYNAMICS (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin). During my PhD, I was a visiting researcher at The Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace and Justice and the Department of Politics at Princeton University. I am also involved in The Humboldt Governance Lab (Humboldt GovLab).
My research explores the politics of belonging, examining how institutions and elites shape public perceptions of and behavior toward marginalized communities. Specifically, I investigate (1) how immigration salience drives police disclosure of sensitive information (2) how changes in legal frameworks affect hate crimes and minority protection, and (3) the electoral consequences of elite-led mobilization against stigmatized and discriminated groups. My side projects include work on party competition, social norms, and protest. Some of my work has been published or accepted for publication in Electoral Studies and The Journal of Politics. Methodologically, I specialize in causal identification and computational social science, combining field, natural, and survey experiments, with recent advancements in Natural Language Processing.
On this website, you can learn more about my research and teaching profile, and download my CV. Feel free to reach out if you are interested in my research and would like to chat 
News:
Haas, V. I., Bogatyrev, K., Abou-Chadi, T., Klüver, H., Stoetzer, L. F. (2025). The Electoral Effects of State-Sponsored Anti-LGBTQ Measures. Accepted at The Journal of Politics.