Curriculum Vitae

Senior Data Strategist AI

Prophet Media Intelligence

Automation of central company processes through LLM-based methods

Responsible for prompt management (development, testing, evaluation, training) and further process innovations.

Optimization of LLM outputs through prompt pre-/post-processing, prompt injection, automatic prompt chaining, and SQL-based corrections

Report automation

Senior Researcher and Project Manager

self-employed

Acquisition, design and implementation of research projects for public and private clients in the fields of digitization, political opinion research, as well as project evaluation and consulting.

Preparation of reports based on large-scale quantitative and/ or qualitative data

Communication of reports, studies or evaluation results on panel discussions or directly to clients

Senior Project Manager

policy matters, Berlin

Conception, design, coordination and management of international comparative opinion research projects in the field of European politics

Consulting for political foundations and parties

Short-term employment due to unforeseen termination of business operations by the partners

Researcher

Berlin Social Science Center (WZB Berlin)

Researcher at “Demokratiemonitor”, a collaborative research project between the WZB and the Bertelsmann Foundation, to assess the role of the media in the quality of democracy

Researcher

University of Oxford, Nuffield College

Research project on diaspora politicians career paths

Collected data and provided research support for the Croatian case in a research project on Eastern European diaspora politicians

Tutor

University of Oxford, St. Anne’s College

Led individual one-on-one tutorials in the Oxbridge style in Comparative Politics and Politics in Europe (Politics 206)

Tutor

Cusanus foundation, Bonn

Led block seminars on “external democracy promotion”

Consultant

European Parliament and German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation

Presented studies to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the European Parliament in Brussels

Performed risk analysis on Croatia and South-Eastern Europe

Advised MPs, government officials, visiting delegations in background briefings

Policy Adviser

German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Berlin

Research Unit EU-Integration

Impacted policy decisions in background briefings with members of the German and European Parliament and the German Foreign Office

Publicly communicated current policy scenarios in policy briefs, panel discussions and media interviews

Wrote grant application for The Seventh Framework Programme of the European Commission

Initiated a policy dialogue between the SWP and European Policy Centre (EPC)

Researcher

University of Zagreb, University of Konstanz (lead)

Research project: “The Relevance of Perceptions of Corruption to Crime Prevention”

Led research team on financing of presidential elections

Coordinated a research team on the reform of electoral financing in Croatia

Produced project reports and conference contributions

Researcher

Friedrich-Ebert-Foundation, Zagreb

Research project: “Croatian Accession to the EU”

Designed and carried out a comparative research project on the structure of the Croatian EU accession-negotiation team and the process of negotiation talks

Authored a double-blind peer-reviewed book chapter

Intern

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, Zagreb

Coordinated EU pre-accession programmes (Project cycle management of PHARE, ISPA & SAPARD)

Contributed to transposing of the Acquis Communautaire into Croatian law

Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil)

in Politics with distinction (“no corrections”), University of Oxford, Department of Politics and International Relations

German Diploma in Political Science

Free University Berlin