CV
Education
- 2021–2025
- Doctorate, University of Cologne / Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (Cologne Graduate School). Dissertation: Tightening the Geoeconomic Toolkit: Advanced Capitalism's Response to the Rise of China. Magna cum laude. Supervisor: Lucio Baccaro.
- 2017–2019
- M.A. Political Science, Central European University, Budapest
- 2012–2016
- B.Sc. (Hons) Political Science, Lahore University of Management Sciences
Positions and visits
- 2023–2024
- Provost-appointed Visiting Scholar, Columbia University
- 2023
- Visiting Researcher, Freie Universität Berlin
- 2020–2021
- Lead Analyst, Global Basestocks, ExxonMobil
- 2018–2019
- Intern, Sovereign and Credit Risk, Morgan Stanley, Budapest
Conference papers
- 2025
- “To Tariff or Not: Constructing Strategic Competence in the Electric Vehicle Transition”, EPSA, Bologna
- 2023
- “States versus States or States versus Firms under Weaponized Interdependence” (co-authored), Council for European Studies
- 2023
- “The German Response to Chinese Foreign Direct Investment”, CEU Doctoral Conference, Budapest
- 2023
- GSIPE Graduate Student Conference, UC Berkeley
Teaching
- 2023
- Instructor, “Germany's European Politics: Neoliberal Geoeconomics?”, BA seminar, University of Cologne
- 2022–2023
- Teaching Assistant, “Economy and Society I”, MPIfG doctoral seminar
Service
- 2023–2024
- Spokesperson, PhD Network of the Max Planck Society (c. 5,500 doctoral researchers)
- 2022–2023
- Doctoral researchers' spokesperson, MPIfG
- 2024, 2025
- Panel chair, Helsinki Geoeconomics Forum
Languages
English (C2); Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi (native); German (B1); Mandarin (beginner)