About

I am an Associate Professor of Economics at Gustavus Adolphus College and hold the Schnell Family Endowed Chair in Economics-Capital Systems. I received my Ph.D. in Economics from George Mason University.

My research focuses on political economy, innovation, health economics, and institutional analysis. I study how institutions shape discovery: what people are able to try, learn, build, and sustain.

Across my work, I return to a common question: what happens when institutions narrow the space for experimentation, learning, and adaptation?

I grew up in Poland and came of age during the post-communist transition, an experience that shaped my interest in liberty, entrepreneurship, and the often invisible costs of blocked discovery.

I was the founding director of the Entangled Political Economy Research Network and have served on the Board of Directors of the Public Choice Society.