I am an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science at University College London (UCL) and an affiliated faculty member with the Immigration Policy Lab at Stanford University and ETH Zurich. I do research on the role of immigration in politics and political methodology.

Recent Publications

  • M. Herpell, M. Marbach, N. Harder, A. Orlova, D. Hangartner, J. Hainmueller The Impact of Private Hosting on the Integration of Ukrainian Refugees in Germany Nature Human Behaviour (2025). [Preprint]

  • M. Marbach, E. Vallizadeh, N. Harder, D. Hangartner, J. Hainmueller Does ad hoc language training improve the economic integration of refugees? Evidence from Germany’s response to the Syrian refugee crisis Journal of the Royal Statistical Society (2025). [Paper] [Preprint]

  • R. Dancygier, S. Dehdari, D. Laitin, M. Marbach, K. Vernby Emigration and Radical Right Populism American Journal of Political Science (2024). [Paper] [Preprint]