I am a PhD candidate at the European University Institute. My research focuses on the financial resources of the European Union, how the Multi-Financial Frameworks are negotiated and how the EU's financial resources have developed since the European Coal and Steel Community. A further interest of mine is to consider how this money is spent and which groups benefit from it. In previous projects, I have looked at expertise-seeking in policy-making, as well as supervision and regulation of the financial industry after the financial crises.