His current research interests include neoliberalism, economic crisis, and constructivist and pragmatist approaches to political economy. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in comparative politics, political economy, and European politics. His published books and articles have generally focused on market reforms and political economy. After receiving his PhD from UC Berkeley in 2001, he was a member of the research faculty at Sciences Po-Paris for nine years before coming to Johns Hopkins. He has also held a postdoctoral fellowship at Princeton University, and he has been a visiting professor at Johns Hopkins-SAIS (Bologna), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (Munich) and Keio University (Tokyo).