His research interests are search and matching, nonlinear dynamics, and the coordination of economic activity, in the broader field of macroeconomics. He defended his PhD thesis ‘Search Frictions and Endogenous Cycles in the Labor and Housing Market’ on March 13, 2017. His supervisors were TI fellows Pieter Gautier (VU Amsterdam) and Jan Tuinstra (University of Amsterdam). Florian is an alumnus of the TI MPhil program (2012, cum laude).