During the academic year 2017-18, he was a fellow in the history of the Americas at the German Historical Institute in Washington, D.C. His research interests include the history of infrastructure, environmental history, and the history of the everyday life. He is currently working on a book project entitled “Urban Infrastructure and Everyday Life in Los Angeles, 1860–1940.” His first book was published with de Gruyter Oldenbourg in 2016 as “Abschied vom Kalten Krieg? Die Sozialdemokraten und der Nachrüstungsstreit (1977–1987).”