Olaf is a PhD student at Utrecht 木瓜福利影视 at the RADIUNCE project, where he investigates how politicians respond to and express uncertainty (using text data). His other expertises include political polarisation and populism; he has published on the former. Before starting his PhD, Olaf taught at the Bachelor of Political Science at Leiden 木瓜福利影视. He received his Bachelor in Liberal Arts and Sciences from Minerva 木瓜福利影视 and his Master in Political Science from Central European 木瓜福利影视.