diff --git a/kaminpar-shm/coarsening/example_coarsener.cc b/kaminpar-shm/coarsening/example_coarsener.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fdb8de45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kaminpar-shm/coarsening/example_coarsener.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#include "kaminpar-shm/coarsening/example_coarsener.h"
+
+#include "kaminpar-shm/coarsening/contraction/cluster_contraction.h"
+#include "kaminpar-shm/coarsening/max_cluster_weights.h"
+#include "kaminpar-shm/factories.h"
+#include "kaminpar-shm/kaminpar.h"
+
+#include "kaminpar-common/assert.h"
+
+namespace kaminpar::shm {
+ExampleCoarsener::ExampleCoarsener(const Context &ctx, const PartitionContext &p_ctx)
+    : _clustering_algorithm(factory::create_clusterer(ctx)),
+      _c_ctx(ctx.coarsening),
+      _p_ctx(p_ctx) {}
+
+void ExampleCoarsener::initialize(const Graph *graph) {
+  _hierarchy.clear();
+  _input_graph = graph;
+}
+
+bool ExampleCoarsener::coarsen() {
+  const NodeWeight total_node_weight = current().total_node_weight();
+  const NodeID prev_n = current().n();
+
+  // Compute the graph clustering via label propagation
+  StaticArray<NodeID> clustering(prev_n, static_array::noinit);
+  _clustering_algorithm->set_max_cluster_weight(
+      compute_max_cluster_weight<NodeWeight>(_c_ctx, _p_ctx, prev_n, total_node_weight)
+  );
+  _clustering_algorithm->compute_clustering(clustering, current(), false);
+
+  // Construct the coarse graph by contracting the current graph
+  std::unique_ptr<CoarseGraph> coarsened =
+      contract_clustering(current(), std::move(clustering), _c_ctx.contraction);
+  _hierarchy.push_back(std::move(coarsened));
+  // Coarse graph: coarsened->get()
+
+  // Determine whether the coarsening process should continue
+  const NodeID next_n = current().n();
+  const bool converged = (1.0 - 1.0 * next_n / prev_n) <= _c_ctx.convergence_threshold;
+  return !converged;
+}
+
+PartitionedGraph ExampleCoarsener::uncoarsen(PartitionedGraph &&p_graph) {
+  // Graph partition of the coarse graph that must be projected onto the finer graph:
+  const BlockID p_graph_k = p_graph.k();
+  const StaticArray<BlockID> p_graph_partition = p_graph.take_raw_partition();
+
+  // Current coarse graph
+  std::unique_ptr<CoarseGraph> coarsened = std::move(_hierarchy.back());
+  KASSERT(&coarsened->get() == &p_graph.graph());
+
+  // Pop coarse graph from the hierarchy: this destroys the graph wrapped in p_graph, i.e., p_graph
+  // may no longer be used
+  _hierarchy.pop_back();
+  const NodeID next_n = current().n();
+
+  StaticArray<BlockID> partition(next_n);
+  coarsened->project(p_graph_partition, partition);
+  return {current(), p_graph_k, std::move(partition)};
+}
+} // namespace kaminpar::shm
+
diff --git a/kaminpar-shm/coarsening/example_coarsener.h b/kaminpar-shm/coarsening/example_coarsener.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aca00621
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kaminpar-shm/coarsening/example_coarsener.h
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "kaminpar-shm/coarsening/clusterer.h"
+#include "kaminpar-shm/coarsening/coarsener.h"
+#include "kaminpar-shm/coarsening/contraction/cluster_contraction.h"
+#include "kaminpar-shm/datastructures/graph.h"
+#include "kaminpar-shm/datastructures/partitioned_graph.h"
+#include "kaminpar-shm/kaminpar.h"
+
+namespace kaminpar::shm {
+class ExampleCoarsener : public Coarsener {
+public:
+  ExampleCoarsener(const Context &ctx, const PartitionContext &p_ctx);
+
+  ExampleCoarsener(const ExampleCoarsener &) = delete;
+  ExampleCoarsener &operator=(const ExampleCoarsener) = delete;
+
+  ExampleCoarsener(ExampleCoarsener &&) = delete;
+  ExampleCoarsener &operator=(ExampleCoarsener &&) = delete;
+
+  void initialize(const Graph *graph) final;
+
+  bool coarsen() final;
+  PartitionedGraph uncoarsen(PartitionedGraph &&p_graph) final;
+
+  [[nodiscard]] const Graph &current() const final {
+    return _hierarchy.empty() ? *_input_graph : _hierarchy.back()->get();
+  }
+
+  [[nodiscard]] std::size_t level() const final {
+    return _hierarchy.size();
+  }
+
+private:
+  std::unique_ptr<CoarseGraph> pop_hierarchy(PartitionedGraph &&p_graph);
+
+  const CoarseningContext &_c_ctx;
+  const PartitionContext &_p_ctx;
+
+  const Graph *_input_graph;
+  std::vector<std::unique_ptr<CoarseGraph>> _hierarchy;
+
+  std::unique_ptr<Clusterer> _clustering_algorithm;
+};
+} // namespace kaminpar::shm
+
diff --git a/kaminpar-shm/context_io.cc b/kaminpar-shm/context_io.cc
index 4b3ec884..1d49f090 100644
--- a/kaminpar-shm/context_io.cc
+++ b/kaminpar-shm/context_io.cc
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ std::unordered_map<std::string, CoarseningAlgorithm> get_coarsening_algorithms()
   return {
       {"noop", CoarseningAlgorithm::NOOP},
       {"clustering", CoarseningAlgorithm::CLUSTERING},
+      {"example", CoarseningAlgorithm::EXAMPLE},
   };
 }
 
@@ -74,6 +75,8 @@ std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &out, const CoarseningAlgorithm algorithm)
     return out << "noop";
   case CoarseningAlgorithm::CLUSTERING:
     return out << "clustering";
+  case CoarseningAlgorithm::EXAMPLE:
+    return out << "example";
   }
 
   return out << "<invalid>";
diff --git a/kaminpar-shm/factories.cc b/kaminpar-shm/factories.cc
index 5a8d5357..0402ac99 100644
--- a/kaminpar-shm/factories.cc
+++ b/kaminpar-shm/factories.cc
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 // Coarsening
 #include "kaminpar-shm/coarsening/cluster_coarsener.h"
+#include "kaminpar-shm/coarsening/example_coarsener.h"
 #include "kaminpar-shm/coarsening/noop_coarsener.h"
 
 // Refinement
@@ -77,6 +78,9 @@ std::unique_ptr<Coarsener> create_coarsener(const Context &ctx, const PartitionC
 
   case CoarseningAlgorithm::CLUSTERING:
     return std::make_unique<ClusteringCoarsener>(ctx, p_ctx);
+
+  case CoarseningAlgorithm::EXAMPLE:
+    return std::make_unique<ExampleCoarsener>(ctx, p_ctx);
   }
 
   __builtin_unreachable();
diff --git a/kaminpar-shm/kaminpar.h b/kaminpar-shm/kaminpar.h
index 163e2288..4742ed8f 100644
--- a/kaminpar-shm/kaminpar.h
+++ b/kaminpar-shm/kaminpar.h
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ enum class EdgeOrdering {
 enum class CoarseningAlgorithm {
   NOOP,
   CLUSTERING,
+  EXAMPLE,
 };
 
 enum class ClusteringAlgorithm {