Senior Policy Researcher at the NLGN think tank, working on polycentricity, self-governance, common-pool resources, and public service reform.
Previous Role:
Research Director at the Project for Modern Democracy think tank, including:
Director on Morality & Markets, a year-long investigation into the health of the UK’s current economic model
Director on the next generation of GovernUp, a project to propose practical reforms to improve and modernise the functioning of British government within Whitehall and beyond
Research and academic scholarship:
Research interests: politics, economics, government, democracy, history
Awarded a doctorate from the Department of Political Economy, King’s College London in 2015 for a dissertation on democratic theory.
MSc. from the Department of Government at the London School of Economics
Independent research and writing published in Critical Review, History and Theory, European Political Science, British Democracy, Prospect First Drafts, LSE USA Politics & Policy, LSE British Politics & Policy
Papers given at MANCEPT, Political Studies Association, Institute for Humane Studies
Awarded IHS Humane Studies Fellowship 2010, Graduate Research Fellowship 2012
Manuscripts reviewed for American Political Science Review, European Journal of Political Theory, Democratic Theory,Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, and Swiss Political Science Review
PhD thesis external examiner for University of the Witwatersrand, 2017
Researcher at Constitution Unit, University College London, 2010-12
Education and lecturing:
Teaching at King’s College London, Arcadia University (London), Queen Mary, University of London, and Hansard Society Scholars
Original modules developed and convened:
Conspiracy Theories and Democracy – King’s College London – 2018
Politics in Theory and Practice – King’s College London – 2018
Introduction to British Politics – Arcadia University – 2015-16
Inside Westminster – Hansard Society Scholars – 2014-16
Parliament and Politics – Hansard Society Scholars – 2014-16
Modules convened, co-convened, and guest lecturing:
Space, Power, Agency – King’s College London
Translation Across Disciplines – King’s College London
Introduction to Political Theory – King’s College London
Introduction to Politics – Queen Mary, University of London
Nominated for QMUL Teaching Excellence Award, 2014
Nominated for KCL Teaching Excellence Award, 2017 & 2018
