I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Arizona. Previously, I was a Lecturer in Political Economy at King’s College London. I hold a PhD in political science, specialising in political theory, from the London School of Economics.

My research focuses on the challenges facing political actors when they try to realise their favoured theories of political morality. My published and working papers are on the following topics:

·    How the polycentric nature of decision-making in liberal democracies should affect our pursuit of political ideals.

·   The degree to which we can expect social unity on justice in modern societies.

·   Whether the state or civil society is the best mechanism for realising distributive justice.

·   How strategic dynamics affect the feasibility of our political objectives.

My current research focuses on conceptions of the state and their implications for political philosophy. I have papers forthcoming or published in Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, Journal of Social Philosophy and Social Philosophy and Policy. Please click the “Papers” link in the top left hand corner for abstracts and pre-publication copies.

My PhD thesis explored the relationship between freedom and social unity. I concluded that a certain degree of alienation is the price we pay for living in a free society. I believe the modern experience of alienation is well captured in the work of American artist Edward Hopper. The oil painting above - Gas (1940) - is one of his works.