I’m a political theorist whose research focuses on normative democratic theory, constitutionalism, and political epistemology. Some of my recent papers have examined the legal and normative status of political parties, asking how their internal rules should be configured. In other work, I have engaged with epistocracy, the notion that competent persons should enjoy exclusive or disproportionate political power. I am also interested in the history of political thought, especially in relation to democratic institutions.

I’m a Lecturer at King’s College London and an Associate Member of Nuffield College, Oxford. Previously, I was a Senior Lecturer at the University of York. Before that, I was a Junior Research Fellow at Jesus College, University of Oxford and Lecturer at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. 

I am one of the four principal investigators of the POPGOV (Principles of Popular Government) project funded by the European Research Council. The project seeks to uncover alternatives to representative government through an ambitious research plan encompassing philosophical, historical, comparative, and empirical approaches to the study of democracy.