I am a second-year in the MPhil International Relations program and a member of Lincoln College. My primary research interest is investigating the effects of changes in ontological security on countries' global role conceptions, specifically in the case of the UK in the post-Brexit era. I also maintain broader interests in constructivist structural IR theory and International Political Economy. My research is supported by a scholarship from the Lord Kitchener National Memorial Fund.
I come from a Scottish and English background but have spent time living in Australia, Ireland, Germany, and the United States as well as the UK. Before Oxford, I completed an MA (Hons) in Politics, Philosophy and Economics at the University of Edinburgh, with an exchange year at the University of Pennsylvania; my undergraduate dissertation investigated the influence of national and governmental identity on UK nuclear weapons policy in the 2010s. I have furthermore interned in policy research positions in Westminster and Holyrood.
Outside of my studies, I am on the Executive Committee of Oxford's IR Society, help to lead the Emerging Threats Group at the Changing Character of War Centre, and work as a Research Assistant on the DPIR's AUTHLIB project. I am also the Social Secretary of Lincoln's MCR.
Research Interests
Security Studies
Foreign Policy and Diplomacy
International Political Economy
Structural IR Theory
Languages
English (Native)
Spanish (B2)
French (A2)
