As an MPhil student on the MPhil Politics: European Politics and Society programme at the DPIR, I am currently researching candidate selection strategy in the UK. Candidate selections is an understudied area of political science, yet it is key to understanding how legislatures represent the broader population and how political parties respond to demands from the electorate. Using a novel dataset and predominantly quantitative analysis, I am investigating the competing internal incentives and electoral strategies that determine candidate selection behaviour in Britain's political parties. My broader interests include populism, electoral behaviour and political economy. I also have an interest in political history, having written a thesis on UK monetary policy during the 1980s during my undergraduate at the London School of Economics (BSc Politics and History).
