I am a DPhil student in Politics at the DPIR, and a member of Green Templeton College. My research focuses on the intersection of politics and organised crime. My doctoral thesis provides a framework for explaining variation in territorial control in Latin American cities, explaining how and why States are able to gain and sustain territorial control in marginalised urban communities dominated by armed criminal actors. I test my theoretical framework across several different case studies, drawing on data collected during extensive fieldwork in six different cities from across Mexico, Colombia and Brazil. Currently, I am also undertaking research on how organised criminal groups in Latin America influence subnational democracy, as well as how gangs construct systems of local-level order.
My research is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, as part of the Grand Union DTP, and by Green Templeton College, through the Sir David Watson Scholarship. Prior to undertaking my DPhil, I received my BA at UCL before undertaking my postgraduate studies (MSc) at Oxford.
Teaching
I am currently the Lecturer in International Relations at Pembroke College, Oxford. Throughout my time as a doctoral student, I have taught the IR Core Course, International Security and Conflict, Comparative Politics, and Politics in Latin America at Undergraduate Level. I am also the Graduate Teaching Assistant (Prelims: Practice of Politics) at Somerville College. At Master's level, I have taught students at the Blavatnik School of Government on the Foundations course.
