School of Social and Political Science

Background

I have been teaching in the School of Social and Political Science since January 2016. 

Courses: Comparative Politics in a Globalized World; Comparative social policy: global perspectives; European Social Policy (UG & PG course); International Cooperation in Europe and Beyond; International Political Economy (Honours course); Introduction to British Politics; Politics in a Changing World: An Introduction for non-specialists; Politics of the Welfare State; Science and Society 1B: Nature & Environment; Analysing European Governance and Public Policy (PG course). 

Research: I am also Senior Research Fellow at the University of Warwick. I work on UK-EU relations in a comparative perspective on the ESRC funded project 'Living with the Neighbours', which is part of the UK in a Changing Europe programme.

Knowledge Exchange & Impact: Much of the research work I do is at the interface of research and policy. I was Research Fellow on the joint ESRC-Royal Society of Edinburgh project 'Rethinking Policy Impact', led by Christina Boswell (February-October 2022). During my PhD, I supported the Principal Investigators on the project 'Evaluating academic engagement with UK legislatures: Exchanging knowledge on knowledge exchange', led by Dr Marc Geddes (July-December 2019) and the What Works Scotland's Collaborative Action Research stream, led by Dr Hayley Bennett (July -December 2016).

Before academia, I worked in politics and policy making at European level in Brussels for five and a half years.

Qualifications

• PhD in Politics (2020) University of Edinburgh: “Instrumentalism, Power Maximisation, or Legitimation? Understanding the European Commission’s Response to the Global Financial Crisis, 2008-10".  
• Master’s Degree in European and International Studies (2008-2010) Institute for European Studies, University Paris Vincennes - Paris 8. Dissertation: The Public-private partnership for the re-conversion of the London Olympic Village. 
• Degree in History (2008), University Denis Diderot Paris 7.  

Awards

• 2016-2018 Politics and International Relations Career Development PhD Scholarship 
• 2018 UACES funding for the research trip to the Historical Archives of the European Union (HAEU) at the EUI  

Membership 

• Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
• Member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh SCOTLAND-EUROPE INITIATIVE series of workshops
• Member of The Academic Association for European Studies Association (UACES) since 2016
• Member of the  Europa Institute, University of Edinburgh (former steering group member) and former Co-convenor of the Edinburgh University Europa Research group (2016-2018)
• Member of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) Young Academic Network (FEPS YAN)