I am a Stipendiary Lecturer in Political Theory at Pembroke College, where I teach the history of political thought. I am particularly fond of the Political Thought: Plato to Rousseau, Early Modern Philosophy, Political Thought: Bentham to Weber and Theory of Politics papers. I love tutoring at Pembroke, partake in other facets of College life, and also help with admissions.

My research at Oxford explores Benedict Spinoza’s political philosophy in general, and his theory of war and peace more particularly. At Pembroke I also help coordinate the Oxford Spinoza Conference, which we run with colleagues as an interdisciplinary, transnational and crossgenerational endeavour.

In empirical terms, this work has gradually nudged my research away from exploring polities from the top-down and inside out, and increasingly towards probing them from the bottom-up and outside in. In contemporary terms, Spinoza’s thought is helpful for understanding social and political quandaries in more relational terms.

My most recent paper probes Spinoza’s somewhat cryptic notion of the right to peace (Jura Pacis). It was published in the first volume dedicated to Spinoza and international relations.