Hello!

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I’m employed as an Associate Professor at the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Southampton. I was previously a Career Development Fellow in Politics at St Hilda’s College, University of Oxford (2020-2023). I’m also an Associate Member of Nuffield College. I have a short(ish) CV here.

II’m interested in a wide range of questions in the fields of political sociology, public opinion, and political behaviour in a comparative perspective, particularly around how citizens relate to their state and issues of representation (specifically class). Some of the broad topics I’m currently working on are under the ‘research’ tab. From 2027-2032, I will lead a European Research Council Starting Grant called CONTRUST, which is about the consequences of political trust.

My academic work has been published in journals like Political Science Research and Methods, British Journal of Political Science, European Journal of Political Research, and Political Behavior, amongst others. I am co-editor in chief at Electoral Studies, and previously an Associate Editor of Public Opinion Quarterly and the Journal of European Public Policy. I co-founded the research group Public Opinion Research Southampton, which brings together those interested in public opinion research (very broadly conceived) at the University of Southampton.

I have worked for or advised non-academic partners such as the Institute for Government, Open Society European Policy Institute, and the OECD. I’m on the academic advisory board for Campaign Lab, providing evidence-informed campaigning. I also occasionally write or talk for more public outlets, in person and online.

I come from a background where I was (and still am) the only person to go to do A-levels, go to university, or have a ‘professional’ occupation. I think this matters, and so I’m keen on sharing this and mentoring others as best I can from backgrounds under-represented in academia. I have organised a mentoring scheme for the EPOP group of the UK’s Political Studies Association, and was part of the PSA’s equality, diversity, and inclusion working group. I have also worked with students as part of the access programs UNIQ and UNIQ+ and helped to expand the diversity of the undergraduate cohort at the University of Oxford through the Opportunity Oxford program.