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I’m a philosophical and legal researcher, working in the
Department of Philosophy, Logic & Scientific Method at the London School of Economics.

I’ve worked at the LSE since 2019. I received my PhD from the University of St Andrews. Before that, I studied for a law degree. 

I’m also the current Director of LSE’s Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science (CPNSS).

(If you would like to carry out a research visit/sabbatical in London, apply for a grant to be hosted at LSE, or discuss another collaboration – please get in touch.)

Research Interests

My current interests are mostly in philosophy of law, particularly intersections with questions about political life and the social exchange of belief and values.

Much of my recent research starts with a fundamental philosophical question about justice and then leads on to a programme of empirically-informed and policy-adjacent research.

I also have research interests in metaphilosophy and topics in (particularly social) epistemology. In addition, I now spend some time on first-order legal scholarship – recently, issues in capacity law.

‘The Philosophy of Legal Proof’ is out with Cambridge University Press: it contains introductory discussion of many issues that I’ve worked on! Have it for free.

I’m happy to supervise PhD researchers / CPNSS visitors in different areas of moral, legal and political philosophy, as well as epistemology, and some first-order topics in legal/criminological scholarship. (But, for the PhD, admissions and supervision decisions are ultimately made by the Department).

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