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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 have been at LSE since 2019 and I’m currently Associate Professor there. I received my PhD from the University of St Andrews, working in the Arché Philosophical Research Centre. Before that, I studied for a law degree. 

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

I’m also on the Editorial Board of LSE Press, fully open-access academic publisher of books and journals.

(If you would like to carry out a research visit/sabbatical, host a grant, or collaborate with the CPNSS in London, please get in touch. Early-career scholars in particular, feel free to shoot me an email.)

Research Interests

Most of my current work is about law and criminal justice. I’m interested in fundamental topics in legal philosophy and applied questions about how we should administer justice in society today. 

I also have broader research interests in epistemology and political philosophy. And I sometimes tackle doctrinal legal scholarship – recently, I’ve been working on issues in mental 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 / visitors in moral, legal and political philosophy, epistemology, and some topics in legal/criminological scholarship. (But, PhD admission decisions are ultimately made at Department level)

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