About Me

I grew up in Brighton on the south coast of England, and have since lived in Oxford, London, Washington DC, Boston, and now New York City.

Before joining Columbia, I received a PhD in Government at Harvard in 2016, an MSc in Politics Research (Comparative Politics) at Nuffield College, University of Oxford in 2010, and a BA at St Anne’s College, University of Oxford in Politics, Philosophy and Economics in 2008. I previously worked as a civil servant at the House of Commons Library, the British equivalent of the U.S. Congressional Research Service.

In my spare time I play and watch football and try to explore the world a bit. I am still hoping Watford FC will return to (relative) greatness (update: this is not going especially well).

My partner Rakeen Mabud is Chief Economist and Senior Fellow at the Groundwork Collaborative. You should check out her important work! My daughter is more focused on standing up.