I am currently an Assistant Professor at Universidad San Sebastián. Previously, I was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Arizona and a Lecturer in Political Economy at King’s College London. I hold a PhD in political science, specialising in political philosophy, from the London School of Economics.

My published and working papers cover the following kinds of topics

·  The social ontology of the state

·   Polycentric democracy and polarization

·   Civil society alternatives to state governance

·   The appropriate justification of economic liberty in diverse societies

My current research focuses on conceptions of the state and their implications for political philosophy. I have papers forthcoming or published in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, Journal of Social Philosophy and Social Philosophy and Policy. Please click the “Papers” link in the top left hand corner for abstracts and pre-publication copies.

My PhD thesis explored the relationship between freedom and social unity. I concluded that a certain degree of alienation is the price we pay for living in a free society. I believe the modern experience of alienation is well captured in the work of American artist Edward Hopper. The oil painting above - Gas (1940) - is one of his works.