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I'm a political theorist specializing in the history of modern democracy and liberalism. My work explores how changing conceptions of popular power have shaped the development of democratic thought and how liberals have responded to these changes.
My research interests span historical and contemporary debates about public opinion, popular sovereignty, and the interplay between democratic theory at home and justifications of empire abroad.
I'm completing my first book manuscript, The People's Two Powers: Public Opinion and Popular Sovereignty from Rousseau to Liberal Democracy. I have also started doing research for a second book project, Propaganda and Democracy: A History.
In September 2024, I joined the Centre de Théorie Politique at the Université Libre de Bruxelles as a FNRS chargé de recherches. Previously, I taught at Brown and Yale, held a British Academy fellowship at KCL, and earned a PhD in politics from the University of Cambridge. My research has been published in The Journal of Politics, Modern Intellectual History, and Political Studies, among others.
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