My teaching and research interests span political theory, International Relations theory, and critical pedaogogies. Across these domains, I am committed to relational, embodied and place-based theory and practice that understands political actors as ‘whole persons’ located in particular historical and relational contexts. My research is grounded in relational ontology—an understanding of beings as always in relation and as constituted through those relations—and sees politics as woven into the fabric of our everyday lives. Before my appointment at Te Herenga Waka, I was Economic and Social Research Fellow at the University of St Andrews, where I also completed my PhD and MLitt.

I am Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and have won several teaching awards, including the Te Whatu Kairangi Aotearoa Tertiary Educator Award (2023), Victoria University Teaching Excellence Award (2022), the British International Studies Association Award for Distinguished Excellence in Teaching (2022), and the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences 'Most Popular Lecturer' Victorias Award (2011).

I particularly enjoy interdisciplinary supervision and have co-supervised projects with scholars in media studies, religious studies, sociology, geography, public health, art history, and Wai-te-ata Press. I am not currently available for new supervisions.