Academic Profile

I am a Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow in Politics at Nuffield College. I was previously based at the London School of Economics, where I studied my PhD in the Department of Government. I also spent time as a visiting fellow at UNU-WIDER, and a review writer at the Nuffield Politics Research Centre.

I study the political consequences of technological change, particularly how rising access to mobile phones and the internet shape accountability in low-income democracies. In newer work, I am interested in how low-capacity states use digital tools to expand their presence in society, particularly through the taxation and identification of citizens. I have a regional focus on Sub-Saharan Africa and have conducted extensive fieldwork in Malawi and Ghana.

My recent research is published in, or forthcoming at, the American Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies and the European Journal of Political Research.