Welcome to my website. I’m a political theorist who works on the ethics of economic life and international politics. I am currently based at the Australian National University, where I teach in the Departments of Politics and Strategic Studies and am a visitor in Philosophy, and was previously a research associate and lecturer at Princeton.
I am particularly interested in economic concerns that are not easily explicable in terms of inefficiency or distributive inequity. These include concerns about the social reach of the market, the justification of exclusive rights over particular assets, interpersonal relations within markets, and whether such relations trigger extra-contractual obligations.
I am also interested in how limits to what is politically feasible bear on the justification of instantiated norms, including laws, and whether they ground obligations, especially in international politics. This interest engages so-called ‘non-ideal theory’ and ‘political realism’, as well as philosophy of law and social-scientific work on international organization.
Both my research and wider interests, which encompass social policy and international strategy alike, draw on an exceptionally broad training in the human sciences. In addition to my PhD in political science, which was awarded for a dissertation on the international trade order, I have a masters in international relations and bachelor's degree in economics and history.
I am particularly interested in economic concerns that are not easily explicable in terms of inefficiency or distributive inequity. These include concerns about the social reach of the market, the justification of exclusive rights over particular assets, interpersonal relations within markets, and whether such relations trigger extra-contractual obligations.
I am also interested in how limits to what is politically feasible bear on the justification of instantiated norms, including laws, and whether they ground obligations, especially in international politics. This interest engages so-called ‘non-ideal theory’ and ‘political realism’, as well as philosophy of law and social-scientific work on international organization.
Both my research and wider interests, which encompass social policy and international strategy alike, draw on an exceptionally broad training in the human sciences. In addition to my PhD in political science, which was awarded for a dissertation on the international trade order, I have a masters in international relations and bachelor's degree in economics and history.
