Welcome to my website

I am a Political Economist at the University of Oxford where I currently work as an Associate Professor of Comparative Social Policy at the Department of Social Policy and Intervention (DSPI). The University of Oxford has been ranked first in the World for a record eighth consecutive year in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings.

I am also a Fellow of the European Studies Centre at St Antony’s College and an associate member of Nuffield College, both at the University of Oxford. I have held visiting positions at the London School of Economics, Sciences Po Paris and the University of Konstanz.

My research interests are in comparative political economy with a particular focus on the political determinants and consequences of social and economic policies. I have been awarded prizes by the American Political Science Association, the European Network for Social Policy Analysis and the London School of Economics, as well as nominated for the SAGE prize for Innovation and Excellence.

My research has appeared in nearly 50 publications in leading international academic journals in Political Sciences, Social Policy, and Political Economy. It has for instance been published in Comparative Political Studies, Perspectives on Politics, Politics&Society , European Journal of Political Research, Journal of Common Market Studies, West European Politics, and Political Science Research and Methods.

My work has been cited by prominent national and international organisations such as the OECD, the ILO, the UN, the World Bank, the European Commission, the European Paliament, the ECB, the Royal Society of Arts, and the UK House of Commons, as well as media outlets such as the Economist, the Guardian, Financial Times, El Pais, Die Zeit, CNN, and the Telegraph.

My latest book entitled Foreign States in Domestic Markets has been published by Oxford University Press. It analyses western policies towards Sovereign Wealth Funds to develop the concept of ‘internationalised statism’, where governments welcome the use of foreign state investments to govern their domestic economies. The research from this book formed the basis for the evidence I provided to the International Trade Committee at the House of Commons.

You can access my publications on this website as well as on ResearchGate.