About Me

I am a Political Science PhD Candidate at UC San Diego. My main research subject is fiscal and political recentralization as a strategy of democratic backsliding, with a focus on Europe and North America. I have completed past work on elections reform and voter behavior in the United States, part of which is currently under review. My secondary interests include European political parties, promissory democracy, and democratic resilience.

Previously, I completed an MSc in Statistics at the University of Warwick, and a BA in Political Science and Mathematics at Reed College. My MSc dissertation project focused on Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods for quantifying gerrymandering in the American states.