Research · Political economy

Regulation after rupture.

My work examines how institutions adapt when formal political settlements break, and how the resulting rules travel across borders, sectors, and unequal economies.

EU–UK relations

Post-Brexit regulatory governance

How EU–UK regulatory relations are being remade after withdrawal, with empirical anchors in agri-food, chemicals, and energy—tracing divergence, alignment, and the quiet machinery in between.

Climate and trade

Global political economy of climate

Carbon border adjustment, green industrial policy, and climate finance—and what these instruments mean for exporters and smallholders in the Global South, with current fieldwork on Ghana and the EU CBAM.

Africa

Sustainability governance

Climate-smart agriculture, rural development policy, and the evidence practices that link international frameworks to national programmes—building on prior policy work in Ghana.

Selected publications

Articles and book projects

Journal article · 2026

Legally Robust, Politically Fragile? The Discursive Institutional Dilution of Conservative Climate Discourse in UK Net Zero Politics (2010–2024)

with J. Jackson, P. Tobin & C. Burns · British Politics, 21(1)

Journal article · 2025

Divorced but Co-habiting: A Co-evolutionary Perspective on the EU–UK Regulatory Nexus Post-Brexit

Journal of European Integration, 47(5), 653–673

Journal article · 2025

Political Rhetoric vs Practical Reality of 'Taking Back Control': Is the UK's Agri-food Sector Ready to Break Free from EU Standards in the Global Arena?

Journal of European Public Policy, 32(6), 1492–1517

Journal article · 2025

To Ban or Not to Ban: The UK's Hamlet Moment with Farm Antibiotics

Politics & Policy, 53(6)

Journal article

Asymmetric Regulatory Embeddedness and Post-Brexit Governance: Explaining Adaptive Convergence in the United Kingdom

JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies

Textbook · Routledge

Institutions, Political Economy and Pluriversal Futures

Monograph · Under review with Oxford University Press (OUP)

Building in the Storm: The Adaptive State in an Age of Permanent Crisis

Several further articles on climate governance, commodity frontiers, and international climate finance are currently under review. A full publication list and working papers are available on request.

Teaching

PPE at Exeter College

Tutorial teaching across political theory, comparative government, British politics, and European politics.

01 Theory of Politics
02 Practice of Politics
03 Comparative Government
04 British Politics
05 EU Politics
06 Comparative Political Economy
07 Politics in sub-Saharan Africa

Consulting · iDINKRA Consult

Research translated into practice.

Academic & career coaching

General coaching for students and early-career professionals: scholarship strategy, competitive postgraduate applications, academic writing, and career transitions into research and policy.

Trade & business advisory

Advisory for exporters, SMEs, and policy teams navigating green trade, EU market access, CBAM readiness, regulatory compliance, and sustainability standards.