I am Associate Professor of Public Policy at University College London’s (UCL) Department of Political Science.

My research lies at the intersection of comparative politics, public administration, and public policy, where I explore the architecture and accountability of agency relationships in contemporary governance. In my empirical work, I examine how public authority travels through complex networks – outsourced contracts, public-private partnerships etc. – and shapes citizen accountability and service delivery outcomes. This broader concern with how institutional design mediates responsibility also informs my work on corruption, where I study how shifts in oversight arrangements allow malfeasance to migrate across levels of government, and on gender, where I investigate how candidate selection mechanisms and electoral systems structure opportunities for women’s political representation.

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