My scientific interests sit at the intersection of the formalist network analysis and human behavioural ecology. As such, my core academic work draws on theories of cooperation from sociology and biology, arguments around the interplay between environment and (relational) behaviour, and relevant insight from research on the sociality of non-human animals. Regarding setting, I have a special interest in networks in non-industrialised human societies that span villages — i.e., microcosms wherein supportive bonds (e.g., food sharing, knowledge provision, and physical aid) facilitate day-to-day survival by offsetting the challenges of poverty, subsistence-based living, and limited-to-no access to protective institutions (e.g., state welfare).

Before joining University College London, I had the pleasure of working at the London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE) in the Department of Methodology, teaching as an early-career fellow over the course of 2022. Prior to joining the LSE, I was a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute and a Non-Stipendiary Research Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford. I also previously worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Sociology at Oxford and the Department of Sociology at the University of Cambridge.

I received a PhD in Social Research Methods (i.e., applied statistics with a focus on social phenomena) from the LSE. In a previous life, I (foolishly) intended to make a career in print journalism, covering the intersection of protest movements and new information and communication technologies. This bygone interest coloured my initial academic interests. And it led me to complete an MSc in Social Science of the Internet at St Cross College, Oxford with the support of a Clarendon Fund scholarship and a BA in Communication Studies in America at the idyllic Clemson University.