I am an early career researcher in philosophy of education. My PhD research focused on the existentialist movement in philosophy (in particular, the work of Jean-Paul Sartre). Broadly speaking, my research attempts to reimagine forms of accounting for educational practices in ways that seek to overcome technicist descriptions by being existentially sensitive to the concrete, lived realities of education.

I am interested in the intersection of literature, philosophy and education for this purpose, but I also have a keen interest in the interrogation and reformulation of public policy on education (e.g. in relation to concepts such as accountability and governance, teacher evaluation, curriculum and pedagogy). 

More recently, I have begun work on the relationship between mental health, philosophy and education, and am currently involved in a pilot project at Warwick University that explores this in relation to mental health initiatives in UK secondary schools.

I am an Elected Committee Member of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain, who generously funded my PhD research. I co-organise the weekly PESGB London Branch seminars. I am also involved in several exchange programmes internationally, including 'International Frontiers' (Kyoto University) and the 'European Philosophy of Education Colloquium' (KU Leuven (Belgium), the Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain), the University of Padua (Italy), Edge Hill University (UK), and NUI Galway (Ireland).

My areas of interest include: 

- Philosophy of Education, and philosophical approaches to research

- Existentialist philosophy and literature

- Identity, individualism, and belonging

- Narrativity and autobiography

- Literature and Education (and using literature as a means of conducting research)

- Conceptions of mental health in education 

- Educational policies on teaching and learning

- Issues of accountability and trust in education 

- Autonomy in education 

- (Self-)reflective Practice