My primary research focus is in the field of political economy. I am interested in ideas of ownership of resources, particularly in alternative models of public ownership informed by anarchist and Marxist traditions and how these approaches can relate to radical understandings of democracy and ‘ideal’ or ‘developmental’ conceptions of liberty.

I am also interested in how we conceptualise sustainability in political discourse, and in the role of technology and social media in creating and maintaining economic subjectivities, especially as understood through Frankfurt School critical theory.

I would be interested in supervising prospective PhD students on topics relating to co-operatives and worker ownership, alternative societies and the political economy of climate change, in line with my published work.

I would also be interested in projects relating to Northern Ireland, political violence (including resistance movements), nuclear weapons, and conspiracy theories in political thought and discourse.

I lecture on British politics, political theory, political economy and comparative politics of Ireland and South Africa.

I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.