Teaching and Supervision
(University of Oxford)Supervision Interests
My work focuses on liberal democracies, with a particular emphasis on European politics.I have a long-standing research interest in liberal democracy and its adversaries, especially the legal and political dimensions of democratic self-defence, democratic backsliding and resilience, comparative democratization, illiberalism, extremism, and populism. My work also engages with party politics and the comparative analysis of states and political regimes.
The analysis of institutions and institutional development, together with a comparative-historical approach to the study of politics, are central to my research. I am interested in supervising dissertations that adopt a pragmatic and pluralistic use of methods to address substantively important political problems.
The next Renato Morelli Corpus Christi College Graduate Scholarship in Politics will be advertised here in due course. For information, see the 2026-27 ad (deadline now passed)
Graduate Courses
Comparative PoliticsEuropean Politics and Societies
Methodology of Comparative Analysis
Case Study Research
Research Design in Comparative Politics
Undergraduate Courses
Introduction to Political InstitutionsComparative Government
Political Sociology
Government and Politics in Europe
The Theory and Practice of Democracy