Academic biography

I am an Assistant Professor in the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University. Previously, I was an Assistant Professor at Trinity College Dublin. I received my PhD in Government from the Department of Government at the University of Essex in 2018.
My research on the legacy of democratic transitions on democratic attitudes was funded by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP). I have also engaged in policy consultancy for USAID and the National Democratic Institute.
​My research focuses on the politics of authoritarian regimes, state repression, civil-military relations and democratization.
My work has been published at Comparative Political Studies, The Review of International Organizations, Democratization, Research&Politics, Journal of Peace Research and Journal of Human Rights.
My public scholarship on democracy and human rights can be found on Political Violence @ a Glance.