Teaching

Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method, London School of Economics

In my current role as Assistant Professor (since September 2025), I am teaching on three courses currently. Two are joint undergraduate + MSc courses: ‘Philosophy, Morals and Politics’, and ‘Anarchy, Authority and Evidence’. One is a third-year PPE course, ‘PPE Research Seminar’.

I supervise dissertations at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

I am a MAP mentor, currently to two students.

During my Fellowship in 2020-2023 the London School of Economics, I taught on three units. Firstly, I was module convenor for ‘Genes, Brains, and Society’, taught to both BSc and MSc students. This examined, from a philosophical perspective, the ways in which recent developments in genetics and neuroscience challenge our conceptions of what we are — and what we could become. More information can be found here.

Secondly, I was joint module convenor for ‘Philosophy of Gender and Race’, again taught to both BSc and MSc students. I taught the section on gender, which examines, from a philosophical perspective, the ontology of gender, as well as the role gender categories play in shaping the social world and structuring human lives. More information can be found here.

Thirdly, I taught classes and seminars for the 20 week BSc/ MSc course ‘Philosophy and Public Policy’. This course critically analysed the design and evaluation of public policies from the perspective of moral and political philosophy, covering topics from no-platforming to child enfranchisement. More information can be found here.

At the LSE I also supervised a number of MA/MSc and BA/BSc dissertation students. Among several others, topics included the philosophy of sex, moral bio-enhancement, and the philosophy of genetics.

In 2022, I won an Excellence in Teaching award in recognition of the work I have done to enhance education and the student experience at the LSE. I have also been nominated several times for SU-organised teaching awards across multiple categories, from Inclusive Teaching to Inspirational Teaching.

Sheffield Methods Institute, University of Sheffield

In October 2024, my application to become a Fellow in the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) was accepted.

I was PPE Programme Director at the University of Sheffield. I taught (lectures and seminars) on two undergraduate units at the University of Sheffield’s Methods Institute. One was a core first-year PPE module, ‘The Principles of Politics, Philosophy and Economics’; this introduced first-year PPE students to key theories and approaches in politics, philosophy and economics, providing the foundation for the study of PPE as an interdisciplinary degree. My lectures and seminars covered various topics, including but not limited to epistemology, philosophy of science, ethics, theories of state legitimacy and justice, and philosophical methodology (specifically, the method of cases).

The second, ‘Case Studies in PPE’, was a core second-year module. It presented students with in-depth, real-world case studies of policies implemented to tackle problems in PPE such as climate change, healthcare, inequality, and crime. It allowed students to analyse how organisations develop and implement specific policies, and (with hindsight) evaluate their efficacy. Guest speakers are a core part of this module. My lectures and seminars focused on the case study of well-being.

I have also taught on a third, ‘Foundations of Social Science’; this is a first-year module geared to those on the Applied Social Sciences BA. It provides a common foundation of theoretical, empirical and methodological work in the discipline. My lectures and seminars focus on the philosophical foundations of social science research, with particular attention to epistemology and ontology. I have also taught on the topics of post-colonialism and decolonialism in research, method and methodology in the social sciences, and key research terms like ‘bias’, ‘generalisability’, ‘reliability’ and ‘validity’.

I also supervised BA and BSc dissertations in a range of topics relating to PPE, including topics such as gender norm resistance in goth subcultures, Gen Z responses to the ‘manosphere’, and immigration rhetoric in presidential debates.

Department of Philosophy, University of Cambridge

Before the LSE, I lectured at Cambridge University, presenting a four-week lecture series to Philosophy undergraduates on the Equality of Opportunity, as part of their ‘Ethics and Political Philosophy’ unit. I also supervised widely, including in aesthetics papers.