About
About
Thesis: 'Preserving “the alien thing”: algorithmic intermediaries, capitalism, and human agency'
My research sits at the intersection between analytic political philosophy, critical theory and the philosophy of technology, in particular AI. My PhD project centres on the problem of "gradual disempowerment": the fear that ubiquitous AI use might undermine our agency by weakening the link between human interests and large-scale systems of societal coordination such as markets and democratic institutions.
Outside of academia, I work at the Ada Lovelace Institute, a leading nonprofit organisation carrying out research into AI policy. Prior to this I held various roles in the UK Labour Party, including as a political advisor to the Shadow Cabinet.
- “The UK’s £31bn tech deal with the US might sound great – but the government has to answer these questions”, The Guardian, September 2025.
- “Code Dependency: Big Tech, market power, and why progressives need an AI strategy”, Renewal, June 2025 (with Eleanor Shearer).
- “A Lost Decade? The UK’s Industrial Approach to AI”, in Amba Kak and Sarah Myers West, eds., AI Nationalism(s): Global Industrial Policy Approaches to AI, AI Now Institute, March 2024.
Research
- Contemporary political philosophy
- Marxism and critical theory
- Philosophy of technology
- Data and AI ethics
- Philosophy of public policy
Teaching
- GV262: Contemporary Political Theory (2025-26)
- PH240: The Ethics of Data and AI (2025-26)
- MSt in AI Ethics and Society (University of Cambridge – guest lecturer)